Blame (2010)

Critic Reviews

• Jude Allder, Empire Magazine Australasia

  Strong debut from Australian writer-director Michael Henry. Tightly wound and nicely progressed, this impressive potboiler deserves a wider audience than its limited release pattern will afford it.

• CJ Johnson, ABC Radio (Australia)

  It's essentially well acted, beautifully shot, and the script has enough propulsion to sustain its very modest eighty-eight minutes.

• Simon Miraudo, Quickflix

  Michael Henry's Blame clearly takes inspiration from the greats, and the writer/director certainly recognises the ingredients required for a taut psychological thriller, but he doesn't quite follow through in the execution.

• Sandra Hall, Sydney Morning Herald

  The menace is missing. What we get instead is much bumbling about in the bush.

• David Stratton, At the Movies (Australia)

  This is a local production that punches above its weight.

• Anthony Morris, The Vine

  There's nothing going on here that you haven't seen done before elsewhere and better, but there's still enough here that's fresh.

• Emmet O'Cuana, FILMINK (Australia)

  Aided by an excellent cast and terrific premise, this had the potential to be an engaging nail-biter but unfortunately ends up predictable and contrived.

• Andrew L. Urban, Urban Cinefile

  Writer/director Michael Henry gradually teases out the secrets that only one of the five know: secrets that once revealed, become demons that won't be easily put down

• Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile

  Here's a juicy revenge thriller that is crammed with tension, action, suspense and a couple of twists before its deadly resolution

• David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

  ...Blame primarily comes off as a stagnant, irritatingly talky drama that ultimately feels like an abject exercise in needlessness.

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