Roger Ebert gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, saying it was mildly entertaining but did not add up to much.

It's mildly entertaining, but none of it really matters much.

It's mindless and mildly entertaining, but only worth a rental at best.

Why don't people like this get a real job and write about something either mildly entertaining or informative?

The Allmusic review calls it a "set that had some mildly entertaining moments".

Time called it a "mildly entertaining potful of scraps."

"Players" seems on track to be a mildly entertaining, take-it-or-leave-it show.

The story was not a very original one, but was mildly entertaining, Sara thought.

Some days it's mildly entertaining to be a cop.

The result is a mildly entertaining excursion into pseudo-history-lite, with a big dramatic hole at its center.