"The scenes that follow should be clichê... but they end up one of the best makeover sequences since To Wong Foo: Thanks for Everything with Julie Newmar. The shopkeepers in the trendy boutique Sarah takes Melinda to are completely at a loss for how to dress a size 12 and have only the worst possible suggestions for Melinda to try. In Case of Emergency doesn't discard the tropes of romantic comedies; it embraces and elevates them into brilliantly funny moments."