Travolta wins hands down with his accent in a pleasingly intense performance that helps propel the story along.
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04/17/01
The General's Daughter (1999)
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Reviews Counted:86
Fresh:19
Rotten:67
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: Contrived performances and over-the-top sequences offer little real drama.
Runtime: 2 hrs 17 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: When the daughter of a well-known and well-respected base commander is raped and murdered, the undercover military investigator (Travolta) assigned to the case discovers a shocking labyrinth of... [More]
Starring: John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton
Director: Simon West
Reviews for The General's Daughter
Top CriticThis salacious whodunit requires very little action, but an endless parade of dialogue scenes in which assorted suspects tell the investigating duo what happened, cueing thunderous flashbacks.
03/05/02
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06/24/06
Top Criticfaulted scenes leave this decent and respectable story line nearly as overpowered and helpless as its own rape victim.
01/01/00
Not a single scene or character rings true, and shame on anyone who can't pick out the murderer in the first reel.
04/03/02
A consistently involving effort!
01/01/00
To betray a loved one or a friend is a grievous breech of trust. It is a form of murder, brutalizing the tenderness and intimacy of the soul.
03/04/02
A thriller in the tradition of military whodunits like A Few Good Men, with lots of menacing suspense, deceptive intrigue and even a few 'You can't handle the truth'-caliber one-liners.
01/01/00
The whole thing is pretty routine and, at times, downright silly.
01/01/00
Pretty absurd, not the least for the way Travolta seems to be channeling a bizarro Bill Clinton throughout.
01/01/00
West respectably stretches beyond slam-bang action theatrics.
01/01/00
Despite moments of mounting suspense, the film suffers from stilted unevenness.
06/05/02
So nonsensical and asinine that it would take all 14,000 miles of cable holding up the Brooklyn Bridge to suspend your disbelief.
01/01/00
The General's Daughter is a well-made thriller with a lot of good acting.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe sleaziest movie of the year is The General's Daughter!
01/01/00
A mostly smart, well acted, and very well paced and atmospheric thriller!
01/01/00
Few use the backdrop of gender inequality more awkwardly.
01/01/00
A muddled mystery.
01/01/00
Do the filmmakers think we're morons? We're certainly treated as such, right from the beginning.
02/13/08
Tortuous, tormented, and trashy.
01/01/00
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