The Hollywood Reporter critic Frank Scheck praised the film's "appealing performances, sun-dappled cinematography and occasional witty dialogue", but thought that it was "contrived and derivative" and "a little too pleased with itself". The Globe and Mails Rick Groen called The Go-Getter "a fairly well-made picture that's just been fairly well-made too many times before, a knock-off of a thousand other knock-offs".
The critic Frank Scheck from The Hollywood Reporter appreciated the film's "engaging performances, bright cinematography, and occasional clever dialogue," but thought it was "manipulated" and "unoriginal." Rick Groen of The Globe and Mail characterized The Go-Getter as "a well-crafted movie that's just been made too many times before, a copycat of numerous other films."