A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers' block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautiful woman who was arrested for murder at first thinking her innocent, but as she shows more and more interesting abilities (such as knife throwing) he begins to doubt his first assessment.
The plot is ludicrous, which in itself would be perfectly acceptable given sharper handling, but both script and direction devote so much time to romantic undercurrents that the central intrigue is further divested of credibility.
– ,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
You know a movie is in trouble when you start looking at your watch. You know it's in bad trouble when you start shaking your watch because you think it might have stopped.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Screenwriter Charlie Peters is the predictable piggy whose arrested pubescence informs Her Alibi. When it comes to imagination, he has much in common with his hero.
– Rita Kempley,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
A romantic melodrama of a boringness to make your average tooth extraction seem preferable.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
He's a mystery writer, she's a mystery; and it's also a mystery how TV fodder like this manages to get the high-gloss, top-talent treatment at studios.