Nathan Lee of
The New York Times stated, "The achievement of the film has less to do with guerrilla tactics than with its shrewd interface of the personal and political." Dennis Harvey of
Variety praised, "Koons, Friedman and Mabe in particular are all terrific" and also commented, "Script by Stephens and producer-editor-spouse Joel Viertel walks a tricky middle path with seemingly casual, semi-improvised aplomb." Ed Gonzalez of
Slant Magazine gave
Conventioneers 2.5 out of 4 stars and wrote, "The film's synthesis of fiction and documentary is smooth and compelling, especially during its climax inside
Madison Square Garden, but the story is smaller than its visual britches, toeing a predictable line of conflict." Eric Kohn of
IndieWire opined, "The finale is both romantically tragic and crushing in a larger sense to anyone with lingering aches from the second victory of
George W. Bush." ==References==