norwegian newspapers "verdens gang" and "dagbladet" both gave the film five out of six points. "verdens gang"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s jon selås called it "a little film about living" and praised it for its "applied existential philosophy". "dagbladet"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s vegard larsen had certain objections to a few unnecessary scenes, but nevertheless found that the film had met the high expectations created by hamer's previous films. "aftenposten"'s ingunn økland, on the other hand, felt "o' horten" failed to live up to the director's best work, and gave it only four points. she nevertheless pointed out the good qualities in the film, in particular the filming and the soundtrack by john erik kaada.