Emily The Criminal (Aubrey Plaza Crime Thriller)

[MikeScott]

Saddled with student debt and unable to find work, a college graduate becomes involved in a credit card scam, acting as a dummy shopper and buying increasingly risky products with stolen credit cards.

I enjoyed this immensely. Aubrey Plaza is great. Probably not great enough to make my Best Actress line-up at the end of the year but it's another strong performance from her. Maybe it's the L.A. setting or the plot involving criminal behavior but at times this reminded me of Drive. Even the score seemed similar at times. Not trying to oversell it though. It's mainly just little similarities. This is nowhere near as artsy or brutal as that film.

While it's unlikely this does very much at the box office when it comes out in August it really is one I believe audiences would enjoy a lot. I hope it gets a decent enough push from Roadside Attractions. It's almost too bad it wasn't picked up by A24. They would have given it a wide release with a proper push I believe.

I'll likely see this again when it's officially released.

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