“Dirty Girl isn’t. Sorry, but it’s just faux grime, a thin layer of bad behaviour that wipes clean with a two-ply tissue to reveal the real movie beneath—all shiny sentimentality.” Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

“Dirty Girl is much more fun when Danielle is behaving badly. Unfortunately, that only lasts about 20 minutes.” Jeffrey M. Anderson, Common Sense Media

“Social satire, heartbreaking family drama and a lot of toe-tapping 1980s music attempt to exist in the same space. Watching this movie is like eating a hot fudge sundae and lasagna in alternating bites.” Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle

“Dirty Girl is a bad movie with no insights that is broadly drawn and genuinely plagued by filthy dialogue. You don’t laugh. You just wince, and wonder how the whole thing ever got financed.” Rex Reed, New York Observer

“With luck, Temple will be able to get this movie expunged from her filmography, like a juvenile offense that is wiped from one’s record when she comes of age.” Marshall Fine, Hollywood & Fine

“If you can’t quite get behind a defiant diva and her queer companion, you’ll find every moment of this motion picture a chore.” Bill Gibron, Filmcritic.com