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Movie Review - Easy A
Sep. 18th, 2010 07:51 pmIf you've seen the previews for Easy A, you know the plot. We are not misled, the story is pretty much as advertised. The thing about Easy A is, it transcends that plot. I don't mean in an intellectual, artistic way but that the movie uses the plot as a framework to hang everything else on, like ornaments on a Christmas tree.
Social commentary, check, but light and smooth and nearly subversive. Slick and watchable, I was drawn along for the ride without speed-bump morality or clunky object lessons. Realistic characters, except the ones so over-the-top cliché there is never a question of the satiric intent. Humor vibrantly colors the movie through sharp, witty reparté, in slyly believable situations as well as through vivid character interaction. While Olive handles herself with humor and self-possession, her teen-age reactions are amusing and recognizable.
You think you know where this movie is going, and for the most part it does, albiet with different scenery than you might expect and down parallel roads. There are one or two surprises and a few things I expected which never materialized, to the credit of the movie.
Easy A is fun without being overly frothy, charming and smart but the most delightful element is the self-aware, share-the-joke-with-me, referential moments. Easy A is an 80's movie wrapped in techno-current life and the best part is, the movie itself not only knows it but uses it and unapologetically revels in it, charming the audience along the way.
Social commentary, check, but light and smooth and nearly subversive. Slick and watchable, I was drawn along for the ride without speed-bump morality or clunky object lessons. Realistic characters, except the ones so over-the-top cliché there is never a question of the satiric intent. Humor vibrantly colors the movie through sharp, witty reparté, in slyly believable situations as well as through vivid character interaction. While Olive handles herself with humor and self-possession, her teen-age reactions are amusing and recognizable.
You think you know where this movie is going, and for the most part it does, albiet with different scenery than you might expect and down parallel roads. There are one or two surprises and a few things I expected which never materialized, to the credit of the movie.
Easy A is fun without being overly frothy, charming and smart but the most delightful element is the self-aware, share-the-joke-with-me, referential moments. Easy A is an 80's movie wrapped in techno-current life and the best part is, the movie itself not only knows it but uses it and unapologetically revels in it, charming the audience along the way.
