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Easy A is a frothy, fizzy, and funny romantic comedy for teens--and adults will love it too. Not since Clueless has a high-school heroine been able to delight both audiences, and Easy A's Olive (the sparkling Emma Stone) is a stellar young star. But Easy A benefits from a great script by writer Bert V. Royal and assured direction by TV veteran Will Gluck. Olive is a smart girl happy to stay in the shadows of high school, until her good friend, Brandon (Dan Byrd), who's gay, begs her to pretend to have sex with him so the rest of the school will stop picking on him. She obliges, but soon she picks up not one but two reputations--as the girl who sleeps around, and, on the down-low, as the girl who'll pretend to sleep with a guy so he won't be branded a virgin. Soon Easy A's complications pile up higher than the entrance of Olive's high school, and her two story lines, neither of which reflects the real Olive, take on lives of their own. There are backlashes and blacklists and repercussions galore. "I always thought pretending to lose my virginity would feel a little more special," muses Olive. "Judy Blume should have prepared me for that." Stone is accompanied by a strong supporting cast: Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson as her bemused parents, Gossip Girl's dreamy Penn Badgley, the freshly unretired Amanda Bynes, Thomas Haden Church, Lisa Kudrow, and Malcolm McDowell. And it's to the cast's and the writer's credit that the audience is kept engaged, and guessing, till the very end. Easy A should be awarded exactly that. --A.T. Hurley
Special features
Special features
- Gag Reel
- Emma Stone's Audition Footage
- Commentary with Director Will Gluck and Emma Stone
- The School of Pop Culture: Movies of the Eighties
- Vocabulary of Hilarity
- The Making of Easy A
- Pop-Up Trivia Track
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Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Dan Byrd, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia ClarksonDirector: Will Gluck
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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Emma Stone stars as Olive, a lonely heart who lies about losing her virginity to her best friend and soon rumour spreads she is a slut. Initially mortified Olive parades around the school as a slut, wearing an `A' on her clothing but soon she ends up in trouble.
Described as "the best teen comedy since Mean Girls" this is a must see because quite simply, it is. The comedy variety of clever performances, physical humour and beautiful word play make a combination of knockabout comedy a treat for anyone over 15 years of age that will entertain you for a glorious hour and a half.
Emma Stone in her first major leading role excels as a typical but not yet typical teenager going through life's friendship and educational battles, and thankfully with a difference. Olive narrates via an internet blog about how everything came about and her life and school reputation changed. Through some original narrative design and comic brightness audiences are easily engaged into the world of its heroine.
Stone's performance is indescribably funny. From singing alone in her bedroom to strutting around in revealing clothing and making us laugh at the same time has made her a star for the future. One scene where she pretends to have it on in a bedroom is very funny and whilst marketed as a comedy, the inevitable drama sequences show Stone as a rock.
Stone steals the film but thanks to the experience of Stanley Tucci and Thomas Haden Church we have an array of comic genius. Tucci has never been funnier.
The plot boasts some great twists and turns whilst marketing some great songs on its soundtrack. The way it separates itself from the normal comedy, by diversifying itself through visual aids such as the live web blog or plot differentiations makes it one out watch over and over again.
A couple of drawbacks include the fact Lisa Kudrow cannot shake the Phoebe tag and the ending is slightly predictable.
These minor things aside this is a knockabout comedy with a great lead performance that is certainly worth checking out.
9/10
Described as "the best teen comedy since Mean Girls" this is a must see because quite simply, it is. The comedy variety of clever performances, physical humour and beautiful word play make a combination of knockabout comedy a treat for anyone over 15 years of age that will entertain you for a glorious hour and a half.
Emma Stone in her first major leading role excels as a typical but not yet typical teenager going through life's friendship and educational battles, and thankfully with a difference. Olive narrates via an internet blog about how everything came about and her life and school reputation changed. Through some original narrative design and comic brightness audiences are easily engaged into the world of its heroine.
Stone's performance is indescribably funny. From singing alone in her bedroom to strutting around in revealing clothing and making us laugh at the same time has made her a star for the future. One scene where she pretends to have it on in a bedroom is very funny and whilst marketed as a comedy, the inevitable drama sequences show Stone as a rock.
Stone steals the film but thanks to the experience of Stanley Tucci and Thomas Haden Church we have an array of comic genius. Tucci has never been funnier.
The plot boasts some great twists and turns whilst marketing some great songs on its soundtrack. The way it separates itself from the normal comedy, by diversifying itself through visual aids such as the live web blog or plot differentiations makes it one out watch over and over again.
A couple of drawbacks include the fact Lisa Kudrow cannot shake the Phoebe tag and the ending is slightly predictable.
These minor things aside this is a knockabout comedy with a great lead performance that is certainly worth checking out.
9/10
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Sure it's a bit cheesy and it's a chick flick but it has a decent moral and great lead actress. At 23 I still enjoyed this so much after I saw it at the cinema I then bought it on DVD when it came out =) It's like mean girls but more mature and a lot better.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
I did not have high expectations for this film, but I was surprisingly pleased to have preconceptions dashed. Emma Stone acts well and gives her character more depth than one would expect in a school-teen movie. This is not a regular school movie and is much deeper, with links to literature such as the Scarlet Letter.
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EasyA
A very interesting film about the youth in America. I just hope that American children do not actually act like this in real life. But, it is funny!
Published 13 days ago by Mr. J. P. A. Elliott
Good honest fun
Bought this for a bit of light relief based on the Amazon reviews and was not disappointed. Nice deviation from the norm in terms of the storyline and plenty of clever humour... Read more
Published 18 days ago by Amazon Junkie
Witty take on a well worn genre
Easy A is sharp, funny and witty. It takes the basic formula of a teenager outcast from the cool kids at school and turns it on its head. Read more
Published 3 months ago by T. Cosens
Knock-knock-knock on Wood!
Didn't expect too much from this film and was pleasantly surprised.
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I had a hard time getting over the casting of what are clearly people closer to 30 years old as teenagers... Read more
Published 3 months ago by C.Elder
AMAZING!
I've had this film for ages, and i watch it at least once every 2 weeks if not more, gets better each time i watch it, strongly recommended! Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. D. Byrne
Not as good as expected
At face value the movie sounded like a good, well thought out idea. It certainly sounded like something that had not been examined before and by the time of purchase it was an... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Courtney Mower
better than a custard cream
an absolutely fabulous film. it's on line with some of the great chick flicks like Never Been Kissed and 10 Things I Hate About You. Read more
Published 5 months ago by handbagsnbotox
Great Film
Was unsure when i first heard about this film, but it's really great! love this film, it's a must-see! I don't think there's any other films with a storyline like this.
Published 5 months ago by Lauren
Hilarious.
Definitely worth watching, slightly awkward with my dad and sister but apart from that it was perfect. Much funnier than I predicted, Emma stone is brilliant.
Published 5 months ago by cescxxx
More than 4 stars average? really?!?
More than four stars average? Really?!
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