Tom Cruise Purple Cohen, stated "...it's well-known in the industry you don't mess with Tom Cruise. And so, that's all I can say. I'm sure his lawyers are on this like white on rice. But I'm sure he's actually not as affected by it as his lawyers are." Public relations writer Howard Bragman commented, "I can tell you Tom and his lawyers do not have a sense of humor. And messing with Tom Cruise's image is risky business, OK?" Representatives for Cruise were notified of the existence of the product by journalists for the "New York Daily News". Cruise has sought legal advice
Tom Cruise: All the World's a Stage in the book. He criticized the work for being "incurious about what it is like" to be Tom Cruise. In his review in "The Independent", William Cook described the tone of the book as "respectful not reverential". Cook also wrote: "Johnstone's businesslike biog feels as if written at arm's length - but this distance allows him to state some awkward facts about Cruise's Scientology. It's hard to believe he could have been quite so frank in an authorised biography." The book received a critical review in "The West Australian", and a review in Australia's "The Daily Telegraph" thought the book