[1] The Age's Tom Ryan gave it a 2/3 star (Good viewing) review writing "The direction is generally assured, the wit is disarming, and 'Mushrooms' (whose title will remain unexplained) is graced by winning performances from three of Australia's best "grey power" character actors.
"[2] Also writing for the Age Barbara Creed said "Although Mushrooms is generally amusing, it fails to reach its full potential as a black comedy because the characters of Minnie and Flo (their names say it all) are, basically, too nice.
"[3] John Hartl of The Seattle Times wrote "if you respond to the veteran performers, who have appeared in many Australian films, stage productions and television series, "Mushrooms" will go down easily enough.
"[4] Jay Carr reviewed it for The Boston Globe concluding "At times, the comedy threatens to lose momentum, but it rallies nicely at the end.
First-time director Alan Madden also makes the film’s eccentricity-relishing tone part of what’s fun about watching it.