Author and film critic Leonard Maltin awarded the film 3/4 stars, calling it "Good, if somewhat unimaginative". Time Out gave the film a mostly positive review, noting its tendency to go over-the-top, but commended the film's interweaving of Price's character Toombes with the actor's actual film career, and "reasonably witty in its use of inter-penetrating fantasies born of the Dream Factory". Dennis Schwartz from Ozus' World Movie Reviews awarded the film a grade B−, calling it, "Cheesy but enjoyable".
