The film premiered at the
Rhode Island International Film Festival where it won the "Best Feature" award. It was subsequently acquired for US distribution by Breaking Glass Pictures and released on November 6, 2018. Alex Saveliev writing for
Film Threat gave the film 4 out of 10 stars, saying "Restraint should have had more excess. Perhaps it would’ve worked as a farce, a phantasmagorical, theatrical, balls-out descent into madness." Cushman won the "Best Director" award for the film at the 2017
Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival. He also won the "Best Director" award for the film at the 2018 Queens World Film Festival. The film also played the 2017
Buffalo International Film Festival. == References ==