Sacha Howells of Film.com noted the release of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh coincided with the release of The Informers, another Jon Foster film about bisexuals in the 1980s, based on the Bret Easton Ellis novel of the same name. Howells noted that, while reviews for most films have been mixed, "the decision to see Pittsburgh on April 10 or Informers on April 24 is completely subjective -- do you like your literary adaptations debauched and nihilistic or wistful and bittersweet? ", with Howells opining he would probably be seeing both.
Sacha Howells of Film.com commented that the release of "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" coincided with the release of "The Informers," another Jon Foster film about bisexuals in the 1980s, based on Bret Easton Ellis' novel of the same name. He noted that while reviews for most films have been mixed, whether one prefers their literary adaptations to be debauched and nihilistic or wistful and bittersweet is a matter of personal taste, and Howells himself would likely see both films.