David Hinckley of "The New York Daily News" wrote, "Julianne Moore’s physical Palin in "Game Change", which debuts March 10, is even more dead-on than Tina Fey's." Fey, who was noted for her physical resemblance to Palin, won an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2009 for her satirical impersonation of Palin on the sketch comedy TV show "Saturday Night Live". Several excerpts from these impersonations were used in the film.