What happens when a little white lie about losing your virginity spirals completely out of control?
When Olive Penderghast (Emma Stone) lies to her best friend Rhiannon (Aly Michalka) about her recent weekend activities, she tells her that she lost her virginity to a boy from the local community college. Unfortunately, you should always check the bathroom stalls before revealing any personal information, because they are overheard by Marianne (Amanda Bynes, who may or may not be retired from acting), a Jesus-loving goody-two-shoes who tells everyone in school that Olive is a slut. Suddenly, Olive goes from being the invisible girl to the girl that everyone wants to talk to…and hire. That’s right, the boys want Olive to lie and tell everyone about the relations she supposedly had with them, to boost their popularity, in exchange for gift cards to various stores and restaurants.
Now that the whole school thinks Olive is an uber-slut, she decides to go with it. She begins dressing WAY inappropriately and wears a red “A” on her top, just like Hester Prynne in “The Scarlet Letter” (which her English class is studying). It’s fun for a while, but soon everything goes haywire. She keeps having to visit the principal’s office for her behavior, the Jesus-loving kids keep trying to “save” her, the school counselor keeps trying to give her handfuls of prophylactics, and then Olive is blamed for giving a student an STD. Things take a turn for the worse when Olive finds out who is really responsible, and she reveals to the person’s spouse that their partner is unfaithful.
While all of the actors in the movie were fantastic, there were a few that really shined. Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson, as Olive’s quirky parents, were awesome. They were the hit of every scene they were in. Emma Stone was extraordinary as well. She had perfect comedic timing throughout the whole movie.
“Easy A” was a teen high school movie like “Mean Girls” but I thought it was even better than that. It’s narrated by Olive as she speaks into her webcam, dividing the movie into different parts, such as “Not with a fizzle, but with a bang”, to explain the sequence of events. Slightly raunchy, extremely funny, “Easy A” is A+!!!
