Writing for
Variety, Dennis Harvey has mixed feeling about the script, praising Mark Burt's balance of "the primary character trio's unremarkable yet complex emotions, framing them in well-captured pub/construction site/family milieus." But felt that the "somewhat gratuitous running gag—glimpses of the titular, fictional chat show, a kinder-gentler
Jerry Springer-type mix of real folks and hot-button topics—suddenly takes center stage." He added that this "good little movie abruptly grows loud, large and heavy-handed in the last reel." Harvey praised the acting saying that "there's much to enjoy here, particularly in the uniformly fine cast. … Shepherd … is a real find, convincingly rendering David as withdrawn, laddish and lovesick all at once. Apart from some killing-time interludes set to pop tunes, and the rather cheesy flash of horizontal-wipe scene transitions, helmer Aisling Walsh lends material both youthful breeziness and emotional weight."
Filmcritic.com's Christopher Null dismissed the film, declaring that if "you manage to stay interested, well, you're a stouter fellow than I."
TV Guide's Troy Lambert wrote that despite "the reality-challenged script, director Aisling Walsh delivers decent performances from the cast, especially Shepherd, Simm and Fraser as the unlikely three-way." ==References==