Video tapes copied from DVDs encoded with APS become garbled and unwatchable. The episode was almost completely interrupted and unwatchable. Most of the scenes are almost completely white and unwatchable. At its worst, it's unwatchable. The pixel aspect ratio goes bad and makes the movie unwatchable. If the interference was large enough, the picture was probably unwatchable anyway. "Sify" wrote "Overall, Eetti with its confused presentation is not an entirely unwatchable film". Adam Tyner from DVD Talk called the film "basically unwatchable in its original form". The review expressed incredulity over the film's long gestation and described its finale as unwatchable. Rita Kempley for "The Washington Post" called it "well-nigh unwatchable cruelty for its own sake". If you have time go for it, as it is not entirely unwatchable. In the same year, he played Carl in the British short film "Unwatchable". Pratim D. Gupta of "The Telegraph" called it an unwatchable film. Reviewers have criticized the film for being "flimsy" and "[close to] unwatchable". "Sify" wrote "On the whole, Sundattam is not entirely unwatchable".