[4][5] Michael Gross, who portrays Dr. Gordon Powell (Moffat) in the film, said he had a "tickle of recognition" when he was reading the script, and proceeded to ask the producers where the actual events took place.

He notes that it is inspired by a true story, but opines "there's no reason that a decent movie can't be made out of this material".

[1] Movie reviewer John Martin says the issue with the film is that "you know that the villain will eventually be caught" and you "never feel much affinity for the heroine in the fact-based tale".

[6] In her review, Suzanne Gill wryly asks; "was the title of the movie drawn from a fish bowl on the network receptionist's desk?"

She argues that with "disappointing predictability, the forces of good and evil sally forth onto the field of honor" in the film, and that Gross is "a suitably oily and malevolent Romeo", but the story would have been better "suited for NBC's Dateline than the Monday Night Movie".

[7] Carole Horst wrote in Variety Magazine that the "script does a good job focusing on abuse of power, exposing the pain that the victims of sexual harassment endure, especially the self-blame and loss of self-esteem".