"Dominick Dunne's colorful, tragic, and accomplished life makes an excellent documentary subject," says DVD Talk. "The man is full of fantastic stories of old Hollywood, and his jaundiced view of our criminal justice system is oddly refreshing." Of Dominick Dunne: After the Party, Variety adds: "The observer becomes the observed, and is a joy to behold, in [this] straightforward but gripping docu about the titular writer."