Most critics like it, and they like it for the same reasons. Nine of eleven reviews are positive, and the praise gathers around the cast: Elle Fanning as the single mother who turns to OnlyFans, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Nick Offerman, whose chemistry several reviews single out. There is broad agreement that the series treats its premise without moralising, that the family scenes matter more than the sex work, and that the tone is warm and funny rather than lurid. The soundtrack gets a mention or two.
The two dissenters are not mild about it. Variety finds Fanning miscast and the series short on grit and jokes, and thinks it stretches its story too thin. The Telegraph agrees the laughs are scarce, and argues the show strains for prestige when the novel was simply funnier. The spread is wide: nothing sits in the middle, and even admirers call it sweet more often than sharp.