Vieilles Canailles
Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" lauded the film as "another one of those delightful village comedies that seem to spin out of the British isles annually." He added, ""Waking Ned Devine" can take its place alongside "Local Hero", "Comfort and Joy", "The Snapper", "The Van", "The Full Monty", "The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain", "Brassed Off", "Eat the Peach" and many others." Derek Elley of "Variety" called it "a warmly observed comedy of manners" and wrote: