In Movie - Film - Review, Christopher Tookey wrote that though the actresses were "competent in roles that may have some reference to their own careers", the film "is visually unimaginative, never escapes its stage origins, and is almost totally lacking in revelation or surprising incident". Noting that there were "occasional, refreshing moments of intergenerational bitchiness", they did not "justify comparisons to All About Eve", and were "insufficiently different to deserve critical parallels with Rashomon".
In Movie - Film - Review, Christopher Tookey wrote that the actresses were "skilled in roles that might be connected to their own lives", but the film "is visually uninspired, never escapes its stage origins, and offers little in the way of revelation or surprise". He noted that there were "brief, refreshing moments of intergenerational conflict", but these did not "warrant being compared to All About Eve", nor were they "distinct enough to draw critical comparisons with Rashomon".