At 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.
Blackmail Boy reaches for tragedy but settles for soap opera.
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TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Black 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.
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New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
There 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.
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L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
It's a mean-spirited exercise in stilted outrageousness.
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New York PostV.A. Musetto
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The Greeks have a word for Blackmail Boy: boring.
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Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
Curiously, Blackmail Boy's alternate title is "Oxygen"--and by film's end, you'll be gasping for it.