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Summary

Comedy starring Emma Stone. When a little white lie about losing her virginity makes the previously anonymous Olive Penderghast the talk of school, she decides to exploit her new-found notoriety to improve her social standing. But being "easy" comes with mixed blessings.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

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.

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7.0/10

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Cast

rolenameOlive PenderghastEmma StoneWoodchuck ToddPenn BadgleyMarianneAmanda BynesMr GriffithThomas Haden ChurchRosemary PenderghastPatricia ClarksonMicahCam GigandetMrs GriffithLisa KudrowPrincipal GibbonsMalcolm McDowellRhiannonAlyson MichalkaDill PenderghastStanley TucciBrandonDan Byrd

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rolenameDirectorWill Gluck

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Theatrical distributor

Sony

Released on

2010-10-22

Languages

English

Guidance

Swearing, sexual references.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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