IGN criticized the "cheesy" and unadventurous soundtrack, as well as a lack of voice acting. They are fond of an unadventurous life of farming, eating, and socializing. Caroline Millar of the British Film Institute found Vitagraph's adaptation overall to be "rather unadventurous". This explains the relatively unadventurous design of the standard engine. As such, it is easy for them to be erroneously branded unadventurous in sexual matters.