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Will Gluck
(2010)
88min
15 Certificate
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Review
Our Score
by
Trevor Johnston
Emma Stone demonstrated her star charisma with this teen movie, playing one of those girls who just fades into the background at high school. So when the fibs she tells about her (actually nonexistent) sexual exploits start doing the rounds, it's no surprise that Stone is flattered by the attention. But, of course, we know that those tall tales are only going to get her into deeper trouble. What unfolds is a deft, witty and sympathetic tale of adolescent confusions that bravely references both Nathaniel Hawthorne's
The Scarlet Letter
and John Hughes teen pics of the 1980s - and gets away with it. There's also a stellar supporting cast that includes Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson as Stone's groovy parents, and Malcolm McDowell and Lisa Kudrow as members of the school staff, and they all make the most of writer Bert V Royal's gold-standard dialogue. True, the plot almost overreaches itself, but it's still enormously funny and has surprising cross-generational appeal.
Summary
A misfit teenage girl lies about her non-existent sexual history, and soon becomes the talk of the school. While she endures the harassment of conservative classmates, she grows to love the attention and sets out to create yet more rumours - but is unprepared when things get out of hand. Teen comedy, starring Emma Stone, Penn Badgley and Amanda Bynes.
Cast & Crew
Olive Penderghast
Emma Stone
Woodchuck Todd
Penn Badgley
Marianne
Amanda Bynes
Mr Griffith
Thomas Haden Church
Rosemary Penderghast
Patricia Clarkson
Micah
Cam Gigandet
Mrs Griffith
Lisa Kudrow
Principal Gibbons
Malcolm McDowell
Rhiannon
Alyson Michalka
Dill Penderghast
Stanley Tucci
Brandon
Dan Byrd
Director
Will Gluck
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Other Information
Language:
English
Colour
Theatrical distributor:
Sony
Guidance:
Swearing, sexual references.
Available on:
DVD and Blu-ray
Released on:
22 Oct 2010
Comedy
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