For Teenage Audiences...But Still Funny

Rating: 7/10 (29 September 2010)

Emma Stone delivers a hilarious performance as the sarcastic and lovable Olive, who pretends to lose her virginity to a school mate, Brandon, in order to help his reputation and dupe people into thinking he's not really homosexual.
As far as the comedy goes, it's very teenager-in-high-school based. It's also very family orientated based comedy. Amanda Bynes plays a over-the-top Christian who helps start a rumor about Olive and is basically the film's antagonist.
I found the comedy very endearing and not at all raunchy. It's mostly a clean comedy but there's actually quite a bit of romance in the film, surprisingly. The jokes came quick and at random, but very easy to understand. It's relatable to anyone who's attended or is attending high school. It's even easier to relate to when Olive begins to get some flak for the rumors being spread. I have been in her position of having a rumor spread about me.
It's got a feel of an ensemble cast, regardless of the fact that Bynes and Stone are advertised as the main attractions. I feel that without all the subsequent characters that the movie wouldn't have had such a great progression and development. As the film progresses, the characters all develop very well and easily paced.
I only found one really tiny problem with the movie. I felt the plot was a little bit tame and the 2 film paced a little too slow. I realize it's hard to write this type of movie and be original. I just felt that the movie moves very slow and a lot of the time, I kept wondering why I was still interested...or if I even was still interested. After about the first 30 minutes, the movie is no longer engaging.
I still found it to be a decently entertaining movie and it's a funny teen romance movie. It's a good date movie, for sure. It's a fun movie for teens and maybe some adults. It's target audience is definitely for high school-ers. I'd recommend it to anyone in high school or just recently graduated.