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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasAt the center of the movie, Tsimitselis makes for a disappointing blank, a pretty poster boy who leaves a long trail of emotional wreckage in his wake.
- 50The New York TimesAnita GatesThe New York TimesAnita GatesIt does have the feel of farce at times, but much of the time it just seems determined to shock.
- 40Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustLos Angeles TimesKevin CrustBlackmail Boy reaches for tragedy but settles for soap opera.
- 38TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghBlack comedy requires perfect pitch: Pedro Almodovar has it and cowriters/directors Michalis Reppas and Thanasis Papathanasiou don't, at least by the evidence of this film.
- 38New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThere are moments of amusing melodrama, but for the most part, the action is too preposterous to take seriously, and too serious to be very much fun.
- 30L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyL.A. WeeklyErnest HardyIt's a mean-spirited exercise in stilted outrageousness.
- 25New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe Greeks have a word for Blackmail Boy: boring.
- 10Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonCuriously, Blackmail Boy's alternate title is "Oxygen"--and by film's end, you'll be gasping for it.