Sheila Benson of the "Los Angeles Times" was positive, praising "three great comic performances" from "the juiciest cast imaginable." Tom Milne of "The Monthly Film Bulletin" wrote, ""Beyond Therapy" is a scattershot film, even more so than usual with Altman, offering a firework display of one-liners and their visual equivalents, some brilliantly funny, some less successful." The film presently holds a score of 25% on Rotten Tomatoes based on eight reviews.