Stanley Kauffmann

“It's no surprise, given the subject, that the woman reporter is played by Jane Fonda. The character is not complex, it doesn't demand anything like the range of some other roles she has played, but it's great to have it in her hands. She gives it every bit of veracity and fire that in needs, and the moment just before the end when she breaks down briefly on camera is pure Fonda, therefore superb….

“These actors, and all the others, are well directed by James Bridges, particularly for tempo and crossfire, yet without the frenetic feeling we get in some films….”

Stanley Kauffmann
New Republic, April 7, 1979