MOVIE - Easy A

Delightful. Fun. Clever Released 9-17-10 PG-13 (1:33) 9-22-10 at El Con (with Marlene & dau. sitting behind me!) RT: 85 cag: 90 Director: Will Gluck Emma Stone, Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci, Thomas Haden-Church, Olive Penderghast Sone, who is WONDERFUL in this part) gets the reputation of being hard and fast because of one overheard lie. Before she knows it, she's becomes the easiest girl in school - by reputation only. What happened to her might drive other girls to suicide, but because of her keen sense of humor and her ability to laugh at and with herself, she more than survives. Her parents, played by Clarkson and Tucci, are wonderful, totally unreal, and so much fun to watch. Thomas Haden-Church plays her high school English teacher....and he's great, too. There are so many reference to literature - from the Scarlet Letter to Huck Finn to Judy Blume - and many reasons to laugh and chortle. Set inj Ojai, California (which has a much smaller actual high school), it was filmed there, too. I've driven through there, just outside of Santa Barbara. I could tell. You can't take this movie seriously, it's not meant to be serious. If you do, then you're an old fart (even if you're 12). It's meant to be funny, silly, and give you a chance to roll your eyes a half dozen or so times. It's just plain fun....and quite well done.