When the film was released, film critic Roger Ebert lauded the film, writing, " The Hospital is a better movie than you may have been led to believe.

When the film was released, film critic Roger Ebert discussed the style and methods the filmmakers used, writing, " The makers of The Atomic Cafe sifted through thousands of feet of Army films, newsreels, government propaganda films and old television broadcasts to come up with the material in their film, which is presented without any narration, as a record of some of the ways in which the bomb entered American folklore.

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