When interviewed by Anthony Bourdain, Bill Murray lauded the film as unappreciated, with a complex plot and respect among actors in the film industry since its release. Kelly Lynch told "The A.V. Club", "Every time "Road House" is on and he or one of his idiot brothers are watching TV – and they’re always watching TV – one of them calls my husband and says (in a reasonable approximation of Carl Spackler from "Caddyshack"), 'Kelly's having sex with Patrick Swayze right now. They’re doing it. He's throwing her against the rocks.'" Murray is the best friend of Lynch's husband, Mitch Glazer, and Lynch herself considers Murray a "buddy".