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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
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29 of 32 people found the following review helpful
By Stampy
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
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.... Read more ›
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.... Read more ›
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By T. Cosens
Format:DVD
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. Its starts outright with a narration from the lead character stating this isnt your typical teen drama, which in most senses its not, although it does follow some of the basic rules of this type of film. Throughout the film you follow a rumour spiralling out of control and the consequences of going along with it rather than nipping it in the bud. What starts as an innocent misunderstanding soon snowballs into the hottest news the school has ever heard and transforms one girl into the queen bee. Whilst she never really embraces her new found fame, Grace clearly relishes the new found attenton she is getting and the decides she may aswell help others in their quest to become a cool kid! The ending is pretty formulaic but the journey to that point is entertaining and this is mainly due to Emma Stone's great performance. She brilliantly takes on the role and runs with it showing she has some great comic timing whilst keeping in touch with the human side of proceedings. The film is well paced and feels original even though all its doing is dressing up the usual cliches found in this type of movie, but much like the equally entertaining Mean Girls, it transcends the normal teenage audience to appeal to adults as well and it does so with style and genuine laugh out loud moments. Well worth a watch if sardonic, dry humour is your style.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Spike Owen
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
Easy A is directed by Will Gluck and written by Bert V. Royal. It stars Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci, Lisa Kudrow and Aly Michalka. Brad Segal scores the music and Michael Grady is the cinematographer.
In order to escape going on a hippie camping trip with her friend Rhiannon (Michalka) and her parents, Olive Pendergast (Stone) lies that she is going on a date with a guy. When pressed for details by the insistent Rhiannon the following Monday, Olive further fibs that she lost her virginity to said guy. This is overheard by leader of the God Squad, Marianne Bryant (Bynes), who promptly spreads the news like wild fire. When another pupil asks for her help to hide his homosexuality by saying they had sex together, Olive, her virginal stock already tarnished, agrees and sets in wheels the motion of a world of fake floozy and financial gain. But pitfalls are surely around the corner...
Ok, in essence it's just a comic spin on The Scarlet Letter, which Olive and classmates are studying in class, but following on from the great standards set by Clueless and Mean Girls, Easy A has enough vigour, vibrancy and savvy nous to make it one of the best teen comedies post the 1980's. True enough to say that some of the weighty angst themes such as promiscuity, peer pressure and peripheral love are glossed over in favour of lightweight comedy, not to mention the ballsy attack on religion, but still the social comment, all be it wryly, does exist. Besides, it's more fun this way, where the one line zingers and the whippy dialogue come thick and fast, courtesy of a fine script and a wonderful array of characters.... Read more ›
In order to escape going on a hippie camping trip with her friend Rhiannon (Michalka) and her parents, Olive Pendergast (Stone) lies that she is going on a date with a guy. When pressed for details by the insistent Rhiannon the following Monday, Olive further fibs that she lost her virginity to said guy. This is overheard by leader of the God Squad, Marianne Bryant (Bynes), who promptly spreads the news like wild fire. When another pupil asks for her help to hide his homosexuality by saying they had sex together, Olive, her virginal stock already tarnished, agrees and sets in wheels the motion of a world of fake floozy and financial gain. But pitfalls are surely around the corner...
Ok, in essence it's just a comic spin on The Scarlet Letter, which Olive and classmates are studying in class, but following on from the great standards set by Clueless and Mean Girls, Easy A has enough vigour, vibrancy and savvy nous to make it one of the best teen comedies post the 1980's. True enough to say that some of the weighty angst themes such as promiscuity, peer pressure and peripheral love are glossed over in favour of lightweight comedy, not to mention the ballsy attack on religion, but still the social comment, all be it wryly, does exist. Besides, it's more fun this way, where the one line zingers and the whippy dialogue come thick and fast, courtesy of a fine script and a wonderful array of characters.... Read more ›
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Movieman
Format:DVD
Emma Stone is building a fine pedigree of movies - Zombieland, Superbad, House Bunny - and now Easy A.
Wants to get out of a camping weekend with best friend & BF's parents so lies about a date withh college guy and then allows friend to think she slept with him. A conversation overheard by the school religious prude and soon spread.
The dialogue was noteably sharp, witty and funny and Emma Stone plays it well as do all the supporting characters.
She decides to live up to her newfound notoriety and starts dressing provocatively and trading her fake reputation for favours.
The film failed to convince me of the authenticity of her reaction and at times she did seem a little too old for the part but put that aside and it's really a very good movie.
Funny, touching and satisfying - well worth a watch.
Wants to get out of a camping weekend with best friend & BF's parents so lies about a date withh college guy and then allows friend to think she slept with him. A conversation overheard by the school religious prude and soon spread.
The dialogue was noteably sharp, witty and funny and Emma Stone plays it well as do all the supporting characters.
She decides to live up to her newfound notoriety and starts dressing provocatively and trading her fake reputation for favours.
The film failed to convince me of the authenticity of her reaction and at times she did seem a little too old for the part but put that aside and it's really a very good movie.
Funny, touching and satisfying - well worth a watch.
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