A is for atrocious and hardly worth watching

Rating: 2/10 (20 January 2017)

I wondered what the A stood for in the film's title, Easy A. Only now after watching it could I possibly tell you what it means. I think the A stands for atrocious, which is exactly what this terrible mish-mash of a teenage comedy is. Easy A looked like it could have been much better, but it failed to deliver. I had only started taking a bit of notice of Emma Stone after seeing her in Amazing Spider-Man. So I wanted to see this movie as this was her first major starring role and the movie that catapulted her to that position. It was a disappointment to say the least, but through no fault of Emma Stone's.
The supporting cast was terrible due to not enough time devoted to the development of characters (eg. Amanda Bynes), overacting (especially from Patricia Clarkson, but also a bit from Stanley Tucci), and that they added nothing much to the story (Thomas Haden Church, Lisa Kudrow among others). As a result, the writing was bland as their seemed to be no noteworthy plot to speak of as it is unrealistic to me, and the direction was poor. I was expecting something in the style of Mean Girls but this is a poor girl's version of that. Emma Stone's character does come off as a bit of a Lindsay Lohan-Mean Girls clone, but not nearly as good. Thankfully, Emma Stone is much better than that. I prefer her in straighter roles such as Birdman and La La Land. If you are a big fan of Emma Stone, check them titles out and don't waste time on this dull film.