 At Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".Peter Bradshaw of "The Guardian" gave the film 1 out of 5 stars, calling it "exasperatingly thin and derivative".James Crawford of "The Village Voice" wrote, "after an opening 20 minutes of pert dialogue, charming performances, and true tendresse, "Novo" devolves into a plodding morass of love lost-and-found after Graham's forgotten wife enters the picture."