Reception
Rotten Tomatoes gives this movie 43%, with an average of 4.9 out of 10, which is considered a rotten review.
Justine Neal from Star Tribune has the same negative views towards this movie. In what should have been a good film produced in Minnesota Neal says, “Overnight Delivery gets lost in a unworthy script.” He states that all the right elements were present and puts blame on bad writing and inexperienced production. When talking about the potentially rising stars at the time, Rudd and Witherspoon, he says, “Unfortunately, they’re not yet strong enough in Overnight Delivery (two stars out of five stars) to overcome predictable unimaginative writing.”
Rebecca Murray writing for About.com disagrees and gives Overnight Delivery a decent review. She stated that the movie did not receive the attention it deserved by going straight to video, and it should have been given a better shot. “I actually laughed out loud at parts of Overnight Delivery and wish it had been given a better shot at theatrical run.”
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