There is no one quite like Aubrey Plaza and how she is able to use overwhelming awkwardness to wrongfoot the audience.
Every so often, there can emerge a beguiling yet bold performer whose roles keep us on our toes in just how subtle and strange they can be. They can shift between various shades of tension with ease, turning a nervous situation on its head with a simple change in tone or expression. Of late, there is no better example of this than the films of one Aubrey Plaza.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY In the dynamic Ingrid Goes West from 2017, Plaza played the titular Ingrid, a troubled woman who finds a connection that blurs into obsession through social media. There was the persistent feeling that she was unstable, a product of loss and social isolation, that just kept growing more present. You would go from laughing to grimacing as the shenanigans she gets into slide into anxiety and even a bit of fear.
Following that was the abundantly awkward Black Bear, a slept-on thriller about show business and relationships that pulled no punches. In it, Plaza plays a filmmaker named Allison who goes to a cabin retreat in hopes of discovering inspiration for her art. What follows is a series of increasingly tense interactions with the property owners Gabe and Blair who also are a couple. However, all is not well in paradise as Allison gets to witness the duo argue repeatedly and aggressively.
This all brings us back to Emily The Criminal, a film that navigates this awkwardness with more stakes than she ever has before. While not up to the same level of engagement as Plaza is herself, she remains undeniably riveting. From her deadpan delivery to the way she attempts to run a scam, you just can’t escape how tenuous everything feels. The tension relies not just on the terror of her getting caught, but in the way Plaza carries each scene.
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