 Film critic Roger Ebert also liked the film and its message and wrote," ["The City" is] a direct, spare, touching film developed by Riker during six years of acting workshops with immigrants in New York City...Finally [the film] is making its way around the country, at venues like the Film Center at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.It is a film that would have great power for Spanish-speaking working people, who of course are unlikely to find it at the Film Center.Eventually on television, it may find a broader audience.