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The General's Daughter

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Original title

The General's Daughter

Year

1999

Running time

118 min.

Country

United States

Director

Simon West

Screenwriter

William Goldman, Christopher Bertolini. Novel: Nelson DeMille

Cast

Music

Carter Burwell

Cinematography

Peter Menzies Jr.

Producer

Paramount Pictures, Neufeld Rehme Productions, MFP Munich Film Partners GmbH, Hollywood Licensing Group, Mace Neufeld Productions. Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Genre

Mystery | Army

Synopsis

Military police detectives Paul Brenner and Sarah Sunhill investigate a horrifically bizarre rape and murder of a respected female Pysch-Ops officer who is also the daughter of a renowned retiring general. Yet the case becomes more complicated when the autopsy showed no evidence of sexual assault. Furthermore, that is but the beginning of the twists when they discover the victim's secret life, her past and a disturbing determination by senior staff to keep this investigation short and quiet.

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Awards: 2000: NAACP Image Awards: nominated to Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.

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Critics' reviews

"A middling, so-so thriller."

Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times
"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."

David Hunter: The Hollywood Reporter
"A well-made thriller with a lot of good acting (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"The General's Daughter has the spit and polish of a military whodunit, but it's a confusing, meandering case to follow"

Desson Thomson: The Washington Post
"For all the stars' intensity as investigators, nobody in this whodunit really seems interested in the upshot."

Janet Maslin: The New York Times
"The cinematic equivalent of a disposable airplane read, a hokey, kinky military thriller that's twisty and compelling enough to hook viewers in the mood for a trashy good time."

Variety
"It is all supposed to be a scalp-tinglingly horrific conspiracy, but the denouement, when it finally arrives, is silly, prurient and unconvincing"

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian
"[West] delivers it all with an easy slicknes (...) So many twists and turns that any intended message about women in the army gets lost in the muddle (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Ian Nathan: Empire

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