It's a question everybody must have asked themselves at some point or another, particularly in the (peer) pressure cooker of high school. Easy A is about a good student named Olive (Emma Stone) who blends in. One day, ashamed of a lame weekend she spent alone at home, she lies to her best friend Rhiannon (Aly Michalka) and makes up a story. The lie quickly escalates as her bestie grills her. Before you can say "George Glass," Olive has not just invented an imaginary beau but she's also lost her virginity to him.Word gets out...
P.S. And in case you missed it earlier, I raved about Emma Stone's star-making moves a couple of days ago for Tribeca Film for my "Best in Show" column.
Posts
10 comments:
Seeing it in 5 hours!!! So stoked? Box office should be big too. Haven't Anna Faris, Tina Fey and now Emma Stone proven female-driven comedies are consistently more successful than Frat Pack driven ones? Get them in the picture!!!
Oh goodness this is probably one of the few movies (the only other one I can think of being The Town) that explain why September exists (cinematically sppeaking, of course).
OFFTOPIC: Love Barrymore in the banner. Now that was a wonderful performance. Oscar-worthy, I think.
I know this is completely off topic, but I just saw the trailer of For Colored Girls, and it looks amazing. I've missed Whoopi so much, and she looks really good in it. I'd also love if Kerry Washington could finally get some recognition. It looks like a black movie that finally uses its cast to their full potential. I may be out of place since I'm a white boy, but I'm so going to see it haha.
*A black movie that uses the casts' full potential - What I mean is like, not another typical Tyler Perry movie or movie just for like black. Kinda like how everyone could appreciate Precious. I hope that doesn't sound offensive lol.
Nathaniel, i didn't see your RH reviews. Have you written anything about it?
Seen it, feel kind of ambivalent about it. The gossip and the persecution didn't remind me of high school/university, but more of some of the unpleasant workplaces I've been in. So it wasn't quite distant enough for light amusement.
Emma Stone is charming and I wish her well, but I felt rebellious every time Amanda Bynes came on screen. I felt cheated out of an Amanda Bynes movie where Amanda is the heroine in a snappy script that ISN'T about high school.
And when I thought about this movie in comparison to "Clueless" I kept thinking "What would Cher's dad do?" Cher's dad (the great Dan Heydaya) would never let a mess like this happen. Olive's parents are useless, her only friend faithless and her (new) boyfriend is ineffectual. How lonely. I think I preferred "The American"'s treatment of loneliness - it isn't just glossed over at the end.
Emma Stone was aces, but the film didn't know what to do with most of its characters in a muddled screenplay. But it had some winning moments in it (and now I've been singing that damn "Pocketful of Sunshine" song all weekend . . . thanks, Natasha Bedingfield!), and it this raises Emma Stone's profile, then I'm all for that.
Your blog is really good. This movie is long one but nice. Emma Stone performed brilliantly in this movie. Nobody should miss to Watch Easy A.
I have to identify with you on the point you were making about Emma Stone. i was never a big fan of her, until i saw this movie. after this performance i won't be surprised if we'll be seeing a lot more of her! go Emma go...
Post a Comment