The New York Times said "thought and care have gone into" the film but felt "home-set viewers who have felt the budget pinch aren't likely to bleed for this case of unemployment... Both J. Lee Thompson's direction and Caryl Ledner's writing are best in the rather coolly dispassionate vignettes peeling down the prideful hero, as in one scene at an unemployment office. But Kennedy's moment of truth, a simple decision to buckle down and roll up his sleeves, take a long, exasperating wait that provokes curiosity, hardly sympathy."[2]
The Los Angeles Times said it "ranked among the best work that director J. Lee Thompson, in his TV movie debut, has ever done."[3]
References
^DINAH SHORE STARS IN 'WOMAN' SPECIAL
Los Angeles Times 15 Oct 1972: b3.
^Thompson, Howard (18 October 1972). "TV Review". New York Times.
^TV MOVIE REVIEW: A Tragedy to Identify With
Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times 18 Oct 1972: e22.
