The website Rotten Tomatoes, surveyed 41 critics and determined that 41% of the reviews were positive with an average rating of 4.98/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "While unconventional, "Tank Girl" isn't particularly clever or engaging, and none of the script's copious one-liners have any real zing." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 46 out of 100, based on reviews from 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B on scale of A to F.