Bregman was surprised about some of the negative reviews, but stated that some of the same reviewers have since "retracted" their views upon further discussions of the film. A few weeks before the film's premiere, De Palma told the crew not to get their hopes up about the film's reception. He correctly predicted that Pacino, having just won an Oscar, would be criticized; Koepp, having just done "Jurassic Park", would "suck"; Penn would be "brilliant" because he had not done anything for a while; and he himself, having not been forgiven for "The Bonfire of the Vanities", would not quite be embraced.