Contrived and unconvincing

Rating: 2/10 (23 December 2010)

Easy A has received so many positive reviews I was astonished at how bad it was. From the beginning it was difficult to suspend disbelief that a 17-year-old girl would stand out from the crowd for losing her virginity. And how much more difficult to suspend disbelief when the actress playing the character is 22.
It would have been worth the effort if the writing shone, but aside from some clever quips it was painful. The characters behaved in unbelievable ways. The movie has been compared to the works of John Hughes, but Molly Ringwald made a much more convincing outsider than Emma Stone. Stone is very charming and eye-catching, but is miscast for the part if we are to believe this attractive intelligent self-confident and funny woman is an invisible wall-flower who can only gain attention by pretending promiscuity.
Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci and Malcolm MacDowell were a pleasure to watch, as usual, but they were peripheral to the action of the film.With the praise it has received I was expecting a Juno or a Clueless, but this film had less to say than American Pie.