 Chris Willman of "Entertainment Weekly" wrote that the song "is a minor letdown; Shakira's voice is too like Beyoncé's for a truly complementary tango".On April 26, 2011, Gary Trust of "Billboard" magazine listed "Beautiful Liar" at the fourth position on his list of the 10 All-Female Hit Collaborations, calling it a "female-bonding boy-bashing anthem".Erika Ramirez and Jason Lipshutz of the same publication ranked the song at number 22 on their list of "Beyonce's 30 Biggest Billboard Hits".