The General's Daughter: Critic Reviews

86%

MovieWeb: 0 reviews

22%

RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

« previous
1
2
next »
«
»

Janet Maslin New York Times (Top Critic)

For all the stars' intensity as investigators, nobody in this whodunit really seems interested in the upshot.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

The General's Daughter has the spit and polish of a military whodunit, but it's a confusing, meandering case to follow.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jeff Millar Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

When there's nothing to blow up, the movie sort of blows itself up.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Philip Wuntch Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

A good generic movie, with a well-crafted screenplay, solid direction and engaging performances from leads John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

A self-destructive movie.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jeff Strickler Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

In terms of tone, the film is all over the map.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Bob Fenster Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

The sleaziest movie of the year is The General's Daughter!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Rod Dreher New York Post (Top Critic)

So nonsensical and asinine that it would take all 14,000 miles of cable holding up the Brooklyn Bridge to suspend your disbelief.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Sean Means Film.com (Top Critic)

This movie's idea of psychology is Freudian at its most risque.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Rick Groen Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

38

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.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Andrew O'Hehir Salon.com (Top Critic)

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.
Full Review » 12 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

75

A consistently involving effort!
Full Review » 12 years ago
David Hunter Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

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.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Peter Travers Rolling Stone (Top Critic)

A lurid mess, a Southern gumbo simmering in Gothic cliche.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

40

A middling, so-so thriller.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Rob Gonsalves eFilmCritic.com

0

Do the filmmakers think we're morons? We're certainly treated as such, right from the beginning.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Randall King Jam! Movies

60

Effective enough as a thriller and an indictment of sexism in its most brutal form.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Bruce Kirkland Jam! Movies

60

Compelling viewing because of the tight-lipped, bull-headed performance by John Travolta in a starring role.
Full Review » 8 years ago
James Sanford Kalamazoo Gazette

an absurd, frequently offensive exploitation piece that's likely to take a place on many Ten Worst of 1999 lists.
Full Review » 9 years ago
John R. McEwen Film Quips Online

60

Travolta is trying a little too hard here, and it shows.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Ron Wells Film Threat

30

This may be the most gratuitous film I've seen this year.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Margaret A. McGurk Cincinnati Enquirer

50

You know that thin line between disturbing and morbid? The General's Daughter tramples it into dust.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Francesca Dinglasan Boxoffice Magazine

50

Despite moments of mounting suspense, the film suffers from stilted unevenness.
Full Review » 10 years ago
William Arnold Seattle Post-Intelligencer

17

Not a single scene or character rings true, and shame on anyone who can't pick out the murderer in the first reel.
Full Review » 10 years ago
John Wrathall Sight and Sound

This 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.
Full Review » 10 years ago