OMG. Loved it. So good. Why can't more movies of this genre be like this and less like... everything else?
There was really nothing I didn't really like about the movie, so here is the list of things I loved:
1. Emma Stone. Practically Perfect. And a quick IMDb check tells me that, indeed, this is the first time I've seen her in anything, not counting the 30 minutes of Superbad I watched before finally leaving the room because I hated it so much.
2. Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson. It helps probably that I love them anyway, but they are so perfect and really take just about every scene they're in.
3. Thomas Haden Church. His sense of humor kind of reminds me of my own when I'm teaching.
4. The soundtrack.
5. Random Veronica Mars Cast Member! And not only was it any cast member, but it was J.B., who in and of himself wasn't memorable, but for the fact that his only appearance on the show was in the best episode of the entire series, "Ain't No Magic Mountain High Enough" and features in the line, "And now for my next trick! I'm going to take J.B. into the hall, and when we come back, he'll confess!" Yay, Veronica Mars!
6. Lisa Kudrow and Amanda Bynes. I love Lisa Kudrow and I actually like Amanda Bynes just fine, thank you very much, and they were just right in their parts.
7. The The Scarlet Letter motif.
8. The fact that there's a 22-year-old high school student who Amanda Bynes claims is there because God wants him to be, because if He didn't, He would have given the student all the answers. *Guffaw*
9. Todd = Best. Woodchuck. Ever.
10. I didn't have to think much, but at the same taken, it kept me pretty rapt. That's a tough duality to achieve!
If you haven't seen it, go. Now. Run!
Score: 9/10
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