Set in the underworld of debt-collecting, homegrown hustler Peg Dahl will do anything to escape Buffalo, NY.
Acting
Zoey Deutch's committed chaos carries every scene.
Writing
Sharp regional specificity that actually loves Buffalo.
Costume
Peg's escalating scammer disguises are character development.
Director
Tanya Wexler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Zoey Deutch spent time with real Buffalo debt collectors and based Peg's physicality on watching how they held themselves in stressful confrontations.
The film deliberately rejects 'ruin porn' depictions of Rust Belt cities—Wexler insisted on shooting functioning neighborhoods and local businesses to show Buffalo as lived-in, not abandoned.
US
