 On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 20% based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 3.44/10.On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 35 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel both gave it thumbs down, saying that the plot was recycled from Horatio Alger novels.