Being Tom Cruise appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" as "the best gag in the whole episode". Aidan Smith of "Scotland on Sunday" wrote favorably of the show, and noted, "Fearlessly, in view of how paranoid Scientologists are, the latest target was Tom Cruise. I especially liked the scene where the tiny screen giant winched himself, Mission Impossible-style, on to Nicole Kidman while she slugged from a tinnie like a good Sheila." "The Daily Mirror" described the program as "far too funny". A review in "The Daily Mirror" was positive, commenting, "If you want to see a brilliant spoof about Tom Cruise's faith
Being Tom Cruise barely fits on the screen, it is hard not to be amused". The "Herald Sun" called it a "ruthless but spot-on parody". The parody of Tom Cruise (Kevin Bishop) is framed through the viewpoint of the actor's association with the Church of Scientology. The show recounts the actor's days with a group of actors known as the Brat Pack, and how he maintains a friendship with Patrick Swayze, an actor from this crowd. (Brat Pack is a nickname given to a group of young actors and actresses who frequently appeared together in teen-oriented in the 1980s; Cruise has been referred