Emma Stone lifts surprising 'Easy A'
Easy A Opens today at Quality 16, Rave, Brighton Review by Corey Hall of the Metro Times Grade: B-
Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder in "Easy A," the rare teen sex romp without any actual sex. In fact, by the genre’s raunchy standards, the flick is downright chaste, so squeaky clean it might be Sarah Palin’s new fave rave, if the villain weren’t a blond bible-thumping prude played by overtanned Amanda Bynes, whose retirement was apparently premature.
The film is set in some topsy-turvy parallel reality where high school superhottie Olive, played by stone-cold fox Emma Stone ("Zombieland"), is a social pariah because she’s just a bit of a snarky wiseass. Sure, whatevs. Anyhoo, brainy California girl Olive considers herself an outcast because she only has a few pals, actually likes homework, and hasn’t been kissed, despite her best efforts.