You know you are watching a movie when the sexy, sassy, smart, smoking hot redhead is complaining that no one pays attention to her. That redhead would be Emma Stone, the only woman who might be able to steal my heart from Blake Lively.
Stone stars as Olive - the girl who doesn't get any attention. However, all of that changes when she fibs to her best pal, Rhiannon (Aly "Go Hellcats!" Mischalka). Instead of admitting she had a boring weekend doing nothing, Olive makes up a story that she had a date with a college dude, and they went all the way.
As the story spreads, and Olive becomes the most talked about girl in school, she helps others who want to boost their reputation as well by saying they also have done the dirty with her. The duds start to look like studs, and Olive enjoys all of the new found attention.
Will it all spiral out of control?
Stone stars as Olive - the girl who doesn't get any attention. However, all of that changes when she fibs to her best pal, Rhiannon (Aly "Go Hellcats!" Mischalka). Instead of admitting she had a boring weekend doing nothing, Olive makes up a story that she had a date with a college dude, and they went all the way.
As the story spreads, and Olive becomes the most talked about girl in school, she helps others who want to boost their reputation as well by saying they also have done the dirty with her. The duds start to look like studs, and Olive enjoys all of the new found attention.
Will it all spiral out of control?
What happens when Olive starts to enjoy spending time with Todd (Penn Badgley)?
Easy A is an exciting movie for the great dialogue and the dynamic star presence of Stone.
Olive is a character all about attitude, but also allowing her to show some of that teen girl vulnerability, and Stone excels at both. She might be a Hollywood bombshell, but Stone feels real with a natural delivery. She's not dependent on her looks. Instead, the actor has depth and plenty of charisma.
Easy A also benefits from sassy, funny dialogue. Writer Bert Royal gives us a movie about kids, but never short changes the adults. In Easy A, these are not the typical dumb adults that litter movies of this genre. They are smart, mature, enjoyable and hilarious. Playing Olive's parents, Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson are my favorite on screen couple of the year with their irreverence and undeniable love for each other. They could be the coolest parents since Claire and Cliff Huxtable!
Olive's own love story might serve to wrap up the movie, but it feels tacked on and unnecessary. It's almost like Royal and director Will Glluck didn't know where to go with the movie, and how to end it, so they chose the safe, routine, more dramatic route, which completely is the opposite of the rest of Easy A.
3 Waffles Out of 4
Easy A is rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements involving teen sexuality, language and some drug material.
Easy A is an exciting movie for the great dialogue and the dynamic star presence of Stone.
Olive is a character all about attitude, but also allowing her to show some of that teen girl vulnerability, and Stone excels at both. She might be a Hollywood bombshell, but Stone feels real with a natural delivery. She's not dependent on her looks. Instead, the actor has depth and plenty of charisma.
Easy A also benefits from sassy, funny dialogue. Writer Bert Royal gives us a movie about kids, but never short changes the adults. In Easy A, these are not the typical dumb adults that litter movies of this genre. They are smart, mature, enjoyable and hilarious. Playing Olive's parents, Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson are my favorite on screen couple of the year with their irreverence and undeniable love for each other. They could be the coolest parents since Claire and Cliff Huxtable!
Olive's own love story might serve to wrap up the movie, but it feels tacked on and unnecessary. It's almost like Royal and director Will Glluck didn't know where to go with the movie, and how to end it, so they chose the safe, routine, more dramatic route, which completely is the opposite of the rest of Easy A.
3 Waffles Out of 4
Easy A is rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements involving teen sexuality, language and some drug material.
