Solid A

Rating: 10/10 (8 June 2011)

OMG, I like totally l.o.v.e.d everything about this movie. I admit that I am a little weird in loving to revisit the high school years in the form of movies in my thirties. This movie succeeds in presenting the high school reality with a freshness that could not have been achieved without the expressiveness and edginess of Emma Stone. I loved her in Zombieland but casting her as the witty pretend teen tramp was spot on. I loved the dialogue, and the cast delivered it with perfection. Priceless fake sex scene; also loved the scene where the revamped Emma makes her first appearance in the school. The family dynamic portrayed in the movie places it in the feel-good category but nothing feels glued on.
"Sure, we can sit and fantasize all we want about how things are going to be one day but this is now - and it sucks."