Easy A

Today I watched Easy A which boasts a stellar cast including Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Thomas Haden Church, Lisa Kudrow, Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci. Olive (Stone) is a clean-cut high school student who realises that by pretending to have lost her virginity she can get noticed. When she starts to offer her services to the geeky boys at school - pretending to have done various things with them to help their reputations - things start to get out of hand! Emma Stone is excellent in this part and the supporting cast are also fantastic. Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson are particularly funny as her parents. This is a classic teen comedy in the same vein as Clueless and Mean Girls but with nods to 80's films such as The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles - you can't go wrong with a bit of John Hughes as inspiration!