[8] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "My Teenage Daughter deserves some credit for attempting a topical "problem" subject.

Jan's delinquency is tritely expressed in her repeated assertion, "I want to lead my own life", and in the fact that she finds jive "madly exciting".

About Tony, the script is ambiguous: one never discovers whether he is meant to be really corrupt or merely "mixed up", and the fortuitous manner of the aunt's death makes the climax seem absurdly contrived.

Sylvia Syms is competent but undistinctive as Jan. Kenneth Haigh, in his first film, gives a highly mannered though effective "rebel" performance as Tony.

"[12] Filmink said the film "was described as Britain’s answer to Rebel Without a Cause, and in a way that’s true, in that it’s about a middle-class teen going off the rails, although it pays far more attention to the adult characters than the Nick Ray-James Dean classic.