Jurica Pavičić, writing for Jutarnji list daily, summarized The Show Must Go On as a "good dystopia with unconvincing protagonists". He noted it was only the third science fiction film in the history of Croatian cinema, while still being produced with funds that would otherwise be insufficient even for a TV drama. Despite the low budget, he described the film as professionally produced, with "decent" CGI effects. Still, Pavičić found that the film does not give enough attention to its many characters, and that the relationship between Dogan and his ex-wife does not move beyond a "yuppie post-industrial family cliché".
