ɹˈɑːdʒɚɹ ˈɛbɚt ʌvðə ʃᵻkˈɑːɡoʊ sˈʌntˈaɪmz əbzˈɜːvd, "ðə mˈuːvi pɹˈoʊsiːdz mˈoːɹ ɔːɹ lˈɛs sˌæɾɪsfˈæktɚɹəli fɔːɹ nˈaɪnti fˈoːɹ mˈɪnɪts, ænd ðˈɛn ɪnðə lˈæst sˈɪksti sˈɛkəndz ɛkspˈɛkts ˌʌs tə ɹᵻvˈaɪz ˈɛvɹɪθˌɪŋ wiː θˈɔːt wiː nˈuː, ɔːɹ ɡˈɛst, ɔːɹ fˈɪɡɚd ˈaʊt dʒˈʌst bɪkˈʌz əvən ˈɑːɹbɪtɹˌɛɹi ˈɛndɪŋ.".
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times observed, "The movie proceeds more or less satisfactorily for 94 minutes, and then in the last 60 seconds expects us to revise everything we thought we knew, or guessed, or figured out - just because of an arbitrary ending.".