Kissing Fingertips said in their review that the film "doesn't live up to its title in at least one significant way...believing these women were in love". They complimented lesbian writer/director Lee Rose as..."becoming the guru of the TV movie lesbian"... and said the actors did OK with what they were given. Andy Webb in his review said Leslie Hope and Wendy Crewson played their parts well, "delivering the aspect of conflicted feelings but also bringing out the humor in their characters". But it is the "wonderful Margo Martindale as Maggie who brings the best laughs thanks to her natural ability to deliver lines with that aspect of knowing which makes them fun". Lynn Elber from the Associated Press said the "film's tone is quietly reserved; even the one sex scene between Kate and Mac is brief and tame". According to Elber, Lifetime ordered that a longer version of the sex scene be cut from the film as too revealing. In a WLW film review, they were disappointed, saying the film "feels entry level". They said the writing is "cliché after cliché" and its direction is "very much point and shoot with little artistry". Overall. they rated the movie 5.2 out of 10.
