 "The Hollywood Reporter" stated "Wisegal" is above the Lifetime Original Movie average and said "it's engrossing, if sometimes a bit off the rails in terms of plausibility.It also offers genuinely solid performances, headed by Milano as a butt-kicking heroine along with effective work from bad-dude supreme Jason Gedrick and the ageless James Caan, who seems to speak increasingly softly as the years pile up.