Review of Emily the Criminal (2022) by Jluis_001 — 28 May 2023

It was interesting to see a change of turn for Aubrey Plaza, who was basically only getting roles as an unsympathetic stuck-up girl, which had typecast her, yet she finally proves she can do other things.

And while she's a more than competent lead, I have to say the context itself is very weak.

I understand the narrative is focused on her, that she is a young artist with very different ambitions than the rest of the people doing the same as her to survive in this story, and yet any attempt to critique the capitalist model that has her in her situation - indebted and unable to get a better paying job - is totally relegated to just being the catalyst for her circumstances and motivations, but nothing more.

Even when we do get to explore some of Theo Rossi's character, he and his motivations are sacrificed in order for Emily to have a closure.

Emily the Criminal is an entertaining experience, but also a very basic one.