A poignant and witty comedy

Rating: 9/10 (12 February 2020)

Olive is your average high school girl that just wants to make it through unscathed. In an attempt to avoid an unsavory experience with her bestie's parents (nudists) she makes up a story about a date with a college kid. One thing leads to another and Rhiannon elicits a false story from Olive about how she lost her virginity to the fake kid on the fake date. Things spiral out from there and Olive begins having fake sex with boys in her school to help their image. Olive ends up fully embracing the theme of the Scarlet Letter, dresses quite trashy and in the end losses all of her friends. Not straying too far from her though is Todd, a classmate that has loved Olive pretty much his entire life.
I love Emma Stone and would watch anything in which she stars. She definitely shines here. This movie, though presented as a comedy, does show the perils of judging others. Great job done by all.