Ajith Kumar's Valimai is a blockbuster at the box office, despite its mixed reviews from the critics and audience. The film was initially released with a runtime of 179 minutes and it ran for the first three days. However, the film was trimmed by 15 minutes and the crispier version was played later on. The trimming was done due to pacing issues that the film had. Having said that, the film's director, H Vinoth has reacted to the criticisms that Valimai faced and his answer has garnered wide attention from the film buffs. Vinoth cited that the audience is restless and do not have the patience to watch slow-paced scenes.

Talking in his recent interview with All India Radio, H Vinoth said, "After seeing a super-fast first half loaded with some solid action moments, people were not ready to see the calmer sequences in the second half. Psychologically, they are not ready for the pace variation. Despite talking about a topical issue faced by the youths, they do not pay enough attention. They saw a fast-paced first half and expected the latter half also to be the same. They seem to want a uniformly paced movie. This is what I heard from many people. This generation's audience is the restless people who are used to seeing YouTube shorts.

They have lost their patience. Only after showing the film to a lot of people and we ourselves watching it multiple times, do we release the film believing that the content is good to go and it will keep the audience engrossed. But the thing is they (audience) do not see the film with the same effect that we see. They are able to experience only 30 - 40% of what we actually saw. The majority of the theatres are not equipped enough with the right sound systems and all these aspects play a bigger role in making the film appeal to the audience".