The General's Daughter (1999)
Average Rating: 4.3/10
Reviews Counted: 89
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 69
Contrived performances and over-the-top sequences offer little real drama.
Average Rating: 3.6/10
Critic Reviews: 24
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 20
Contrived performances and over-the-top sequences offer little real drama.
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A murder on a military base unearths a netherworld of corruption in this thriller based on the novel by Nelson DeMille. General Joe Campbell (James Cromwell) is a respected military leader with a flawless reputation; he's due to retire from the Army soon and is headed for a Vice-Presidential nomination. However, Campbell finds himself in both a personal and political crisis when his daughter is brutally murdered. Captain Elizabeth Campbell (Leslie Stefanson) was beautiful, intelligent,
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Cast
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John Travolta
Paul Brenner -
Madeleine Stowe
Sara Sunhill -
James Cromwell
Gen. Joe Campbell -
Timothy Hutton
Col. Kent -
Leslie Stefanson
Elisabeth Campbell -
Daniel von Bargen
Chief Yardley -
Clarence Williams III
Col. George Fowler -
James Woods
Col. Moore -
Peter Weireter
Belling -
Mark Boone Jr.
Elkins -
John Beasley
Col. Slesinger -
Boyd Kestner
Captain Elby -
Brad Beyer
Bransford -
John Benjamin Hickey
Capt. Goodson -
Rick Dial
Cal Seiver -
Ariyan Johnson
PFC Robbins -
John Frankenheimer
Gen. Sonnenberg
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All Critics (102) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (70) | DVD (20)
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.
In terms of tone, the film is all over the map.
A lurid mess, a Southern gumbo simmering in Gothic cliche.
A middling, so-so thriller.
The General's Daughter is a well-made thriller with a lot of good acting.
The overriding tone is soggy. About the only thing that's crisp in this movie is the way everybody salutes.
Do the filmmakers think we're morons? We're certainly treated as such, right from the beginning.
Compelling viewing because of the tight-lipped, bull-headed performance by John Travolta in a starring role.
Effective enough as a thriller and an indictment of sexism in its most brutal form.
an absurd, frequently offensive exploitation piece that's likely to take a place on many Ten Worst of 1999 lists.
Travolta is trying a little too hard here, and it shows.
This may be the most gratuitous film I've seen this year.
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