Jackson's convincing portrayal of an untethered psyche scrambling for purchase on the slippery slope of sanity and Lemmons's arresting cinematic vision, in which we see the world through the eyes of a man continually descending into ...madness, is enough.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
9 Mar 2001
rotten:
Burdened by sloppy plot turns and unbelievable characters.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
16 Mar 2001
rotten:
This is a commercial film with limited ambitions.
– Ray Conlogue,
Globe and Mail,
22 Mar 2002
rotten:
Lemmons creates mesmerizing passages, but she can't bring this one to a fulfilling crescendo.