Caryn James of The New York Times gave credit to Harris and Duvall for giving "two intelligent but distant performances" and the actresses for being "appealing" in their "understandably tiny" roles, but felt the film suffers from an overlong runtime, "an easy, sentimental impulse" to its scenes and succumbs to the "scenery chewing and predictability" of its elderly-focused tale, saying "Instead of simply assuming that the old have interesting lives, the film never stops congratulating itself for being daring enough to focus on them.
Caryn James of The New York Times praised Harris and Duvall's "intelligent but distant" performances, finding the actresses "appealing" in their limited roles, but criticized the film's lengthy runtime, sentimental approach to its scenes, and reliance on predictable elderly-centric tropes.