Movie review - "Easy A" (2010) ***

A sensational idea - a good girl decides cultivate a reputation as a bad one out of boredom and a desire to help a friend - plus a brilliant star making performance from Emma Stone. It doesn't quite exploit the potentials of the idea - the sexual politics are skimmed, the Christians are all caricatures, the handling often broad. I kept thinking maybe this would have been better as a play where it could have more time to develop characters and themes. But it's energetic and lively and well acted on the whole; Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson are lovely as Stone's parents (there are some great family scenes).