Movie Review: Easy A
Final Rating: 8.5 out of 10.
Quick Summary: Typical high-school girl, Olive Penderghast, watches her life--and reputation--run out of control as one stray little lie snowballs into a rumour that changes the way the world view her.
Going into the cinema, I didn't have high expectations for the movie, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was a flick that I thoroughly enjoyed. From the strange, exaggerated characters to the down-to-earth narrative to the plot itself, it was an all-rounder in "enjoy-ability".
Basically, it was a story about a girl who lies about dating a guy, which her best friend interprets as the guy she loses her virginity to. Even though she tries to fix the situation, someone overhears and it gets out of control. Anyway, you'd think it would be a really stupid movie, (I did, at least), which it was in parts, but overall it was better than that.
There's a nice integration of modern media/technology that doesn't seemed forced - I hate seeing movies where scriptwriters add in ridiculous scenes with phones or iPods because "that's what the hip kids do" (quoting my friend there).
For the most part, it was a good ol' fashioned romantic comedy, heavy emphasis on the comedy. It was serious in parts, but always was balanced nicely by the funny scenes or one-liners. Sometimes it was the character's themselves which provided the comedic relief. I found the protagonist's parents were frickin' hilarious, and deserved points for saying their lines without bursting into laughter breaking character.
I dunno. Perhaps the acting helped the script because nothing felt forced. The bitchy best friend, the gay guy, the intense Catholic girl - they all felt ridiculously real. Which was something that added that extra something into the movie.
Throughout the flick, there is this alignment/comparison to the book "The Scarlet Letter". You need not have read this to understand the story, because it will be explained (and truly, Olive's haphazard explanation deserves its own merit). I liked the alignment to the story because the theme/idea was kept constant and not jittery all-over like in some plots.
I don't know about it getting an Oscar, but it's definitely worth the ticket price and the overpriced candy from the store.