 Kenneth Turan of the "Los Angeles Times" described her as "incandescent", bringing "power and unshakable will to her role as mother-master manipulator" in a "riveting, impeccable performance".She earned Best Supporting Actress Awards from the San Diego Film Critics Society and the Kansas City Film Critics Circle, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.Pfeiffer lent her voice for the character of goddess of chaos Eris in "" (2003), an animated film featuring Brad Pitt as the voice of Sinbad the Sailor.