The film is Garbo's even before she appears on screen to dazzle her willing audience; once there, it becomes impossible to dissociate the legend of the star from the myth of Mata Hari.
– ,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
rotten:
Greta Garbo tries to wheedle secrets out of Ramon Navarro and Lewis Stone in her most ludicrous film.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
A glamourous and romantic conception of the latter days of the life of the Dutch dancer and courtesan who was shot as a spy by the French in 1917.
– Mordaunt Hall,
New York Times,
28 Jan 2006
rotten:
Though Garbo is sexy and hot in a less subtle way this time, and though the plot goes about as far as it can in situation warmth, the story presents nothing sensational.