Movie #379 ........................."Easy A"

Movie #379 "Easy A" was .........ohmygod, as I'm writing this "Easy A" is winning best comedy at the Critics' awards! hmmmmm, well it should make me like it better, but it doesn't. I DID see it as a female version of "Ferris Buehler" that wasn't near as funny --- okay, Emma Stone is amazing --- AmAZING!!!! forget that she doesn't look like a high school student, but she can deliver comic lines like a pro, no kidding. And the script is good (although, I feel the conflict is a bit manufactured --- I really don't think a smart girl like this would do what she did here because she'd figure out the consequences way ahead) but the supporting cast is up and down and so is the directing...........her girlfriend is way too big, teacher is way too cardboard, Lisa Kudrow is way out of line and doesn't belong in this picture ---- and neither do the way over the line stereotyped religious kids (but personally, I think it's about time comedies get brave and tackle religion, but just not so stereotyped) You can't make fun of stereotyping in high school while using stereotypes, right? It's ironic that this producer of the film in his thank you speech, didn't give a minute or two to his star Emma Stone, because she really makes the movie --- Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci as her parents are good, too. And very different, in a funny way. I liked it. But it's not for 13 year olds --- it should be R, but I get that high school kids couldn't see it then --- since it is about them, yes they should be able to see it, but middle school kids shouldn't. In my opinion.




You rated this movie: 3.5
Easy A
(2010) PG-13
High school is the setting for this freewheeling comedic twist on Nathaniel Hawthorne's 19th-century novel The Scarlet Letter. Ambitious student Olive (Emma Stone) decides to boost her popularity by pretending to be the school slut. As the school's swirling rumor mill increases both her notoriety and her finances, Olive enjoys her newfound status but eventually must decide which is more important: popularity or self-esteem.
Genre: Teen Comedies, Romantic Comedies
This movie is: Romantic, Witty
Format: DVD and Blu-ray