In the animal world, the male species are renowned to fight. Fight for food, fight to mate, fight to prove that they are the ‘alpha male’. Others may try and step in their way and challenge them, but it is always the greatest and strongest that will conquer.

Little differences can be drawn from the human species – in particular males. Who compete over - Who gets the last Mars bar? Who can get the most girls? Who has the best ‘abs?

But imagine the conflict when mates and colleges Foster (Chris Pine) and Tuck (Tom Hardy) realise that their desirable girlfriend – the one they they’ve both been bragging about for weeks – is the same girl – the very own Lauren Scott (Reese Witherspoon).

So here’s the premise – Both don’t opt to go down the ‘normal guy’ resolution to the problem. Instead of leaving her, fighting over her, or humiliating her, they collectively choose to both continue to date Lauren to her discretion – all in the bid to see who she favours over the two. As unusual, yet simple as that may sound – things don’t stay that way for long. Did I ‘forget’ to mention that they are both CIA agents with a hidden vengeance?

This flick’ doesn’t appear to have the force to win many awards, but looks certain to put a few smiles on our faces this February.

I’m sure fans of Mr. and Mrs. Smith will approve.

Your first glimpses of Easy A may lead you into believing that it is yet another teen movie. The high school comedy, with a compilation of stereotyped characters, love conquests, and school ‘dramas’. But don’t let your intuition drive you away from this movie, or in other words – don’t judge a book by its cover. Not many films can top some of the high school greats – 10 things I hate about you and American Pie, but Easy A is a certain exemption from some of the tacky high school flops, and its inclusion of post modernism and post feminism alongside the ‘typical’ high school drama add depth to the film.

The first I heard of Easy A was from the boyfriend. He mentioned watching it and actually enjoying it. Despite his evident liking for Emma Stone he was adamant that she wasn’t the alluring factor and that he truly enjoyed it. Baffled as to why he ditched the guns and fighting for a high school comedy I was intrigued into catching up with this movie.

Olive Penderghast (Emma Stone) like many high school students just wants to be popular, and become the object of her colleges desire. In a matter of weeks the dwindling violet reforms into the girl shes always wanted to be. She is a virgin, but who goes along with a rumour sweeping her school - that she slept with a college guy. As the rumour grows and Stone is unable to deminish the tab hanging ears and luring looks. She decides to go all-out with her new persona and ‘dresses to impress’, until her newly formed stipper image and similar mentality results in people assuming she is somebody in which she is not.

Stone’s character is adorable and easy to relate to. She speaks directly to the audience via a webcam sitiuated in her bedroom where she openly records her hearty feelings (which evidently shows the post modern links). The films backbone comes from working in parallel to Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, (1840) and highlighting the irony of her modern day situation.

Easy A is an easy watch, that offers something different to vast amount of high school comedies. A film you can watch with the boyfriend, with the added eye candy of Penn Badgley (Gossip Girl’s Dan).

Release date: 2010

Certificate: 15

Starring: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes and Penn Badgley

Director: Will Gluck

Writer: Bert V. Royal