In Entertainment Weekly, Lisa Schwartzbaum argued that Winslet "perfectly projects that naive self-centeredness with which a Woodstock generation of young wanderers, seeking spiritual revelation, made their way to cultures as exotic as their thumbs could take them".
In Entertainment Weekly, Lisa Schwartzbaum maintained that Winslet "exactly captures that carefree, egocentric nature typical of young people from the Woodstock era, who sought spiritual experiences in exotic environments."