John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell
When the daughter of a well-known and well-respected base commander is murdered, an undercover detective is summoned to look into the matter and finds a slew of cover-ups at West Point.
DVD Release Date: December 14, 1999
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November 13, 2009A film that warmed up nicely into an ok military Thriller. Particularly liked James Woods in this, who does occasionally show a glimpse of brilliance.
Although a very different storyline, there were, I felt, reminders of ?A few good Men? in the theme.
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August 23, 2009A thriller that achieves what it sets out to do. The cast are all very strong, and add a bit of credence to a fairly overblown plot. Woods and Travolta have some excellent dialogues together, and even the forced flirtation between Stowe and Travolta has the lines delivered well b...( read more)
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June 8, 2009Meh. But you'll watch anything when you're jet lagged. Is it just me, or does anyone else have trouble believing James Cromwell is on the up and up since LA Confidential?
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February 17, 2008A dull thriller, given an undeservedly classy sheen by its attractive cinematography. Travolta and Stowe's romantic flirtation sits uneasily with the nastiness of the crime they are investigating, there are not enough credible suspects for the murder, and you'd have to be pretty ...( read more)
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October 17, 2009It was a good thriller that i didn't want to miss a scene all the way to the end. Though i would not watch it multiple times and wasn't the greatest film Travolta was in. It had some memorable dialouge but doesn't do much.
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Critic Reviews
May 11, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The General's Daughter is a well-made thriller with a lot of good acting. full review
January 1, 2000
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. full review
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