A noisy, impenetrable and totally nonsensical cogitation on the nature of firefighters and the sizzling animal they love...We just wish somebody would call 911 for boredom.

Rita Kempley

Washington Post

What I regret is that all of the expertise lavished on this movie couldn't have been put at the service of a more intelligent story about real firemen, real working conditions, real heroism, and the real craft and art of fire-fighting.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times