Maattrraan received more than 2.5 out of 5 stars from The Times of India .
The Times of India gave the film 1.5 out of 5 stars , commenting that it had a `` running time of close to three hours , and editor Anthony should have persevered with the director to reduce it as a lot of time is expended on scenes that could have been easily sacrificed to make it a much more compact package .
Maattrraan