John Pym of the
Monthly Film Bulletin wrote it is "a flimsy, though surprisingly unsensational, yarn supposedly concerned with the horrors of 'white slavery'; the dismal artifice of the whole severely tests the viewer's patience." Film critic Erik Sulev opined the movie "is a true treasure ... it is more goofy than lurid in spite of the title; without a doubt, this is vintage D'Amato — Why? — because it's the typical 'kitchen sink' styled movie that D’Amato enthusiasts will eat up, absurdities and all; everyone else will cringe at the results, but it's their loss; after thirty minutes into the movie, Emanuelle actually does end up on the trail of a white slavery ring based in San Diego." Author Danny Shipka observed that "looking at the treatment of Emanuelle in her films, it's clear that most of the violence is directly aimed at her, and because most of her films have a
mondo film to them, the violence is magnified; disturbingly, though, violence doesn't seem to be used as the aphrodisiac to get one in the mood, but to actually get one off." ==See also==