Neal Justin, from the "Star Tribune", had a negative view of the film. "In what should have been a good film produced in Minnesota," Neal says, ""Overnight Delivery" gets lost in a unworthy script." He states that all the right elements were present and puts blame on bad writing and inexperienced production. When talking about the potentially rising stars at the time, Rudd and Witherspoon, he says, "Unfortunately, they're not yet strong enough in "Overnight Delivery" (two stars out of five stars) to overcome predictable unimaginative writing."