EASY A **

As female-orientated High School comedies go "Easy A" is a lot better than most. It may not be particularly original but it's smart and funny and in Emma Stone it had a star in the making. She's terrific and she's just the lynch-pin of a terrific cast that includes Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson, superb, as her parents, Thomas Haden Church as an embarrassingly hip teacher, Lisa Kudrow as his equally embarrassing Guidance Counsellor of a wife and a whole host of marvellous young ladies as various friends and rivals who spread the rumour that Miss Stone isn't just a virgin any longer but an all-out slut. It was written by Bert V. Royal and directed by the obviously very talented Will Gluck, (it was only his second film), and is well worth seeking out.