This film stars Emma Stone as Olive, an average high school teenager who lies to her best friend about sleeping with the imaginary guy that she had said to have gone on a date with that weekend. The head of the school's church group overhears this and spreads the word that Olive is a slut. Olive embraces this as she has always felt invisible in high school. She takes her project to one of her guy friends who people think is gay, and pretends to have slept with him so that he won't be made fun of anymore. The film continues as her gimmick gets out of hand.
The idea for this movie is really good. The film is funny and smart and well-written. Emma Stone does a great job as her first lead in a film. This will definitely send her career soaring. She was charismatic and believable. The humor in this film wasn't as typical as you would expect in this type of movie. It was not as much sex related, but more of a Mean Girls type of humor that was more subtle. However, I am not sure how to feel about the depiction of the holy rollers in this film (i.e. the members of the church group). They depict them as extremists. I know there are some like this, but at times it feels as though the film is trying to give abstinence a bad name. But in the end, the message is less about abstinence and more about being yourself and how a little white lie can really get out of hand. It kind of finds a middle ground on the topic regarding abstinence.
Anyway, it's a good, unique film and I would definitely watch it again. And despite what it may seem like, it is very different from most teen films.
Overall Grade: A
-Ethan Brehm
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