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.
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 9 wins & 20 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
An extremely witty, inventive, sweet and perceptive coming-out party for Emma Stone.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
17 Sep 2010
fresh:
Any movie that quotes Mark Twain, excerpts John Hughes and employs a singeing British cussword normally unheard in PG-13 high school comedies - that's all right, too. More than all right. Easy A might not ace it, but it scores a solid B.
– Amy Biancolli,
Houston Chronicle,
17 Sep 2010
fresh:
Easy A belongs in the company of Election, Heathers, and Mean Girls -- all motion pictures that have outlived their theatrical lives because they have unique voices and use them to say something.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
19 Sep 2010
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As for Emma Stone, she didn't have to win me over. She conquered me from the first A.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
21 Sep 2010
fresh:
Stone gives a terrific performance, her knowing drawl implying intellect and indifference with underlying warmth.