james berardinelli of "reelviews" gave the film 2 and a half stars out of four, saying, "despite its brevity, it seems padded, with all sorts of irrelevant scenes and dead-end subplots taking up time. [...] next time, ramis should work to his strengths, and film noir isn't one of them. the ice harvest will have melted away long before the turkey leftovers are polished off."