Review: Easy A

I won't hide it.  I like Emma Stone.  Her face is weird to me but overall I think she is cute. Most of the roles she plays are ones I can relate to or are of girls I wish were in my life.  Mouthy, smart, self-repecting young women.  So I decided to give this one a shot.  I'm not sure but I think this is her first film where she is actually the lead.  Correct me if I'm wrong.

This movie is set in a California high school.  Olive Pendreghast is a young faceless teen whose lie about having sex with a fictitious co-ed leads to a journey of lies and ill attempts at helping the down trodden.  In the end, we learn that everyone, even smart, well-read high school seniors, have their limits.

I liked this movie.  I was in the mood for lighter fare when I watched it and it delivered.  I like smart sounding scripts and the dialogue here was great, especially given the setting.  I can't recall professional engineers who spoke as well as these high schoolers. Or with as much wit.  So I am biased a bit by that.  But it was a fun movie.  Olive finds herself caught in her own web of deceit.  I found it funny that she insisted on gift cards so much.  Pay attention to the store names by the way.  Some of them were TOTALLY random.  Anyways, I liked this movie.  It didn't change my life or give me anything terribly new to put in my back pocket of random movie references but it was cute and silly and a bit naughty too.  I say 3.5 out of 5 for this one.