Emma Stone Sparkles In Easy A
I remember reading The Scarlett Letter in High School. It was scandalous back in the 80s and intriguing to a sophomore. Fast forward to today and you’ve got a modern day Scarlett Letter in the new film Easy A.
Olive (Emma Stone) is a good girl. So good that one of her best friends, Rhiannon (Aly Michalka) won’t believe anything she says. So Olive gave her friend exactly what she was looking for, a remarkable story. That story soon makes Olive the school’s biggest floozy. Now that she has a reputation, a friend asks her for a favor. He is struggling with the way he is treated by kids who don’t understand him. If he could only find a girl who would “rock his world, he would immediately change his status in school. When Olive agrees the tweets fly and the text messages pile up, a new reputation is born.
Now everyone wants a figurative “piece” of Olive. And Olive has a small business that is funding all her trips to Bed, Bath and Beyond. From innocent schoolgirl to class tramp and she didn’t even get to have any fun along the way.
She has parents that are accepting of anything she does and friends that turn on her in a heartbeat, but all she really wants is a normal boyfriend and her life back. Can she find it? Or is she destined to wear the “A” on her chest for the rest of high school.
Emma Stone is truly on the verge of being a star. After performances that everyone remembers in Superbad and Zombieland she nails Olive. Here she is a star, and she will be a household name.
But even better for me is her parents, played by Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson. I’ll say it here, sequel with an emphasis on these two. I laughed at every witty short and long remark delivered by these two. It hits the right cord every time.
Sure there are moments here in Easy A that leave things to be desired, but overall this is a solid B at the least as it makes solid use of current technology and mindsets to take the classic premise to a modern environment.
B
Easy A
Screen Gems
Director: Will Gluck
Cast: Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci, Thomas Haden Church
Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic elements involving teen sexuality, language and some drug material.
Runtime: 93 minutes.
I remember reading The Scarlett Letter in High School. It was scandalous back in the 80s and intriguing to a sophomore. Fast forward to today and you’ve got a modern day Scarlett Letter in the new film Easy A.
Olive (Emma Stone) is a good girl. So good that one of her best friends, Rhiannon (Aly Michalka) won’t believe anything she says. So Olive gave her friend exactly what she was looking for, a remarkable story. That story soon makes Olive the school’s biggest floozy. Now that she has a reputation, a friend asks her for a favor. He is struggling with the way he is treated by kids who don’t understand him. If he could only find a girl who would “rock his world, he would immediately change his status in school. When Olive agrees the tweets fly and the text messages pile up, a new reputation is born.
Now everyone wants a figurative “piece” of Olive. And Olive has a small business that is funding all her trips to Bed, Bath and Beyond. From innocent schoolgirl to class tramp and she didn’t even get to have any fun along the way.
She has parents that are accepting of anything she does and friends that turn on her in a heartbeat, but all she really wants is a normal boyfriend and her life back. Can she find it? Or is she destined to wear the “A” on her chest for the rest of high school.
Emma Stone is truly on the verge of being a star. After performances that everyone remembers in Superbad and Zombieland she nails Olive. Here she is a star, and she will be a household name.
But even better for me is her parents, played by Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson. I’ll say it here, sequel with an emphasis on these two. I laughed at every witty short and long remark delivered by these two. It hits the right cord every time.
Sure there are moments here in Easy A that leave things to be desired, but overall this is a solid B at the least as it makes solid use of current technology and mindsets to take the classic premise to a modern environment.
B
Easy A
Screen Gems
Director: Will Gluck
Cast: Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci, Thomas Haden Church
Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic elements involving teen sexuality, language and some drug material.
Runtime: 93 minutes.
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