Easy A is the next in a never ending procession of high school teen comedies; except this one is actually good; and we haven’t had a good one in such a long time!
After lying to a friend about losing her virginity Olive Pendergast (Emma Stone) soon becomes the talk of her school. When gay friend Brandon (Dan Byrd) convinces Olive to pretend to sleep with him, so he can stop being bullied, it only further cements her ‘reputation’. Inspired by ‘The Scarlet Letter’ which she is reading for class Olive starts playing up her provocative image and soon all manner of social rejects are crawling out of the woodwork offering Olive gift certificates in lieu of spending some ‘quality time’ with her.
Enterprising Olive is happy to coast along until the lies start to take a personal toll, the only trouble is, how does she stop the school gossip grapevine? Can she win back her friends, and win over clean cut love interest Woodchuck Todd (Penn Badgley) in the process?
Stone owns Easy A; as a romantic comedy lead she leaves Katherine Heigel in the dust with her engaging screen presence and wonderful comic timing. Thankfully she is also supported by a strong biting script and fantastic array of supporting actors including Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson as her over sharing amorous parents. Easy A skewers the modern day high school experience, mining it for laughs, that just like its lead, aren’t easy.
3 ½ of 5 Stars
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