Review of Emily the Criminal (2022) by Richard Brody for The New Yorker — 11 Aug 2022
Ford creates a title character, played by Aubrey Plaza, who seems to carry a world with her, and he sets the action in a shadow realm of workaday grifters which emerges in fascinating detail. Yet that core of cinematic power gives rise to a modestly engaging but undistinguished, mundane movie, one that speaks as much to the givens of film production as to Ford’s own ambivalent achievement.
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This review of Emily the Criminal (2022) was written by Richard Brody and published by The New Yorker on 11 Aug 2022.
Emily the Criminal has generally received positive reviews.
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