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Easy "A": Emma Stone rocks (see also: Zombieland, Superbad) and I have every hope this movie will be the first of many solid efforts coming from her. I also hope that she doesn't pull a Lohan post Mean Girls...but that's another question entirely. This movie is funny, witty and engaging, especially so if you're a fan of John Hughs' 1980s efforts. Olive's parents are perfectly cast, get great lines and deliver on them 100%, and the supporting cast otherwise does a solid job. This one really rests on Stone's shoulders, though, and she pulls through with style.
My only real complaint about the movie is how tacky and one dimensional the "villains" are in the form of a gaggle of crazy fundamentalist Christians obsessed with virginity and piety. I like making fun of fundamentalists as much as anyone else, but for some reason by the end of the movie, I found myself getting increasingly irritated by the caricature instead of laughing at it. This is a fairly minor irritant, though, and your mileage may vary.
9/10, unless you hated Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles and Ferris Buelers Day Off, in which case, you may want to skip this one
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