Fresh
Stone gives a terrific performance, her knowing drawl implying intellect and indifference with underlying warmth.
Anna Smith, Time Out
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Will Gluck Director
- Emma Stone as Olive Penderghast
- Stanley Tucci as Dill Penderghast
- Penn Badgley as Woodchuck Todd
- Amanda Bynes as Marianne
- Dan Byrd as Brandon
- Thomas Haden Church as Mr. Griffith
- Patricia Clarkson as Rosemary
- Cam Gigandet as Micah
- Lisa Kudrow as Mrs. Griffith
- Malcolm McDowell Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
85%
Tomatometer
Fresh
As for Emma Stone, she didn't have to win me over. She conquered me from the first A.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
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
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
Fresh
An extremely witty, inventive, sweet and perceptive coming-out party for Emma Stone.
Tom Long, Detroit News
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