Tuesday, April 26, 2011

DVD Review: Easy A


Easy A
Directed by Will Gluck
Three Stars

By Guest Critic Taylor Biltoft

Every now and then, among the mess of commercial flimflam, a teenage comedy pokes its head out and takes a bite into popular concepts. There are teen comedies in which a pod of hormonic individuals embark on a crusade to be naughty and have the night of their lives, and then there are smart, funny teen comedies that also happen to deconstruct our assumptions. “Easy A” belongs in the latter, joining other films like Election, Juno, Mean Girls, and John Hughes films to which it can accredit some stark influence.