Rent Emily the Criminal (2022)

A nice little thriller - Emily the Criminal review by AB

This film is a well crafted thriller. Aubrey Plaza puts in a fine performance as Emily, a young woman with a crap job. She also has debts which she can't pay off. She is offered the chance to do something quick but illegal to earn good money. Things start to escalate and the tension winds up. It's a good little movie, with all the cast doing a fine job. Recommended.

Cracking - Emily the Criminal review by sb

FILM & REVIEW Cracking crime thriller has Plaza as Emily - up to her ears in debt and working dead end jobs as some low level earlier criminality locks her out of anything else. One of her work colleagues gives her a number to make $200 and this involves her in a dummy shopper credit card fraud ring. She goes into a shop using a fake card and walks out with a high end TV that is then sold on for cash. She finds that idea intriguing so does a larger scam that very nearly goes badly wrong but when she realises how much money can be made she offers to join the team. It is run by Yousaf (Rossi) and his cousin and as soon she is making her own credit cards and getting romanticly involved with Yousaf. The cousin is not at all happy with this and indicates he will cut Yousaf out so he decides to rob his cousin - only to discover his cousin has beaten him to it….. As Emily sees all the hard work going to waste and a return to her dead end life she decides to take action…. Plaza is just superb in the part - after a lifetime of lousy jobs and being ripped off there is no way she is going to walk away with Rossi as the boyfriend who is just beginning to realise what he has unleashed. Cracking synth wave score and in an age where so many movies drag on well over the 2 hour mark this achieves all it wants in a taut 97 minutes. Terrific stuff - 4/5

A tight little thriller - Emily the Criminal review by RCO

A very well made and acted and paced thriller following Emily's (Aubery Plaza) odyssey into life as an independent crime boss.  From a wholly believable presmise - young woman saddled with student debt and a conviction that prevents her getting a better job, finds a way to make a bit of extra cash - and then some more. And why wouldn't she.

Partnering with Youcef (Theo Rossi) they start to build a business, until Youcef's partners find out what he is up to and Emily pushes back.

Very enjoyable, nice to see a strong female lead character in a thriller. Aubrey Plaza is excellent and the story is well written by director John Patton Ford.