Witty and thoughtful

Rating: 9/10 (4 November 2010)

Nice girl Olive (Emma Stone) tells a friend untruthfully that she lost her virginity, she is overheard, and the next thing is it's all over school and her reputation is in tatters. At first, this appears to be a good thing, but then things get complicated.
Superficially a teen romcom, Easy A is actually a very impressive piece of work. Drawing on Nathanial Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter (in more ways than several), it is fairly serious underneath. But, on all levels, it is sharp, witty, and often very funny - it is a pleasure to encounter a film which pretends to be superficial and trivial, but which is as well written as this.
All the performances are very good, but Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson as Olive's parents are very funny, and it is now clear that Emma Stone has what it takes to hold a movie together - again, she delivers an intelligent and sexy performance.
I really enjoyed this film