In this charming,funny and critically acclaimed tale of rumours and reputation, Olive,an average high school student, sees her below-the-radar existence turn around overnight once she decides to use the school's gossip grapevine to advance her social standing.
Now her classmates are turning against her and the school board is becoming concerned, including her favourite teacher and the distracted guidance counsellor. With the support of her hilariously idiosyncratic parents and a little help from a long-time crush, Olive attempts to take on her notorious new identity and crush the rumour mill once and for all.
Firstly who is in this film. Emma Stone plays Olive, Amanda Bynes plays one of her classmates and Lisa Kudrow plays the guidance counsellor (which is hilarious!) and these were the only three actors/actresses who I knew. The film also contains the likes of Aly Michalka, Thomas Haden Church, Stanley Tucci, Patricia Clarkson and Penn Badgley.
Let's start with the fact that this film is a 15. I understand why it is a 15 due to the language and plot to the story so I think that it was given the correct age rating. It is a teen movie more than a family sit down film.
I will go into detail about the plot. Olive is a high school student who feels invisible. She want's to be noticed. So when she declines a weekend camping with her friend Rhiannon, she makes up that she is going to see a guy. After the weekend, Rhiannon asks her what happened. Olive tries to think of something but Rhiannon takes the silence as the fact that Olive lost her virginity. Olive tries at first to deny this but she can't seem to so she 'admits' to it. Not knowing that one of her classmates is in one of the toilet cubicles. By the end of the day Olive is known. But for all of the wrong reasons.
I really enjoyed this film and it was funny as anything in parts. I would repeat that it is more of a teen film though. Which is fine, as that is what I am.
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