EASY A
4 out of 5 stars

marianne: “there's a higher power that will judge you for your indecency.”

olive: “tom cruise?”

OMG, this movie is so HILARIOUS! soooooo many times of LOL-ing… the script is highly funny and emma stone AKA olive penderghast does a really great job as the comedic lead. i think she may end up as the next tina fey or amy poehler…maybe? ;)

so, who is this olive penderghast? she’s nothing more than an average high school student living in smalltown ojai, cali, with her crazy progressive parents played by stanley tucci and patricia clarkson and her adopted african (“where are you from originally?”) brother chip. she’s got a BFF named rhiannon AKA big tits (you’ll see why she gets that name), and she tells a small fib about how she lost her virginity to some college freshman who’s a friend of her brother’s. this leads to a rumor spreading around school that she’s a slut… olive doesn’t really mind the rumor because she ends up making money off of it from all the unpopular guys who want to say they got it in with her, and also she becomes…popular. “coincidentally”… (of course!) olive and her classmates are reading “the scarlet letter” by nathaniel hawthorne, where olive too stitches a red letter to her boob to signify her status. throw in some HS love between her and dan from GG, and you get this! (oh, and amanda bynes and cam gigandet are also in this somehow…)

like i said: REALLY REALLY FUNNY. emma stone does a great job as sarcastic/witty olive, and her parents are even funnier, i think… plus, the overall story of this movie is pretty original and it’s cute! (esp. when she ends up with dan from GG- oh, you saw that coming! it’s a rom com!) even thomas haden church gets some good lines esp. when he’s bitching about how kids these days are constantly posting every thought they have on FB… but hands down, the best scene is when the gay kid runs away from home with his big, bulky black BF. LOL, i never looked at mark twain like that before… :P