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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
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A mostly smart, well acted, and very well paced and atmospheric thriller!
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General's Daughter strives to be a political nail-biter in the tradition of Fred Zinnemann, Alan J. Pakula and Oliver Stone, but there's really no comparison.
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A bizarre murder case comes to Fort MacCallum, Georgia, in this exciting, over-the-top detective thriller.
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The General's Daughter has the spit and polish of a military whodunit, but it's a confusing, meandering case to follow.
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Top CriticConvoluted as some of the developments may be, the movie never loses its interest or atmosphere within the swampy, backwater Georgia town, and as summer popcorn-fare, it is unusually intelligent.
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Pretty absurd, not the least for the way Travolta seems to be channeling a bizarro Bill Clinton throughout.
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Dumb!
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Everyone in this picture takes himself or herself far too seriously as if to prove that if you don't crack a smile or burst into laughter at the silliness of the plot, you must be a darn good actor.
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A muddled mystery.
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A consistently involving effort!
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Top CriticFor all the stars' intensity as investigators, nobody in this whodunit really seems interested in the upshot.
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Top CriticAfter Con Air's seizure-inducing parade of quick cuts and explosions, West settles back into a decaffeinated style that untangles this web at a gradual, engrossing pace.
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When there's nothing to blow up, the movie sort of blows itself up.
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Top CriticIf there's anything worse than a film that's just plain awful, it's one that should be good but doesn't turn out that way.
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