The General's Daughter 1999

Critics score:
22 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Susan Stark, Detroit News: The General's Daughter is an overheated thriller populated by actors who far outclass the material. Read more

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: A good generic movie, with a well-crafted screenplay, solid direction and engaging performances from leads John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe. Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: For all the stars' intensity as investigators, nobody in this whodunit really seems interested in the upshot. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: A middling, so-so thriller. Read more

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Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: No doubt about it, to divulge the plot would spoil the experience -- you'll be shocked to discover, and maybe even surprised to learn, just how lame the damn thing really is. Read more

Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: The overriding tone is soggy. About the only thing that's crisp in this movie is the way everybody salutes. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: A consistently involving effort! Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The General's Daughter is a well-made thriller with a lot of good acting. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: Its vision of reality seems so stylized, so fake, that I came out of it wondering whether it has the slightest idea what it's talking about. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: There's a line at which a movie stops being about something nasty and becomes one more example of the nastiness it's supposedly condemning. Read more

Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: In terms of tone, the film is all over the map. Read more

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Gary Dauphin, Village Voice: Pretty absurd, not the least for the way Travolta seems to be channeling a bizarro Bill Clinton throughout. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: The General's Daughter has the spit and polish of a military whodunit, but it's a confusing, meandering case to follow. Read more