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A little clunky at times for contemporary audiences but still manages to truly perturb. January 10, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A little clunky at times for contemporary audiences but still manages to truly perturb.
David Parkinson
Blackmail is most draggy. It has no speed or pace and very little suspense. March 26, 2009 | Full Review…
Blackmail is most draggy. It has no speed or pace and very little suspense.
Variety Staff
The director, Alfred Hitchcock, frequently fails to see that his scenes are adequately lighted and more often than not the images do not stand out as distinctly as they might if more attention had been paid to the shading of the interior walls. March 25, 2006 | Full Review…
The director, Alfred Hitchcock, frequently fails to see that his scenes are adequately lighted and more often than not the images do not stand out as distinctly as they might if more attention had been paid to the shading of the interior walls.
Mordaunt Hall
Blackmail marked Hitchcock's first use of sound, and it remains famous for its innovations in that area. But it's now more stimulating for its experiment with narrative structure. February 9, 2006 | Full Review…
Blackmail marked Hitchcock's first use of sound, and it remains famous for its innovations in that area. But it's now more stimulating for its experiment with narrative structure.
Tony Rayns
Like most of his British films, Blackmail is a sign of things to come rather than Hitchcock at his height, but it shouldn't be missed. June 13, 2005 | Full Review…
Like most of his British films, Blackmail is a sign of things to come rather than Hitchcock at his height, but it shouldn't be missed.
Dave Kehr
...crackles with the energy of a genius reckoning with a new toy-box. January 9, 2020 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
...crackles with the energy of a genius reckoning with a new toy-box.
Nathanael Hood
A clearly cynical and even corrosive film. [Full Review in Spanish] August 23, 2019 | Full Review…
A clearly cynical and even corrosive film. [Full Review in Spanish]
Diego Galán
Overall, it's an essential early Hitchcock, showing the master confidently finding his stride. August 23, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Overall, it's an essential early Hitchcock, showing the master confidently finding his stride.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Blackmail incorporates some of Hitchcock's most complex, nastiest themes, digging deep into the psychological nature of trauma and drawing justice, personal autonomy, gendered expectations, and misogyny into question. August 22, 2019 | Full Review…
Blackmail incorporates some of Hitchcock's most complex, nastiest themes, digging deep into the psychological nature of trauma and drawing justice, personal autonomy, gendered expectations, and misogyny into question.
Lauren Humphries-Brooks
The themes and visual flourishes that we associate with the mature director are already at play. January 10, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
The themes and visual flourishes that we associate with the mature director are already at play.
Demetrios Matheou
Blackmail still plays well, and is a suitable precursor to the master director's later work. January 10, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Blackmail still plays well, and is a suitable precursor to the master director's later work.
TV Guide Staff
Blackmail is a better combination of the silent motion picture technique and the talkie technique than any other film we have seen. May 8, 2018 | Full Review…
Blackmail is a better combination of the silent motion picture technique and the talkie technique than any other film we have seen.
Celia Simpson
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