Critical Reaction
The film received mixed reviews. Some found it brilliant; others, tasteless. Its U.K. distributor, Rank, were appalled by what they saw; one executive called it "a sick film made by sick people for sick people." In response, they removed the Rank logo from all U.K. prints of the film. John Coleman in The New Statesman gave it a very bad review: " an overall style which plays merry hell with chronology".
On review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a score of 60% from a total of 5 critical submissions, with an average rating of 6.9 out of 10, indicating a "fresh" score on the site's Tomatometer. The site's audience poll holds a score of 77% from a total of 3,823 ratings at an average of 3.7 out of 5, indicating that general audiences have "liked it."
The film received the Toronto Film Festival's highest honour, the People's Choice Award, in 1980, as well as the London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director.
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