 At the press screening at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, several audience members left before the film was over and some of those who stayed until the end booed it.The film received generally poor reviews from such industry journals as "Variety" and "The Hollywood Reporter", but then won the Jury Prize from the jury, headed by Quentin Tarantino.Deborah Young of Variety stated in May 2004, it had a "weakly structured story" and "its loosely connected scenes will sorely try the patience of most viewers".