Roger Ebert thought the two lead roles were "played to perfection by Close and Malkovich... their arch dialogues together turn into exhausting conversational games, tennis matches of the soul."
Roger Ebert je mislio da dvije glavne uloge "savršeno igraju Close i Malkovich... njihovi se lukavi dijalozi zajedno pretvaraju u iscrpljujuće razgovorne igre, teniske mečeve duše".