Once Upon a Time in Kochi

Arjun Ramachandran of The South First gave it two-and-a-half out of five stars and noted that "Director Nadirshah's latest outing lacks the soul and elements needed for commercial cinema and offers nothing new."

Rohit Panikker of Times Now rated the film three out of five stars and wrote, "Once Upon A Time In Kochi is an attempt at trying to tell something new using extremely outdated narrative tropes.

Praveen of The Hindu wrote, "Once Upon a Time in Kochi is a rather forgettable attempt at creating a ‘comedy thriller’ given how none of its attempts at being funny or thrilling manage to work."

Vignesh Madhu of The New Indian Express gave it one out of five stars and wrote, "First things first, it seems like the makers were unsure of how to treat the film.