The film received mixed reviews.
Baradwaj Rangan from
The Hindu wrote, "We keep waiting for something to happen and throw these aimless scenes into sharp relief. We await a twist in the tale. But there’s nothing...It’s a testament to the power of melodrama that the story turns mildly interesting in its final section, but the ending isn’t earned. It appears tacked on simply so that we leave the theatre on an emotional high — and that’s the worst kind of cheating".
The Times of India gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "While it is, on the whole, a decent film, especially in the set-in-the-sickle-toting-south genre,
Rummy is also wearisome, mainly because it is so predictable. There is a strong been-there-done-that whiff in the proceedings that you are hardly surprised and never really root for the characters".
Sify wrote, "K. Balakrishnan makes a decent debut with
Rummy, but it is predictable and at times the pace sags. As usual first half is decent, while the story loses its steam post-interval".
Rediff gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and called
Rummy "an engaging film, let down by an average screenplay and the extremely slow pace".
Hindustan Times gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "
Rummy is often violent...There is more bloodshed and gore to come, more revenge and brutality -- sometimes treated with arrogant casualness. However, the high point of Balakrishnan's script is the shock it presents at the end". Behindwoods gave 2 stars out of 5 and called it "A familiar tale of oppositions to love which takes its own sweet time to move". == References ==