True-to-life drama The critic Wen Tien-ping says of the film that "it is written in simple film language and delves deep into lower-class life in Taiwan.
貼近生活的戲劇影評人聞天祥認為，《忠仔》「寫實而質樸的電影語言，深刻的表現出台灣底層生活的脈動。