Easy A

I always like movies with literary themes. And its quite funny. And Emma Stone is quite winning as a leading character.

Definitely for teens.

Solid teen movie about high school, reputations, friends, enemies. Well done, I thought I would dislike it.

Sure teen movie was vulgar & even bitter, but it was retain that sweetness for sassy protagonist. Great ensemble cast.

I had watched this movie for about an hour. It is a well-told story about a teenager girl with a "make-belief" reputation, which spawn a chain of events that is suppose to show her something. It revealed about responsibility and how society reacts to somebody in her predicament. I wished that I had more time to finish the movie, but alas I must return the item. Perhaps I will follow-up the next time, it becomes available.

Witty, funny and contemporary. Great movie to watch.

Shouldn't judge a book--or in this case, a movie--by its cover.
Too bad you missed a great movie.

One of my favorite comedies. Emma Stone is the best! Lots of great laughs.

Never saw the movie, probably never will. The description should put up a big red flag. It sounds pretty terrible.

"Easy A" follows the story of Olive Penderghast (played by Emma Stone) and how, in two weeks, she went from being a virtually unnoticeable teenage girl to the school's rumoured floozy. Based on the classic novel "The Scarlet Letter," Olive deals with the same ostracism and social repression Hester Prynne does in her story. The film is basically a huge flashback with Olive narrating the entire story via webcam. The gist of the story is this: After the social bubble that is high school leaves Olive feeling invisible, she decides to take her reputation into her own hands by cultivating a promiscious identity. It all starts as a favour for her friend, Brandon (played by Dan Byrd), a gay bullying victim; she pretends to hook up with him at a party in order to strengthen his status as a heterosexual since he's not ready to come out of the closet yet. Unfortunately, her behaviour is judged by her classmates, including holier-than-thou Marianne (played by Amanda Bynes). With no one knowing that it's all pretend, Olive loses her best friend Rhi (played by Aly Michalka) and the respect of her favourite teacher, Mr. Griffith (played by Thomas Hayden Church). As everything becomes a little too much, she turns to her supportive parents (played by Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci) who I hereby nominate for Best Movie Parents of 2010. What will become of poor Olive? The message is clear: Let him who is without sin cast the first stone. The Christian students who berate Olive fall victim to their own hypocrisy eventually. I appreciate the nod to "The Scarlet Letter," but "Easy A" stands strong on its own merits. The movie's personality is larger than the plot itself with eighties-era influences in some scenes, like the one in the shower when Olive sings and mirrors shots shown in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." There is a more mature wit and humour that make "Easy A" distinct compared to other teen movies. No fart jokes, sorry. It is for this reason that I truly enjoy "Easy A" and struggle to find fault with it.