Peter Stack of the San Francisco Chronicle called the film "mysterious and sexy", adding that it is "enough to keep tension alive until, too bad, the whole thing collapses with a twist ending that is nearly laughable". Caryn James of The New York Times called the film's ending "idiotic" and wrote that Peter Hall, the director, "is obviously more at home with Shakespeare than with this material".
Film critic Peter Stack from the San Francisco Chronicle found the movie to be "intriguing and captivating", but ultimately disappointing, as it "keeps the tension going until it falters with a ridiculous twist ending". Caryn James of The New York Times was equally unimpressed, labeling the film's finale as "preposterous" and stating that director Peter Hall is more suited to Shakespearean drama than this particular project.