Bowie, slender, elegant, remote, evokes this alien so successfully that one could say, without irony, this was a role he was born to play.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

There's an inherent contradiction at the film's core: this sexually explicit motion picture, seemingly made by and for altered consciousnesses, is all about how an innocent newcomer falls prey to gin, sex, and television.

Marc Mohan

Portland Oregonian

It’s ambitious, artful and unique. As for Bowie… what a star, man.

James Mottram

Total Film