In 2004, the Toronto International Film Festival ranked the film tenth in the Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time. David Lawrence Pike criticized the use of the World Trade Center footage as exploitative, but said despite "the crudeness and vulgarity", the film had a "particular brilliance". Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports an 82% approval rating based on 134 reviews, with an average rating of 7.24/10. Metacritic reports that the film has an average score of 70 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".