Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times stated that the film "is blatant in its borrowing from the more sensational headlines and naked in its manipulation of emotions to the susceptible," adding that "Gilbert is nothing if not consistent: the acting and the relentlessly risible dialogue are uniformly terrible."
Film critic Kevin Thomas stated that the movie is shamelessly based on sensational headlines and emotionally manipulative, also noting that Gilbert's acting and dialogue are consistently of low quality.