Main criticisms are directed towards the film's complex plot and unconvincingly implausible coincidences. David Bates, for example, described it as "unconvincingly and unhelpfully 'modern'". She hesitates before saying unconvincingly that she wants to find her husband alive. The magic John encounters is unconvincingly rationalized. After Eskimoff unconvincingly tries to summon Webb's spirit, a skeptical Reef successfully channels his father. Alek revives her and claims unconvincingly to be a Swiss villager. As Morgan tries unconvincingly to tell Jonathan that the police will be coming, they do. A torn Mladen tells him unconvincingly that it's a no-go. Essex batted unconvincingly and only saved the follow-on by four runs. She unconvincingly told them that her car had broken down. Unconvincingly, Buffy and Riley say how horrible the experience was.