(un)decent, filthy movie..not! Emma Stone at her best...

Rating: 8/10 (16 January 2011)

Actually, I was going to rate this movie lower at fist (like a 6), as I did not find it particularly special to start with. But I must admit, I found it better and better as it went on.. Actually, after giving it a second thought, I liked it so much that I am writing my first IMDb review on this movie. (sorry for my rusty English, I am a German speaking user..)
I liked the movie because it has a certain depths to it. Many people pretend to be the people that they are actually not. The people who pretend to be so purist and highly religious are actually the ones that hide their true nature the most. This religious kind of upbringing the children creates adult people with many hang-ups. And then later, we find out about priests in our neighborhood, having sexual relationship with Kids! This is what hang-ups lead to, if not let out at younger age. The priest watching Olives videocast on the internet, hoping her to undress in front of the camera is a typical example of what I am talking about.
Olive on the other side acts like a whore, but is a virgin. It just is amazing and so ironic.. Olive is a really nice girl, brought up in a very cool and new fashioned family. But it's not her who has sexual relationships with every other guy. It is the 40 year old, frustrated female teacher having a relationship with a student boy, who was brought up in a very conservative and religious family. The mother of this boy is slapping her 21 year old son in the hospital for having sex before marriage and getting a venereal disease in the end.. wow, and he even lets her do this!!! Well, how should he know, if his beloved parents never talked to him about this subject before? If something like this happens the parents are usually to blame, not the kids. (It wouldn't happen to Olivia I think..)
Olivia is as normal as a teenager can get. Just as she seems to have brought herself into a dead lock situation, she manages to find her true love and put her uncertainties aside. Isn't it romantic? very.
Emma Stone has really impressed me, the role suits her very well. She is a very interesting, talented and last but not least attractive actress with a lot of potential! There are many young attractive actresses around but Emma has got her own special style and personality, I really adore her.
Thanks for this movie Emma, I would really like to see more of your movies to come. give them hell!