New York Times August 11, 2022 Essential to this is Plaza’s intense, subtle performance, one that should lay to rest any doubts that she can headline a drama.
Observer December 14, 2022 Visually rich and thematically dense, Three Thousand Years of Longing muses on romance and possession, as well as the slow death of mythology and f...
Financial Times October 27, 2022 The glower of actor Aubrey Plaza is a thing of great beauty and precision, as subtle as a stiletto secretly sheathed in a kicky pair of b...
"The Janes" is too smart to be self-congratulatory, but the omission of any mention of the current state of affairs feels like a missed o...
Empire Magazine January 25, 2023 As neatly set-up as the world of the film is, it wouldn’t work half as well without Aubrey Plaza’s brilliantly specific lead performance, portrayin...
RogerEbert.com January 27, 2022 Resurrection narratively collapses at times under the weight of unrealistic behavior and overly stylized filmmaking, but never loses its emotional...
Rolling Stone August 15, 2022 As a social tract, Emily the Criminal is more impassioned than wise. As a thriller, it fares better – in that case, no one’s asking...
A gritty and suspenseful LA noir that also serves to examine the structural issues that uphold wealth inequality in this country. But "Emily the Cr...
Boston Globe August 11, 2022 What "Emily the Criminal" really is is a character study; and this is where Plaza comes in. She’s the really good thing the movie has going fo...
Globe and Mail August 8, 2022 The dark, dry and daring talents of Aubrey Plaza continue to enchant.
Daily Telegraph October 28, 2022 Much of the film’s success comes down to Plaza, who has left that deadpan sphinxlike mode of hers some way back in the rear-view mirror.
Emily the Criminal is a nail-biter that makes the most of the tough side Aubrey Plaza has shown in even her most comic performances.
Feels more like "content" than a movie, simply stuffing in hyperactive and gory scenes galore to shift the focus from the reality that there’s...
The Guardian January 25, 2022 It’s an undeniably striking debut, slick and involving enough to have us curiously excited for whatever [Ford] decides to do next.
The Reveal October 3, 2022 Through the conventions of a tidy and efficient little thriller, Emily the Criminal paints a bleak picture of a generation that’s enterin...
A spare but riveting thriller about the lengths an individual might go to to fight back against a fucked-up yet all-too-real system.
After Yang moves slowly and quietly and then comes in like a tidal wave, exploring grief and love and memory with aching poignance.
Austin Chronicle August 11, 2022 While turning to a life of crime to get out of debt isn’t the most original concept, Ford’s decision to keep his camera on Emily’s face for mo...
Polygon December 12, 2022 As a crime thriller, Emily the Criminal is well-written and absorbingly paced, but it’s Plaza’s fearless work that makes it memorable.
It’s gets nuttier than ever and better than ever. I loved this movie.
An extremely effective first feature from John Patton Ford with a powerhouse performance from Aubrey Plaza at its core. Emily may make some un...
Little White Lies January 31, 2022 With her steely demeanor and large, intense eyes, Plaza is a force to be reckoned with a hidden brutality just waiting to be unleashed.
RogerEbert.com August 12, 2022 An extremely impressive piece of work.
Observer February 3, 2022 Plaza’s ongoing determination to bring out the authenticity of the story actually makes the film darker than it would be as a traditional thri...
Dicey, daring and unpredictable and should cast a broader spotlight on both its star and its filmmaker.
For my money it’s the best since the original.
Slant Magazine August 7, 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 d...
One of the pleasures of Plaza’s performance is the way she shows us a person working out her fight-or-flight instincts in real time, and in ev...
Newspaper headlines, old footage of political/social marches and clips of the younger women back in the day fill in the details of these strong-wil...
Emily the Criminal has an awfully cute title for a movie so bubbling over with rage.
A scrappy pitch-black study of just how easy it is to step into the void.
Autostraddle January 28, 2022 This is one of the rare movies to ever make me feel the way I felt as a kid reading good sci-fi. There’s so much creativity in this film...
But if Emily the Criminal isn’t always successful as a genre exercise, it’s thoroughly gripping as a portrait of a woman alwa...
Chicago Tribune August 11, 2022 There’s more than a kernel of truth in "Emily the Criminal" in nearly every interaction, and each rueful acknowledgment of American capitalism...
indieWire January 25, 2022 In Emily the Criminal, Plaza goes to her darkest territory to date, seamlessly blending the edges of an "unlikable" character with her own persona...
File Emily the Criminal in the category of bad films that earn credit for reflecting the zeitgeist.
But despite the fact that the camera rarely backs away from studying Plaza’s wary eyes and tense mouth in close-up, this character piece feel...
… It’s energizing to see something as keenly observed and uniquely competent as Emily the Criminal. It’s a tense and engaging thriller that lo...
As a desperate woman embracing her dark side, Plaza does richly layered work in this neo-noir thriller.
New Yorker August 9, 2022 An appealing but insubstantial showcase for a fine cast.
Detroit News August 11, 2022 An intense drama rife with social commentary about the fraying edges of today’s world and the tiny push it takes to send someone over the line.
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