Easy A : A Laugh Out Loud Film

Rating: 7/10 (24 September 2013)

Emma Stone delivers a stellar performance as character Olive Penderghast. An average high school student who jumps from the bottom of the social ladder to the top overnight, when there's word that she slept with some guy from a community college. Emma Stone's acting in combination with a raw, comedic script, take the common high school gossip mill onto a whole new level and the big screen.
A bubbly, fun energy is brought to the set by Emma Stone as she assumes her role's new found identity as Ojai High School's biggest slut. Emma's blunt comedy and mannerisms give the students of Ojai a run for their money. With a faux sex scene, made up make-out sessions, etc. and the support of amazing co actors Aly Michalka (the pushy best friend), Amanda Bynes (the annoying ultra-Christian), and Dan Byrd (the gay friend who just wants to fit in), the laughs will just keep coming. A There's just one little catchthe rumors were started with one small lie from Olive herself!
To compliment Emma Stone and Company's acting is a fresh, edgy script, giving Easy A a raw, comedic vibe. To add to this fresh façade, director Will Gluk (Also director of 'Friends with Benefits') guides this film as a narrated internet cast, showing the lie come apart one chapter at a time. Going back and forth between the story and Emma introducing/commentating on the 'chapters' adds a neat element to this film. An example of which is the second chapter titled, "The Accelerated Velocity of Terminological Inexactitude", in which the rumor spreads at lightning fast speeds. Another aspect of the script that makes it so amusing, is the parallel made between Olive's life and her studies. While this whole rumor ordeal is happening, Olive's English class is reading 'The Scarlet Letter'. For those of you who don't know, this novel is about a woman who is accused of committing adultery and is made to have a scarlet letter sewn to her clothing. The script is uniquely written in that Olive (Emma Stone) begins dressing like the slut everyone presumes her to be, including a big scarlet 'A' sewn to each of her outfits.
Easy A is a humorous production of a high school rumor gone wrong. A laugh after laugh film with Emma Stone leading off an energetic performance and a supporting script to boot, there's just not much that can go wrong. I makes you wonder thoughjust how much truth is there behind the stories floating around your everyday life?