Olive Penderghast ( Emma Stone), an invisible, smart high school student who does not receive attention from the guys become the center of attention when she tells her bff Rhiannon ( Aly Michalka) that she had lost her virginity to a college student over the weekend, but in fact she spent the weekend home alone in her room. When Jesus freak, Marianne (Amands Bynes) overhears the conversation between Olive and Rhiannon Olive's little lie traveled around the school like wildfire and the once invisible girl is now the talk of the school. When her gay friend comes to her and asks her to pretend to have sex with him so people would stop bullying him for being gay, soon all the school "losers" come to Olive asking to "fake rock their world". In return her "lovers" have to give her a gift card to one her favorite stores like Old Navy and Bath and Body Works. Olive becomes known as the school slut even though she really isn't having sex with all the people. Although the guys of the school love Olive, the girls however call her a slut, tramp, and every other word you can think of. Sick of people judging her she decides to embrace the label she is given and begins to wear provocative clothing and stitching a red A on it.
Ironically Olive is reading Nathaniel Hawthorne's'The Scarlett Letter in which a woman Hester Prynne is made to wear a red A stitched on her clothing, showing that she has committed adultery. Unlike Hester Olive is not ostracized, instead she is glorified. Olive begins to get sick of being used by the guys, and not having any of the them actually asking her out on a date. She realizes that her life is not like the 80s teen comedies like The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Sixteen Candles.
Easy A is a funny, quirky teen comedy about what can happen when little white lies spiral out of control. I recommend anyone and everyone to see this movie!
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