Emily the Criminal
2022 · Movie · R · 97 min · ★ 6.7 · 84% critics
Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards provided by a charismatic middleman. What starts as quick cash and high-risk thrills soon pushes the duo to consider going further.
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Details
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-08-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (1,011 votes)
- Box office
- $1,946,602
About
You’ll like Emily the Criminal if you enjoy grounded, character-driven crime thrillers with mounting tension and watchable grit; Not for you if you want a lighter tone or highly original plot surprises like Operation Varsity Blues.
Pros: tense, suspenseful crime edge; strong lead performance; grounded small-scale stakes | Cons: slow pacing stretches; familiar thriller beats; unsettling darker tone
Themes
- job interview
- organized crime
- los angeles, california
- criminal underworld
- credit card fraud
- criminal record
- food delivery
- student debt
Cast & crew
Aubrey Plaza
as Emily
Theo Rossi
as Youcef
Megalyn Echikunwoke
as Liz
Gina Gershon
as Alice
Jonathan Avigdori
as Khalil
Bernardo Badillo
as Javier
Craig Stark
as Chip
John Billingsley
as Office Manager
- KY
Kim Yarbrough
as Secretary
Kara Luiz
as Bank Boss
Directed by John Patton Ford