Easy A

4.00
    Easy A
    2010

    Synopsis

    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 favorite teacher and the distracted guidance counselor. 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 rumor mill once and for all.

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    Cast

    • Emma StoneOlive Penderghast
    • Penn Badgley"Woodchuck" Todd
    • Amanda BynesMarianne Bryant
    • Dan ByrdBrandon
    • Thomas Haden ChurchMr. Griffith
    • Patricia ClarksonRosemary Penderghast
    • Cam GigandetMicah
    • Lisa KudrowMrs. Griffith
    • Malcolm McDowellPrincipal Gibbons
    • Aly MichalkaRhiannon Abernathy

    Recommendations

    • 90

      Arizona Republic

      This is the kind of movie about teenagers that an adult audience should embrace. It's simply that good, and Stone is nothing short of wonderful.
    • 88

      Chicago Sun-Times

      It's a funny, engaging comedy that takes the familiar but underrated Emma Stone and makes her, I believe, a star.
    • 80

      The Hollywood Reporter

      A high school romp that turns a stale genre upside down with sly wit and sharp satire.
    • 78

      Austin Chronicle

      A surprisingly warmhearted examination of hypocrisy and social insecurity, unlikely camaraderie and stutter-stepped formation of adult identity.
    • 75

      Orlando Sentinel

      The ghost of John Hughes smiles upon Easy A, a film that freely and giddily borrows from and pays tribute to Hughes' famous Holy Trinity of '80s teen angst comedies.
    • 70

      Variety

      What this high school morality fable really recalls is "Clueless" -- a comedy of very contemporary ill manners drawn from classic literature, an immersion in the young-adult lexicon and a potentially career-making showcase for its lead actress, Emma Stone.
    • 70

      New York Magazine (Vulture)

      Lisa Kudrow does a dazzling turn as a guidance counselor who's a flickering mixture of sympathy and narcissism. But the movie belongs to Stone, that gorgeous, husky-voiced redhead.
    • 67

      Entertainment Weekly

      Easy A has some agreeable fast banter, but it's so self-consciously stylized that it wears you out.

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