First Daughter

2004 Comedy

A very special student deals with exams, first love, and national security issues in this teen-oriented romantic comedy-drama. Samantha MacKenzie (Katie Holmes) is a seemingly ordinary college freshman with one important exception -- her father happens to be the President of the United States (Michael Keaton). Samantha, however, would prefer to be as inconspicuous as possible as she begins her studies at Redmond University, so she asks a favor of her father -- remove the two Secret Service agents who follow her everywhere, and allow her to fend for herself at school. The president agrees, but out of concern for her safety, he sends in a young undercover agent, James (Marc Blucas), who will pose as the Resident Advisor at her dorm to keep an eye on her. Samantha and James strike up a fast friendship that grows into a romance, but when Samantha discovers the truth about James, she wonders if his love for her is real or just part of his cover. First Daughter was directed by actor-turned-director Forest Whitaker. more..

Director: Forest Whitaker

Starring: Katie Holmes, Marc Blucas, Amerie,Michael Keaton, Margaret Colin

 30 Reviews

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  • All heart and has the best intentions in the world, but what a bore. It's a beat slower than it should be, it makes its points laboriously, and the plot surprise would be obvious even if I hadn't seen the same device used in exactly the same way earlier this year in "Chasing Liberty."

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    19 January 2013

  • First Daughter can be measured in degrees of Holmes' discomfort... There's never a moment when she doesn't appear as if she'd rather be in a different movie.

    Carla Meyer - The San Francisco Chronicle

    19 January 2013

  • The role of a poised daddy's girl is a dull one for Holmes, who looks pained, in a nonspecific way, throughout her capers; the movie itself, with a screenplay by Jessica Bendinger and Kate Kondell, is a dull one for director Forest Whitaker.

    Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly

    19 January 2013

  • While First Daughter is nowhere near as airheaded or disingenuous as "Chasing Liberty," it's far more confused.

    - Los Angeles Times

    19 January 2013

  • One hackneyed, inauthentic, predictable scene after another.

    Michael O'Sullivan - The Washington Post

    19 January 2013

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