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Is it okay if I bypass Will Gluck's Easy A (Disney, 9.17) and proclaim Emma Stone as the next big thing -- a sassy Michelle Monaghan-resembling actress-comedienne in the Elaine May-Eileen Brennan mold -- on the strength of this trailer? Or do I have to actually go to this afternoon's 4 pm screening and sit through it? Because the trailer makes me feel as if I've pretty much seen it.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on September 1, 2010 at 9:28 AM

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DiscoNap Author Profile Page says ...

That cast is a little insane. I can't even imagine how McDowell fits it.

Posted by DiscoNap Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 9:45 AM

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Rich S. Author Profile Page says ...

I guess that depends. Are they going to screw up the adaptation of the trailer?

http://www.theonion.com/video/wildly-popular-iron-man-trailer-to-be-adapted-into,14226/

Posted by Rich S. Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 9:46 AM

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DiscoNap Author Profile Page says ...

btw between 'Poker Face' in that and 'All My Friends' in the Greenberg trailer, do these songs not get placed in trailers until enough time has passed that their fans are sick of them but even grandparents in the hinterlands have at least heard them?

Posted by DiscoNap Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 9:47 AM

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Thunderballs Author Profile Page says ...

Yet another flash in the pan young actress who, in ten years when we see her on cable, we'll say "oh yeah, remember when that chick was semi-famous for ten seconds?"

When was Michelle Monaghan the next big thing? After Kiss Kiss Bang Bang? If I am a young actress the last person I want to be compared to is Monaghan, okay, maybe next to last, the last would be Gretchen Mol.

Posted by Thunderballs Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 9:48 AM

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Travis Crabtree Author Profile Page says ...

Thursday's this fall on the WB!

Posted by Travis Crabtree Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 9:49 AM

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The Perils of Thinking Author Profile Page says ...

She is a cutie, and with some intelligence/spark in the eyes... alright, sold, I'm with Wells.

Posted by The Perils of Thinking Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 9:49 AM

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MikeSchaeferSF Author Profile Page says ...

Gotta say it looks like an above-average flick of its type, in a "Mean Girls" vein. Please go and let us know.

Posted by MikeSchaeferSF Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 10:32 AM

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FloridaChas Author Profile Page says ...

What part of this possibly makes you feel the least bit inclined to see it?

Posted by FloridaChas Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 10:32 AM

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Abbey Normal Author Profile Page says ...

Thunderballs @4: No young actress wants to be compared to Gretchen Mol, it's true. However, if Stone wants to go full-on nude in some future movie, a la Notorious Bettie Page, I'm all for it.

Posted by Abbey Normal Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 10:41 AM

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berg Author Profile Page says ...

in space city they screened the american in a theater with perfect sound right down the street ... But EASY A they are screening twice but way the hell out as in adjacent cities that someone in another city looking at a map thinks is near, which kind of tells you what you need to know about seeing it

Posted by berg Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 10:42 AM

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scooterzz Author Profile Page says ...

i enjoyed this much more than i expected to...script is by burt royal who wrote 'dog sees god'....it's a good tv level movie and will probably end up as a series on abc family.....

Posted by scooterzz Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 10:58 AM

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crazynine Author Profile Page says ...

I admit to a crush on Stone, I've liked her since Superbad and Zombieland.

Alas, there's no way I'm seeing this movie.

Wish she'd go for an, ummm, stint on Californication, ala Eva Amurri. THAT would make me happy.

Posted by crazynine Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 10:59 AM

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4th grade army Author Profile Page says ...

Didn't understand the Tom Cruise joke. What does that mean?

Posted by 4th grade army Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 11:16 AM

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Jonathan Spuij Author Profile Page says ...

Yup she's hot and great and the whole shezang. Movie looks very stupid though. Painful to watch at times, even the trailer.

Posted by Jonathan Spuij Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 12:04 PM

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Kakihara Author Profile Page says ...

Looks like it wants to have its cake and eat it too by pretending to be a risque satire but keeping it PG-13 so its target audience can still get in.

Posted by Kakihara Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 12:34 PM

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LexG Author Profile Page says ...

When did Amanda Bynes turn into Sharon Stone from ALPHA DOG?

Posted by LexG Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 12:39 PM

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Terry McCarty Author Profile Page says ...

Love Emma Stone and think that Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson are inspired casting choices as Stone's parents. But I'll have to second Jeff's seen-it-all-in-the-trailer comment. EASY A looks like a mediocre, have-it-every-possible-way sitcom.

Posted by Terry McCarty Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 2:50 PM

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Snoop Marlo Author Profile Page says ...

I was hoping she'd wear an 'L' for 'Laverne'.

Posted by Snoop Marlo Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 3:45 PM

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Cadavra Author Profile Page says ...

Saw it last night and was stunned at how funny and clever it is; the trailer doesn't convey this at all. And Clarkson and Tucci as Emma's folks are the funniest parents I've seen in ages. (Props too to Thomas Haden Church as a fearsomely hip English teacher.) Frankly, it's probably too good for its target audience, which prefers imbecilic comedies about malletheads and bodily functions.

Posted by Cadavra Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 4:57 PM

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LexG Author Profile Page says ...

Based on the premise and trailer, every time I see anything for this movie, I think they should've called it "Faghag."

Posted by LexG Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 6:19 PM

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thatmovieguy Author Profile Page says ...

No, sorry, I was only looking for Jersey Shore...

On a slightly more serious (un-spam-related note), I would probably have skipped "Easy A," too, but I am hearing pretty good buzz. And the fact it's in the Toronto line-up means it must have something to offer.

Posted by thatmovieguy Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 7:55 PM

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Terry McCarty Author Profile Page says ...

When I see Emma Stone, I'm reminded somehow of the younger Jodie Foster. Maybe someone could do a spec script about Clarice Starling as a trainee agent and pitch it to Emma's agents/managers.

Posted by Terry McCarty Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 8:23 PM

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The Thing Author Profile Page says ...

It seems like it might be good. I mean the casting is amazing and expansive (I haven't seen that many big names on a poster since... well The Expendables). But Stone is still on the fence of being a famous actress. Right now, she's stuck in genre films like Superbad, Zombieland and this. If she hopes to ever get really famous, she needs to pull an Ellen Page and do big-budget action films.

Posted by The Thing Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 8:36 PM

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Kakihara Author Profile Page says ...

Lex: Your homophobic comments aren't helping H-E's rep here...

Thing: Uh, Page had nothing to do with Inception's take. Hell, when I think about it, she was barely in it.

Posted by Kakihara Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 9:14 PM

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LexG Author Profile Page says ...

DZ: The term "fag hag" is socially accepted and not homophobic. At the very least, it's in the same realm as "wigger," which YOU use all the time here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fag_hag

Posted by LexG Author Profile Page at September 1, 2010 11:13 PM

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Kakihara Author Profile Page says ...

Ah, I see.

Posted by Kakihara Author Profile Page at September 2, 2010 1:26 AM

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BrigadierPudding Author Profile Page says ...

Emma Stone and Penn Badgley are the oldest high schoolers since Luke Perry and Jason Priestley.

I honestly don't get the Stone appeal. She's got this raspy voice and isn't all that attractive.

Posted by BrigadierPudding Author Profile Page at September 2, 2010 10:52 AM

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Absinth Quell Pro Author Profile Page says ...

Good thing Inception didn't bomb, or Page would have been the reason for its downfall, right "Kakihara?" She was a big enough star in your eyes to shoulder that blame, but not big enough to benefit from its popularity.

How do you know she was barely in it when we all know you never actually saw the movie?

Posted by Absinth Quell Pro Author Profile Page at September 3, 2010 1:12 AM

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Kakihara Author Profile Page says ...

Absinth: I did see the movie, 'cus I needed to know how much Nolan ripped off from Paprika. And if Page was so big on her own, then that thing she did with Drew would be a mini-hit. Anyway, if she did end up being a bigger part of the film, hell yes it would have tanked.

Posted by Kakihara Author Profile Page at September 3, 2010 12:32 PM

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