 Alan Pergament , writing for The Buffalo News , awarded the episode 3 and a half stars out of five and said the episode " offers a delicious take on the surprise theatrical movie hit from England . " Pergament thought there were too many penis jokes , especially for the show 's time slot , but called the dance scenes " hysterically funny . " The Spokesman @-@ Review 's John Martin stated that while he usually condemned the " cheap , tawdry use of nudity " to boost ratings , it was different with Carey and he thought the take on The Full Monty was " riotous " and " wild " . Martin finished by saying " Carey may be the only comic in prime time who could pull this off , so to speak . You gotta love the big guy . " 
