The movie won the festival's Audience Award for Best Documentary Movie. "Bridegroom" also received the 2014 GLADD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary alongside "Call Me Kuchu". The movie aired on television on October 27, 2013 on "The Oprah Winfrey Show". The movie was released on Netflix and on DVD on November 19, 2013. "Bridegroom" got very positive reviews. It has an 89% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. On Metacritic, the movie has an 85/100 rating.