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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 09 Aug 2022

Emily the Criminal is the face and voice of not just the summer, but an American generation right now, looking for a break and desperate enough…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 08 Aug 2022

It’s a crime movie, but as the title suggests, it’s a personality study, a detailed one that grows in dimension…

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Review of Emily the Criminal (2022)

By Wes Greene (110) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 07 Aug 2022

The film may not suffer from didacticism, but it’s at its most volcanic when it promises to blossom into a study of a generation’s financial…

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By Ross Bonaime (185) for Collider (1,032) on 12 Apr 2022

Emily the Criminal is an excellent example of how to make an effective thriller on a smaller scale…

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By Mae Abdulbaki (411) for Screen Rant (892) on 01 Feb 2022

Poignant in parts, sharp and thrilling in others, Emily the Criminal satisfyingly delivers on many levels…

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By Emily Zemler (55) for Observer (1,042) on 28 Jan 2022

Ford isn’t interested in a slick, high-speed thriller, and the action in Emily the Criminal feels grounded in reality…

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By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 27 Jan 2022

Emily the Criminal keeps up the pace to deliver an entertaining ride but misses the audacity to leave a genuine mark…

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By Kate Erbland (681) for IndieWire (3,631) on 26 Jan 2022

You always know a Plaza performance will be good, but over the past few years, Plaza has seemed to make it a priority to surprise her audiences…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 26 Jan 2022

Ford imbues his story with a tense, vibrating energy, moving briskly between the breathlessness of a heist thriller and the sharper barbs of…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 26 Jan 2022

The narrative may have familiar contours, but Ford’s close attention to the have-nots’ desire to transcend their circumstances gives the…

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By Phil De Semlyen (265) for Time Out (7,510) on 26 Jan 2022

Plaza, who follows up Black Bear with another darker turn, is great in a role that lets her badass side out for a rampage…

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By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 26 Jan 2022

A cool, confident debut whose steady build mirrors the increasing stakes faced by its namesake, John Patton Ford’s Emily the Criminal is…

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By Benjamin Lee (469) for The Guardian (2,969) on 26 Jan 2022

Ford has a knack for making us sweat without relying on an over-egged score or over-stacked stakes…

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By Gregory Ellwood (229) for The Playlist (3,871) on 26 Jan 2022

There are definitely some logical gaps in Ford’s screenplay and perhaps the consequences could be slightly more dangerous (intriguingly,…

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By Rob Rector (46) for Film Threat (5,156) on 26 Jan 2022

The finale of Emily the Criminal does not match the pulse-pounding scenes of her earlier assignments…

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By Chris Evangelista (306) for Slashfilm (971) on 26 Jan 2022

Plaza's performance, which grows more desperate and more fierce, is what keeps things going…

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By Clint Worthington (295) for Consequence (296) on 26 Jan 2022

There’s a lot to sink your teeth into with Emily the Criminal, between its strong Plaza turn and a pitch-black moral core that refreshingly…

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By Amy Nicholson (961) for Variety (12,700) on 26 Jan 2022

Despite the fact that the camera rarely backs away from studying Plaza’s wary eyes and tense mouth in close-up, this character piece feels…

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