It applied to have a % rating on Rotten Tomatoes, whose critical consensus notes that it is "duly notorious" as equally an imitation of E.T. The site's consensus reads, "Mommie Dearest absolutely does not deficiency for conviction, and neither does Faye Dunaway's legendary general performance as a wire-wielding monster unfortunately, the motion picture is much too campy and undisciplined to transcend guilty satisfaction".