Metascore
31 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 21 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 21
  2. Negative: 10 out of 21
  1. Has a high-gloss, heightened style reminiscent of that of the film's executive producer, Joel Schumacher.
  2. Reviewed by: Graham Verdon
    60
    A disposable flick.
  3. 50
    Chop off the last two or three minutes, fade to black, and you have a decent film.
  4. Reviewed by: Monica Eng
    50
    Suffers from an overwhelming sense of teen movie facility and "Murder She Wrote" neatness.
  5. Reviewed by: Loren King
    50
    Owes less to any film genre than to TV soap operas offered with far fewer pretensions on any given afternoon.
  6. The strong young cast keeps the film from being a total waste.
  7. Entertaining in a trashy sort of way.
  8. 50
    Gossip is trash, but it's well-written, slickly directed trash.
  9. 40
    For all its pretense of critiquing our tabloid culture, it amounts to much ado about nothing.
  10. 40
    Thoroughly preposterous on every level.
  11. 38
    A glossy wisp of a cautionary tale.
  12. 30
    Ludicrous trash, but it has style.
  13. If you're looking for a 90-minute post-teen soap opera with pretty people, ludicrous hairpin turns and a whopper of an ending, the movie will keep you mindlessly off balance.
  14. 30
    The message must have got lost somewhere in the plot twists of this would-be topical thriller about the power of hearsay on a college campus.
  15. Truly depressing commentary.
  16. Reviewed by: Robert Horton
    20
    Dumb and irritating.
  17. Reviewed by: Ted Gideonse
    20
    Hampered by a silly plot and flat script.
  18. One of those truly biodegradable experiences.
  19. A total waste of time.
  20. 0
    A glossy, shallow thriller where not a single scene rings true.