[3] On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 67% based on 9 reviews.

[4] On Metacritic, it has a score of 61 based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favourable reviews".

[5] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "Worlds Apart doesn’t manage to transcend the forced and familiar-feeling aspects of its multipart narrative, but it does offer an evocative portrait of its troubled milieu, and one of its segments, at least, has genuine emotional resonance.

"[6] Owen Gleiberman of Variety wrote: "It isn't bad, but it’s kind of a trifle.

Though it treats its themes with reasonable honesty, it can't help but come off as a bit diagrammed.