 On Metacritic the film has an average score of 52 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".On the television program "Ebert & Roeper", filmmaker Kevin Smith, filling in for Roger Ebert, described the film as the best of the year thus far.Smith praised Ricci and Jackson, saying this was Ricci's best performance and Jackson's best performance since "Pulp Fiction" (1994).