First Daughter 2004

Critics score:
8 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: First Daughter is even more nauseating than most teen trifles. Read more

Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: First Daughter is just one more in the plague of weak Cinderella stories released in the past year. Read more

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: A glossy, well-mounted, slickly done but almost stuporously predictable affair, both formula-bound and utterly illogical. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Yet another teen-princess fantasy. Read more

Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: A respectable accomplishment. Read more

Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle: First Daughter falters from the start in assuming an audience fascination with political progeny. Read more

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: ...just has a really cheesy look. Read more

Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic: A cinematic souffle that refuses to rise. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: Bland behavioral propaganda. Read more

Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times: While First Daughter is nowhere near as airheaded or disingenuous as Chasing Liberty, it's far more confused. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A dull one for director Forest Whitaker. Read more

Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News: Once again the performers outshine the plot. Read more

Gene Seymour, Newsday: A vehicle so neat, shiny and antiseptic that you could eat a three- course brunch off its surface. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: If you have a 10-year-old desperate to see a movie this weekend, you might do worse. Read more

Robert Dominguez, New York Daily News: A wan and predictable comedy made watchable by the perky performance of fresh-scrubbed Katie Holmes. Read more

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: Despite overblown music, fairy-tale trappings and sugarplum narration, First Daughter plays more like a nightmare than a dream, and an exceedingly unnerving one at that. Read more

Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel: Not even Holmes can elevate this pap. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: First Daughter is all heart and has the best intentions in the world, but what a bore. Read more

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Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: A dull, formulaic romance comedy with an ulterior motive and a sly message. Read more

Susan Walker, Toronto Star: First Daughter presents such a saccharine-sweet, insufferably boring portrait of a conservative president and his family, it could kill with kindness. Read more

Time Out: The President's little girl gets a pity party for the second time this election year. Read more

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Robert Koehler, Variety: There are stiff politicians and there are stiff political movies, but the rigidity of the White House-based fairy tale that is First Daughter is in a category even pollsters may have a hard time assessing. Read more

Ben Kenigsberg, Village Voice: First Daughter is less amusing than Jenna and Barb at the RNC, and dumb enough to make last January's presidential scion, Mandy Moore, look electable. Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: A steaming pile of offal. Read more