Easy A (2010)

Rating: 8/10 (14 December 2011)

There are many references to John Hughes films in Easy A, as there are to The Scarlet Letter (not the Demi Moore version). The film lights up the shadow it casts over itself with charming and likable characters. Tucci and Clarkson are undoubtedly the coolest movie parents of all time. Their banter is excruciatingly sweet and hysterical, such as Tucci's riffing on his adopted son "Where are you from originally?". Stone can be a bit precocious, but manages to avoid annoying arrogance or self awareness, like Juno. It's a film that deals with exploitation of those that are willing to help others. Perhaps trying a bit too hard to achieve Hughes greatness is the only real drawback this film suffers from.