Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. Richard Roeper gave the film zero out of four stars, saying, "...nothing could have prepared us for the offensively stupid, shamelessly manipulative, ridiculously predictable and hopelessly dated crapfest that is "Mother's Day"." Peter Bradshaw, writing in "The Guardian", gave the film one star out of five, calling it "as feelgood and life-affirming as a fire in an asbestos factory neighbouring a children's hospital."