Aubrey Plaza Emily the Criminal

Desperate people do desperate things. Emily (Aubrey Plaza) is desperate, as vividly depicted in Emily the Criminal. Buried up to her eyeballs in a mountain of debt and stuck in a dead-end job, Emily accepts the offer of a low-level criminal gig to make some easy money. Very quickly, her smarts and cunning lead her to take bigger risks in search of greater financial rewards.

In our exclusive clip, Emily (Aubrey Plaza) sits down for a job interview with Alice (Gina Gershon) that's been arranged by her friend Liz (Megalyn Echikunwoke). The interview turns confrontational as Emily learns what's expected of her in the "highly competitive" position, to her great dismay and, finally, emotional explosion.

Watch the tense video below, then get tickets—legally—to see Emily the Criminal. It opens Friday, August 12, only in theaters.