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List Price: $19.99 | | Label: Paramount
Salesrank: 32528
Released: December 14, 1999 |
| Our Price: $6.93 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
When John Travolta first opens his mouth during the opening credits of The General's Daughter and speaks in a terrible Southern cracker drawl, one briefly hopes that the movie will turn out to be just as hilariously bad. Unfortunately, the accent is soon revealed to be part of a disguise, and the movie is just as quickly unveiled as a clumsy, run-of-the-mill potboiler. A female officer is discovered strangled and tied to the ground; she's the title character, and because of the general's political ambitions, the mystery of who did it and why has to be wrapped up in 36 hours by Travolta and fellow CID officer Madeleine Stowe (Last of the Mohicans, 12 Monkeys). Sexual violence and lurid S&M have been thrown in to shore up the incomprehensible plot, but that only adds to the queasy atmosphere. The supporting actors--an impressive collection including James Woods (Salvador), Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People), and James Cromwell (Babe, L.A. Confidential)--don't embarrass themselves, but even they can't make sense of their blustering, macho dialogue. It's amazing that screenwriter William Goldman (who wrote such great and genuinely thrilling films as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Marathon Man, All the President's Men, and Misery) left his name attached to this script; there's no sign of his usual skill and intelligence. Madeleine Stowe, a graceful presence in any film, is equally wasted. Directed with a lot of empty flash by Simon West (Con Air). --Bret Fetzer
The General's Daughter Reviews:
This held my attention 
2009-06-30 - Great cast here and James Woods plays his usual psycho to a T. Travolta really isn't bad here. I guess it's kind of standard to rip his recent movies, but this one has a decent plot with some cool twists. Based on a true story, but you don't find that out until the end. Pretty kinky stuff here.
It's based on a true story.........
2009-06-07 - I guess that's not good enough for some people, that this actually happened. I guess some of these people want more blood, guts, and nuclear esxplosions.
The General Daughter 
2009-06-04 - The movie is too short and I think they could have done a better movie from this novel.
I suggest reading the book before you see the movie.
Good movie
2008-11-30 - Additional features of DVD(I bought the movie primarly because of them) are hard to use...
They are very important to understand the social value and meaning of the movie.
Probably Travolta's best role; he isn't much of an actor.
Poor thriller
2008-10-13 - This film drags and the plot isn't very good. There are some good moments, but for the large part I thought this was very average.
