"Sify " rated 3.5 out of 5 and described " Massu Engira Masilamani " as " a no-holds barred entertainer with all the essential ingredients . " " Rediff " gave the film 2.5 stars on a scale of 5 and commented, " There is non-stop excitement, with all the characters in the film being on some kind of high, literally bursting with energy . " " Deccan Chronicle " rated the film 2.5 out of 5 as well, saying that " the film drives up to an intersection where one sign says horror and another, entertainment, and firmly decides on the latter while paying just a passing reference to the former . " " The Economic Times " also gave the film 2.5 stars and wrote, " The paranormal twist in " Massu . . . " is what keeps you interested but there are too many twists; some predictable and some good . " Writing for " The Hindu ", Baradwaj Rangan stated, " The idea behind the supernaturally themed " Massu " is terrific, even it feels like a mashup of many spirit-driven films . . . the thing with Venkat Prabhu's films these days . . . ( is ) . . . they're all ideas and no follow-through . . . It's only in the last hour or so that " Massu " begins to score . " Malini Mannath from " The New Indian Express " wrote, " Not very funny, not very scary, and not very original, Venkat Prabhu's attempt at crafting his first supernatural-comic-vendetta flick, turns out to be a disappointing and a boring affair . . . The director weaves in a hotchpotch of situations, the screenplay is sloppy and narration is jerky.
