On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 69% based on 36 reviews, with an average rating of 6.30/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "People hate "Highlander" because it's cheesy, bombastic, and absurd. And people love it for the same reasons." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 24 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "C+" on scale of A to F.