Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- sardonic
- irreverent
- dark comedy night
- bollywood movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the cast and dark comic premise while finding the execution uneven, with pacing and later plotting criticized by some.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Dev’s blackmail scheme and the chain of retaliatory deceptions turn infidelity and extortion into darkly comic material.
Dev blackmails Ranjeet over Reena’s affair, while the surrounding relationships create further leverage and concealment.
Dev’s routine marriage and working life unravel after he discovers Reena with Ranjeet and chooses extortion.
The plot derives its tension from working life, marriages, apartments, and socially familiar relationship conflicts.
Films like Blackmail, and why
The War of the Roses
darkly comic marital betrayal, escalating schemes, and farcical criminal entanglements
Fargo
pitch-black humor, ordinary people trapped in increasingly chaotic wrongdoing, and Coen-esque comic tension
The Dinner Game
biting relationship satire, extramarital deception, and awkward comic escalation
Movie Details
- Director
- Abhinay Deo
- Release Date
- 2018-04-06
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (111)
Cast
- Irrfan Khan
- Kirti Kulhari
- Arunoday Singh
- Divya Dutta
- Omi Vaidya
- Vibha Chibber
- Urmila Matondkar
- Gajraj Rao
- Rohit KaduDeshmukh
- Anuja Sathe
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Blackmail about?
- A bored husband turns his wife’s affair into an escalating blackmail scheme, unleashing a wickedly funny chain of domestic deception.
- What is Blackmail like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Blackmail as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Blackmail violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Blackmail as mild.
- What did critics think of Blackmail?
- Critics broadly praised the cast and dark comic premise while finding the execution uneven, with pacing and later plotting criticized by some.
- Which films are like Blackmail?
- Films with a similar feel include The War of the Roses, Fargo, and The Dinner Game.
- How long is Blackmail?
- Blackmail runs 138 minutes.
- Where can I watch Blackmail?
- In United States, Blackmail is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video.
