Nathan Rabin of "The A.V. Club" graded the film a B, also praising Goldblum, whom he credits with a "stunning lead performance." He compared the film's concept with the "notorious unreleased Jerry Lewis monstrosity" that is "The Day the Clown Cried", but that Goldblum's performance made "Adam Resurrected" work. Rabin writes, "Goldblum sells this wildly theatrical character through sheer magnetism. The otherworldly nature of his restless, nervous charisma has seldom been put to better use. Even when it flies off the rails deep into its third act, "Resurrected" remains strangely hypnotic."