 The film received mixed to negative reviews.Critics generally were impressed by the film's efforts, but felt that the script was too underdeveloped and too similar to other films.Roger Ebert wrote, "Watching this plot unfold, I was remembering last week's "Heavy," which also premiered at Sundance; its cafe was run by an older woman (Shelley Winters), and had a veteran waitress (Deborah Harry) and a young waitress (Liv Tyler), and had a regular customer whose name was Leo, not Joe, although he was played by Joe Grifasi.