Review: Easy A

Rating:

5 out of 5 stars

Easily one of the BEST movies I have seen all year and I have no doubt it will be in my top ten at the end of the year. It is a brilliant movie-- absolutely amazing high school satire up there with Mean Girls (another brilliant movie with amazing writing).

Unlike Mean Girls which was amazing because of Tina Fey's writing, this movie is brilliant because of the actress Emma Stone who plays the lead Olive. I honestly think she is the female version of me because I have been told I do sarcasm very well and she is able to deliver sarcastic lines better than any actress I have ever seen.

The movie is version of Nathanial Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Olive is forced to tell a lie about losing her virginity and it starts to snowball out of control where guys pay her to say that she slept with them even though she did not. The movie becomes so unrealistic that it actually seems realistic. There is only one small part of the story that seems unrealistic and it involves Lisa Kudrow's character, the guidance counselor but because of how much fun I was having I can overlook that.

The parents of Olive are played by the amazing Stanley Tucci (in one of his FINEST comedic performances) and Patricia Clarkson. They have such great chemistry and they are so laid back but never once did I not believe they didn't care for their daughter.

I loved the concept of using a video blog to narrate the entire movie-- it brings a modern twist to the premise of the Scarlet Letter. I also love how they do not shy away from the act it is based on the book, it even talks about the two movies and how the original is amazing and the Demi Moore version is crap (which it is).

I recommend everyone reading this drop what they are doing and go to the theaters to see this. It is an amazing movie and you will not stop laughing the entire time you are watching.

Let me know what you think after you see this. Do you love it as much I do?!?!?!?! Or do you hate it (GASP)!!!!!