PREVIEW: Emily the Criminal (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Aubrey Plaza (Ingrid Goes West), Theo Rossi (Army of the Dead), Megalyn Echikunwoke (Late Night), Gina Gershon (Showgirls), Jonathan Avigdori (Munich), Bernardo Badillo (Sully: Miracle on the Hudson), John Billingsley (2012), Brandon Sklenar (Vice)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

John Patton Ford (film debut), director, writer; Tyler Davidson (Take Shelter), Aubrey Plaza (Black Bear) and Drew Sykes (Galveston), producers; Nathan Halpern (The Rider), composer; Jeff Bierman (Bad Turn Worse), cinematographer; Harrison Atkins (Madeline’s Madeline), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Emily (Plaza) finds herself unable to pay off her towering student debt when a minor criminal record locks her out of the job market. She soon discovers a syndicate of “dummy shoppers”, who purchase goods using stolen credit cards, and desperate for fast cash she quickly finds herself developing a taste for black-market capitalism…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Aubrey Plaza has been receiving some of the best reviews of her career for her lead turn in this gripping thriller about the dark realities of financial difficulties, which she also produces.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

MONDAY 24TH OCTOBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

AVAILABLE TO RENT/BUY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS

 

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