Easy A (2010)

"The accelerated velocity of terminal inexactitude."

I had the chance to watch 'Easy A' this fine morning as an escape from the lot of serious stuff that I was watching lately. So I just decided to watch this seemingly lowbrow teen chick flick.

The movie is about a lie that is taken too far. Olive (Emma Stone) is a smart and intellectual high school girl that is practically invisible to most of the guys/gals around her except for one friend of her Rhiannon (Aly Michalka). Trying to escape a lousy weekend with her friends' parents, she lies that she has a date for the weekend and will spend time with her. Just extending the lie to get Rhiannon off her back she 'confesses' that she lost her 'V-Card'. This seemingly harmless restroom conversation is overheard by Marianne (played emphatically by Amanda Bynes) who is the rebel-without-a-cause School Christian Crusade Leader and has a knack of shoving her views down everybody else's throats. The lie travels throughout the school gaining the propotions of the adulterous affair in Nathaniel Hawthrone's 'A Scarlet Letter', which incidentally, Olive is being taught at the school. But as the rumour gets her more and more attention, she starts to churn the rumor mill herself which seems pretty easy in the Text/Twitter/Facebook age to gain more popularity. No, I haven't spoiled your movie, if that's what you are thinking, its just what happens in about first 20 minutes. The rest you can figure out by yourself, by watching it.

The writer Bert V. Royal creates a smart, outspoken Olive, which is never over the top, thanks to a great performance by Stone. Throughout the course of its 92 minutes, this remains the story of Olive. while watching Olive play her witty dialogues , I often remembered Juno. But whereas Juno had the certificate of being witty throughout, this one fails on some very rare occasions. But nevertheless Royal has given some funny lines to almost all the characters, that if not having you ROFL, will at least make you LOL. Also the credit goes to Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson, playing Olivia's father Dill and Rosemary. Some of the most funny scenes of the movie are when Dill and Rosemary 'discuss' that there is a boy in their girl's room, or when they are trying to guess a profanity starting with the letter T.

While spreading some laughs it also touches upon the teen anxiety of trying to blend in, be it a homosexual, overweight or outcast. the movie also pays homage to the 80s comedies of John Hughes and also does a justice to the same by bringing a gush of fresh air to the genre. Overall the movie is not a landmark in terms of the teen comedy but it has some really funny moments and snappy dialogues. Go watch it if you are bored by the serious stuff or disgusted by what passes nowadays as teen comedy (like the endless sequels of American Pie).

My Rating: 7/10