50
Isn't the worst film in the world, but 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.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
70
Washington Post by Desson Thomson
The movie, directed by Simon West isn't bad, although the repeated shots of Campbell lying spread-eagled on the ground, and the amount of detail we're forced to swallow about the horrors she underwent border on the offensive.
50
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
A middling, so-so thriller about a murder investigation on an Army base, it falls to Earth somewhere between failure and success, inconclusive to the end.
50
Chicago Reader by Lisa Alspector
The feminist veneer is the most deeply disturbing part of this callow thriller, whose fetishizing of a dead woman's body (and a live woman's sexual behavior) is far more questionable than anything even "The Silence of the Lambs" has been accused of.
50
Rolling Stone by Peter Travers
Watching John Travolta ease into a role is always a pleasure, but this film version of Nelson DeMille's 1992 best-selling mystery novel is a lurid mess.
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Rick Groen
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.
50
Dallas Observer by Robert Wilonsky
It should be said that Travolta delivers a wonderful performance that's lost in a mediocre -- and, at times, rather misogynistic and homophobic -- film.
30
In order to spare you the trauma of this cinematrocity, I'll go ahead and tell you how the film turns out. Who killed the General's Daughter? The filmmakers did.
40
Austin Chronicle by Russell Smith
Highly recommended for graduate psychology students in aberrant sexuality, but others can probably skip sans regret.
25
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by William Arnold
So bloated, self-righteous and exploitative, it's hard to imagine anyone staying to the end, much less demanding a sequel.