Emily (Aubrey Plaza) is saddled with student debt and locked out of the job market due to a minor criminal record. Desperate for income, she takes a shady gig as a “dummy shopper,” buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a handsome and charismatic middleman named Youcef (Theo Rossi). Faced with a series of dead-end job interviews, Emily soon finds herself seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills of black-market capitalism, and increasingly interested in her mentor Youcef. Together, they hatch a plan to bring their business to the next level in Los Angeles.
“Emily the Criminal plays less like a lecture on the evils of capitalism than a darkly demented workplace drama, a cry of outrage from those forced to choose between legal enslavement and illegally obtained freedom. ” — Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
“…Thoroughly gripping as a portrait of a woman always operating in survival mode.” — Justin Chang , NPR
directed by
John Patton Ford
John Patton Ford
written by
John Patton Ford
John Patton Ford
with
Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi, Bernardo Badillo
Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi, Bernardo Badillo
country
United States
United States