Metacritic-Rezensionen

Not as worthless as you may have heard. [10 Sept 1993]

Ultimately, Ms Lynch has nowhere to take her erotic parable except to a dead end, but she makes the unfolding of the story a spooky, engrossing process.

Even if the script delivered, the film would frankly be overwhelmed by the volume of noteriety that has attended it. [3 Sept 1993]

Once it gets beyond a hard-to-swallow setup and into the meat of its story, Boxing Helena is surprisingly involving...The movie discloses its terms early, and expects the audience to buy into them, making no apologies for what it is or intends to be.

Soft-core trash with a tent-show hook.

This film has all the pyschological depth of a wading pool. Anything you've imagined without seeing the movie is likely more interesting than what's here.

The numerous sex scenes are good and steamy.

Just awful. But uniquely awful -- awful in a way that might just attract a cult audience. [3 Sept 1993]

What Lynch, who wrote the script at 19, sees as high drama is really high camp. And Fenn seems clueless on how to play her limbless character.

A two-hour stink bomb, Boxing Helena is a pitifully pervy piece of work.