Monday, January 31, 2011

Easy A (DVD)

Easy A (2010) starring Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Dan Byrd, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Lisa Kudrow, Malcolm McDowell, Aly Michalka, Stanley Tucci. High school girl Olive (Stone) lies about having slept with a college guy (she didn't), and soon develops an (undeserved) reputation as the school slut. She decides to go with it, and starts making money by letting losers pretend they have "fooled around" with her. It's never really fun, and when things spin out of control she decides to tell her story in a webcast, which makes up the framework of the movie. This film has lots of good parts, which make it worth watching, but also its fair share of parts that don't work, which lowers its grade. There are some good performances, especially Stone in the lead role, who proves that she can carry a movie. The subtitles are excellent. Grade: B

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