Aubrey Plaza Stars In Trailer For EMILY THE CRIMINAL

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.

From Roadside Attractions / Vertical Entertainment, watch the trailer for EMILY THE CRIMINAL.

Director John Patton Ford studied at the University of South Carolina and earned an MFA from the American Film Institute. His thesis film, Patrol, premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, which led to an accidental career penning scripts for Disney, Universal, and Sony. He is a member of the Writer’s Guild and his script Rothchild topped the Hollywood Black List in 2014.

The film’s score is from composer Nathan Halpern who scored three films premiering at Sundance 2022: Emily the Criminal (narrative premieres), Watcher (narrative competition), and Martha Mitchell Effect (competition documentary, Netflix).

Look for EMILY THE CRIMINAL in theaters on August 12.