Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 out of 4 and wrote Rohmer "is interested in the times between the big moments, the times when boredom and disenchantment set in" and "Perhaps he believes that you can best judge a person's character by observing how they behave when they feel they are not being judged".
Ebert's review emphasized Rohmer's attention to the transitional periods and his notion that character can be discerned by examining a person's behavior during times of feeling unappreciated or unnoticed.