 VanDerWerff deemed Spears'cameo "totally useless," criticizing the singer's "flat, listless dialogue." Lisa de Moraes of The Washington Post graded her cameo a "C," commenting "at least she didn 't have to try to be funny" as in her How I Met Your Mother guest-spot. Flandez was disappointed that Spears did not appear for longer, yet he concluded that given the acting demonstrated in her 2002 film Crossroads, it was better that the pop star did not. Conversely, Jenna Mullins of E! Online appreciated the fact that Spears did not appear as a background character, writing that she is "best when she is playing herself", Stack felt her appearances were well-handled, "with a nice level of restraint," and Canning felt they were kept to a "perfect minimum."
