‘Emily the Criminal’ review: In a tough, lean LA crime story, Aubrey Plaza charges it all the way
by Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Aug 11, 2022
2 minutes
There is no less specific, more generic phrase in film criticism than “documentary realism.” It assumes all nonfiction filmmakers work in the same style, toward the same intentions, while suggesting realism means, what, exactly? “Gritty” instead of “stylish?” Hand-held camerawork instead of fixed?
“Emily the Criminal,” a tough, lean little L.A. crime story, invites the docu-realist description, and its highly
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