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EASY AMovie Reviews
Comedy about a clean-cut high school girl who uses her school's rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing. Cast:Emma StoneDirector:Will GluckRelease Date:September 17, 2010DVD Release:December 21, 2010From:Sony PicturesRating:PG-13Length:1 hr 32 min
Easy A played to very good reviews. • Norman Wilner wrote in Toronto Now, "...a movie you can respect in the morning.... Emma Stone is terrific fun in her first lead... Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci do their best to steal the picture..." • And Claudia Puig wrote in USA Today, "Apt, amusing, audacious, amazing." More Reviews Below...
Easy A Positive Reviews (45 Reviews, reviews below)
Alynda Wheat, People: OUTSTANDING(cg) "As affecting as it is funny, there's nothing easy about what 'Easy A' achieves.... it brings a fresh take to that old cliche, the rumor mill."(See all of Alynda Wheat's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 203 words, 09/09/10
Richard Corliss, Time: GOOD "...establishes the 21-year-old Emma Stone as an actress/personality -- a star... the film has a saucy, 120-IQ wit that it works way too hard to put over."(See all of Richard Corliss's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 948 words, 09/17/10
Jake Coyle, Associated Press: VERY GOOD(cg) "The adults nearly steal the film. As Olive's parents, Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson... Lisa Kudrow... Malcolm McDowell..."(See all of Jake Coyle's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 770 words, 09/16/10
Bradley Jacobs, Us Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "With her husky voice, fiery hair and sharp delivery, Stone gives a spectacular performance... Alas, the story is thin and the laughs meager..."(See all of Bradley Jacobs's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 78 words, 09/16/10
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: GOOD(cg) "...a remoreselessly cheeky sociological teen-raunch comedy... has some agreeable fast banter, but it's so self-consciously stylized that it wears you out."(See all of Owen Gleiberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 271 words, 09/10/10
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "The jokes are hit-and-miss. But Stone is one sassy babe and a breakout star who nails every zinger and brings genuine warmth to her scenes with her parents..."(See all of Peter Travers's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 110 words, 09/17/10
Claudia Puig, USA Today: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...full of sharp wit that stops short of snark. And like any good movie, it transcends its genre.... Apt, amusing, audacious, amazing."(See all of Claudia Puig's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 405 words, 09/17/10
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...doesn't bear closer inspection, yet the movie is not without its pleasures, chief among them the potentially star-making lead performance by Emma Stone."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 546 words, 09/17/10
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: OUTSTANDING(cg) "Writer-director Will Gluck has written a stiletto-sharp, zinger-filled script that recalls 'Mean Girls' as well as the films of John Hughes... uproarious..."(See all of Lou Lumenick's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 418 words, 09/17/10
David Edelstein, New York Magazine: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Much of the rambunctious teen comedy is delightful, much of it irritating. Your ratio will vary depending on your tolerance for camp..."(See all of David Edelstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 214 words, 09/13/10
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: FAIR "...tacks on a sound message... the 88 preceding minutes aren't much more relevant than, as one character snarks, 'a gossip girl in a sweet valley of traveling pants.' "(See all of Melissa Anderson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 225 words, 09/15/10
Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: VERY GOOD(cg) "...it's quick, it's fun, but it also suffers from the ingrained self-consciousness that goes with this verbal territory... Happily, what isn't contrived is Stone's performance."(See all of Rick Groen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 651 words, 09/17/10
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "...a movie you can respect in the morning.... Emma Stone is terrific fun in her first lead... Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci do their best to steal the picture..."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 214 words, 09/16/10
KEY CITIES (15 Reviews)
Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: VERY GOOD(cg) "Will Gluck's movie does what Hughes did best, showcasing characters with personality who make you wish you had them on speed dial."(See all of Stephanie Merry's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 481 words, 09/17/10
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle/San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD(cg) "...filled with brainy, canny dialogue... Gluck directs on hyperdrive, rattling through scenes with machine-gun timing and a razor-sharp humor flecked with kitsch."(See all of Amy Biancolli's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 567 words, 09/17/10
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: VERY GOOD(cg) "...it's delightful to see a movie that listens to kids the way Hughes did and that shares the same life lessons Hughes taught."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 564 words, 09/17/10
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: OUTSTANDING(cg) "A high-spirited, whip-smart high school sex comedy told from a female perspective... 'The Scarlet Letter' on laughing gas."(See all of Colin Covert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 501 words, 09/17/10
Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...the kind of movie about teenagers that an adult audience should embrace. It's simply that good, and Stone is nothing short of wonderful."(See all of Randy Cordova's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 537 words, 09/17/10
Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...amid all this glib and relentlessly hip fun, there is a movie that never establishes a story or characters that make much sense."(See all of Tom Maurstad's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 444 words, 09/17/10
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: VERY GOOD(cg) "Until it spins manically out of control in the last act, 'Easy A' is a charmer: a high school satire with a lethally sharp script and a big, smart, adorable star performance..."(See all of Ty Burr's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 736 words, 09/17/10
Stephen Whitty, Cleveland Plain-Dealer: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...the writing takes a lot of shortcuts... But even in the midst of all the cheap brass and ugly tarnish, this Stone still shines."(See all of Stephen Whitty's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 430 words, 09/17/10
Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "...though the talented Stone shows off some sharp comic timing, it's hard to accept this smart, gorgeous young woman as a school misfit yearning for popularity..."(See all of Moira Macdonald's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 298 words, 09/17/10
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: MODERATE(cg) "...sporadically funny but far too smug.... 'Easy A' aspires to be the coolest kid in class. But beneath all the posing, it's just a wannabe."(See all of Calvin Wilson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 317 words, 09/17/10
Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "The wit constantly sneaks up on you, mostly filtered through Stone's casual sarcasm and wry observations.... it has all been done before but not quite like this."(See all of Steve Persall's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 443 words, 09/16/10
Tom Long, Detroit News: EXCELLENT(cg) "...stuffed with sharp dialogue, snappy characters and embarrassingly relevant situations. The ghost of John Hughes hovers over it and that ghost is likely smiling."(See all of Tom Long's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 345 words, 09/17/10
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...earns a passing grade, but what works in this edgy teen comedy works spectacularly well.... smart, irreverant and funny as hell."(See all of Connie Ogle's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 547 words, 09/17/10
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (8 Reviews)
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: FAIR "...tacks on a sound message... the 88 preceding minutes aren't much more relevant than, as one character snarks, 'a gossip girl in a sweet valley of traveling pants.' "(See all of Melissa Anderson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 225 words, 09/15/10
Keith Phipps, AV Club: GOOD(cg) "...at its best when it isn't afraid to be earnest.... has two strong elements in its favor: heart, and Stone's terrific lead performance."(See all of Keith Phipps's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 400 words, 09/16/10
Nick Schager, Slant: MODERATE(cg) "...superficially trades in Hawthornian themes only to carelessly toss them aside (and casually admit doing so) for feel-good happily-ever-afters..."(See all of Nick Schager's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 484 words, 09/12/10
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "...a movie you can respect in the morning.... Emma Stone is terrific fun in her first lead... Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci do their best to steal the picture..."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 214 words, 09/16/10
MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: OUTSTANDING(cg) "As an exploration of the tangled web of popularity and individuality teenaged girls have to navigate, and do so at more peril than boys do, it's damn nigh unparalleled."(See all of MaryAnn Johanson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 903 words, 09/17/10
HIGHBROW PRESS (5 Reviews)
Bob Mondello, NPR All Things Considered: VERY GOOD "...in most high-school comedies, the high jinks tend to be so lowbrow that even a nod in a literary direction deserves extra credit."(See all of Bob Mondello's reviews...)(Listen to the full review...) 213 seconds, 09/19/10
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...doesn't bear closer inspection, yet the movie is not without its pleasures, chief among them the potentially star-making lead performance by Emma Stone."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 546 words, 09/17/10
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: EXCELLENT "Stone seizes the moment with such self-assurance and old-fashioned brio that she elevates the game of every actor who comes within her orbit..."(See all of Kirk Honeycutt's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 884 words, 09/10/10
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...doesn't bear closer inspection, yet the movie is not without its pleasures, chief among them the potentially star-making lead performance by Emma Stone."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 546 words, 09/17/10
Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: VERY GOOD(cg) "...a sharp, witty film with a career-making performance by Emma Stone... proves that there are still fresh ideas and angles to this overused genre."(See all of Emanuel Levy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 649 words, 09/12/10
14.9 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Easy A's reviews are separated by an average 14.9 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
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Coverage:Easy A's reviews cover 91.5% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 22,729 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 505 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Easy A Coverage, Volume & Length (45 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 46.6 Hours Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Easy A's reviews on average broke 46.6 hours before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Easy A's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
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