The film had a limited release in November 10, 1983, with a general release three months later in February of the following year. It was praised for Hemingway’s and Roberts's performances. Roberts won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and Fosse was nominated for the Golden Bear and the Berlin Film Festival. It was Fosse's final film as director before his death in 1987.