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Aubrey Plaza is the best.

Just hours ago, I was thinking about how the movie ended. The Marvel Universe is like Netflix’s multi-season extravaganza, as it’s really more like a series, except for superhero flicks.

But real movies, industry souls, stories based on real life…they can no longer be opened. Oh they can promote them and put them in theaters but people won’t go. We’re assuming they’re… but actually, they’ve gotten out of the habit.

Bless her soul my mother, who passed away over two years ago but is addicted to movies. That was her destination. A few hours she hated, if she had an empty hour she chose a flick. It was religion.

It was also an art. Something to believe and live She went to Judith Christo for the weekend…

Today, few people know Judith Christ as well as Johnny Carson. She’s under 30, maybe she’s under 40, I bet no one has a clue who she was. However, she was a film critic for periodicals such as New York magazine. The heyday of film criticism, she dates from the late 60’s to the 70’s, when movies still mattered, before “Jaws” and “Star Wars” ruined the paradigm.

Blockbusters cost a lot of money. Just like finance and technology cost too much money. Some can resist, but not many.

I was referred by a friend of a friend at Two Elk, a day lodge atop Vail. He was also from Connecticut, but from relatives.

So I asked him how he got out of there and finally he coughed and said he went to Harvard.

what did he do after that?

He went into “investment”.

What a waste. He could change the world, but he just wanted to be rich.

sad.

I need enough money to live, but how much?

That’s the point of “Emily the Criminal.” she needs money

They set it up pretty well. how did she get into this hole?

And she has a choice…

I think it also has something to do with your background. If you grew up in a middle-class family, your values ​​were…

The middle class has evaporated. And the truth is, people at the bottom will do anything to survive.Desperate people do desperate things, and Emily is desperate.

Is it completely believable?

All we needed was hours to set up a slow transition. But in the movies we don’t have that time. So when Emily makes certain choices, they aren’t true.

But that’s the script, the plot. The cinematography is excellent, as is Aubrey’s performance.

I know Aubrey Plaza by name, but I couldn’t pick her from the lineup until tonight.Have you ever heard an SNL host and wondered who it was? It was possible, but it is the norm today. At least I knew the name of Aubrey Plaza.

And she impressed me by being authentic. Sands Plastic Surgery. usual person. It may not be on the street, but it’s kind of intriguing. Also, Emily is very depressed and she doesn’t say much. Until then…

Ultimately, this movie is about standing up for yourself. It is very well represented. I always tell my friends about this. If you don’t stand up to bullies, they will push you away and alienate you. That’s why they succeeded by making them feel inferior and taking advantage of them.

Emily says you have to make your own rules.

Wow, it resonated. You are either a boss or an employee. And if you’re an employee, you don’t have much power. Indeed, there are early unions. Again, everyone agrees to arbitrate, the company always wins, and…

life is hard. Friends can be two-sided. They don’t want to risk it for you.

And all this is in “Emily the Criminal”.

I know, it was talked about when it came out in theaters, but I had no intention of seeing it. I checked the Rotten Tomatoes numbers until I got an email from two people, and the number of critics was his 94. Sure, the viewership was his 79, but I trust the critics first. And my cutoff number is 80 and 79 is close enough.

Enjoy “Emily the Criminal”.

As a streaming series, though, it would have been better.

P.S. “Emily the Criminal” is a topically acquired Sundance film that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. But it rocked in theaters, grossing just $2.2 million in North America, barely over budget. And since theater owners take half of the total revenue…

The PPS Festival model is dying, if not dead. You know, a distributor shows up to scoop out the cream. The glow is turned off because the film does not work well. The Los Angeles Times, a trade publication of record, said: The paper further said that it doesn’t make sense for insiders to travel to Utah where they can screen movies at home. The film festival circuit is now a niche.

PPPS “Emily the Criminal” is now available on Netflix.