Easy A [Spoiler Alert]

"Easy A" Movie Review 

IMDB Synopsis: 

A clean-cut high school student relies on the school's rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.

Year Released:

2010

Writer:

Bert V. Royal

Stars: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Penn Badgley 

[Disclaimer: I don't have half of an idea how a review goes--like, what am I supposed to talk about? Music? Scenery? Lighting? I am NOT certified.--but I'm going to give it a shot. Hopefully I don't sound like a ranting stupid idiot, but, whatever. My blog. My rants. My rules. Deal.]

Alright! Easy A! This 2010 film starred the wonderful Emma Stone as Olive Penderghast. Olive has a clean-cut reputation, does good, and, well, she doesn't really stick out as much as she blends in. She doesn't party too hardy, if ever, and she actually reads The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, an assigned reading book for her English class.

That all changes when Olive decides to help a friend, Penn Badgley, who plays Woodchuck Todd, the school's mascot. By help, I mean pretend to f@%k. (hehehe PG, ya'll, keep it PG) Olive and Todd go to a big party hosted by the coolest kid in the school. Their identity really isn't relevant, because if it was, I would know it. I've seen this movie ten thousand times. Anywho, Olive walks in with Todd on her arm, and acts like she is drunk. She stereotypes just about every high school woozy all for Todd, who is tired of being teased for his homosexuality. To prove to all the guys bullying him that he is not, in fact, gay, even though he is, in fact, gay, Todd and Olive stumble into a room and commence and proceed to bounce on a mattress, simulating sex sounds.  (I tried to keep it PG, I tried)

This is where I see true, IDK, genius, because that scene could have been really awkward. Instead it was hilarious, especially when they finished. ESPECIALLY when they finished. Ha.

However, I can't deny the fact that I believe that the movie kind of took a lot of liberties just to advance the plot. Like, really, how realistic is it that someone would do what Olive did?

That is one HECK of a favor.

No judgement, but, I don't think I would be able to do that. Just because Todd is her friend, I see it as extremely unrealistic that someone would put their pristine reputation on the line to help improve a friend's bullying situation. There could have and should have been other solutions. (And, side note: I don't even remember if Todd and Olive were even that close of friends. Like, they might have in an imaginary past of the movie, but, I don't think they were besties in the present time)

Maybe Olive wanted to insert some drama into her life, tired of drifting between the lines. I can understand that, but, once again, I see it as implausible that someone like Olive would offer their body, even in a fake sense, just for the sake of drama. I feel like you already have to be half way on your way to being a floosy before you commit to pretending to be a full on floosy.

But, it's a movie, and it's entertaining. The dry humor is great if you like sarcasm, and I'd definitely recommend it right alongside Mean Girls (2004). Olive's conflict with Marianne (Amanda Bynes) is refreshing and goes through twists that are realistic. There are, actually, a lot of twists in the this film, more than you'd expect from a teen movie, anyways, and you'd never see the end coming.

So, I won't spoil it for you. But I shouldn't have to. The movie came out in 2010. You've had four years. It's on FX like every other day.

I also leave you with sunshine filled pockets.