It employed to have a % rating on Rotten Tomatoes, whose significant consensus notes that it is "duly notorious" as equally an imitation of E.T. The site's consensus reads, "Mommie Dearest unquestionably would not deficiency for conviction, and neither does Faye Dunaway's legendary performance as a wire-wielding monster regrettably, the film is also campy and undisciplined to transcend guilty satisfaction".