On
Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 43% based on reviews from 7 critics.
Terrence Rafferty of
The New Yorker praised Cochran's directorial debut, writing that "The assurance she shows in handling even a brief expository scene is astonishing. [...] This film school graduate has a kind of 'technique' that can't be taught. [...] The sort of liberation that
My New Gun proposes, and embodies, is the product of a true filmmaker's vision". The film was praised by another critic for its "masterfully understated structure" and eccentricities, which some considered to be influenced by
Thelma and Louise or an update of
Henrik Ibsen's ''
A Doll's House''. ==References==