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Mike Smith (Past the Popcorn) finds the film's idyllic, hippie-ish acceptance of promiscuity superficial and unbelievable: "The director does almost nothing to help us understand the relationships that develop. Motivation is non-existent. Moods never seem to change. Grief is muted, joy is muted, life goes on and doesn't change a thing. And soul-searching never enters this film's lexicon. The dialogue doesn't address the philosophical issues the film raises—it blithely assumes the answers are obvious: What the heck; we all live in a moral cocoon of anticlimax and communal openness. You may be an ogre and a liar. But you look pretty cute, and I need someone right now. I guess you'll do."

Christa Banister (Crosswalk) says Garner's smile, "which she flashes constantly," can't "make up for the film's weak script," or for the implausibility of her character falling in love again so soon after her fiancé's death: "In what could've been an insightful commentary on the grieving process, the writers wasted an opportunity by creating unbelievable characters in a by-the-numbers comedy that's devoid of any substance."

David DiCerto (Catholic News Service) finds the film "dour, slow-moving" and says it "lacks a consistent tone."

Mainstream critics, having caught the film, have thrown it back in the water.

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