A comedy about a good girl a small favor and a big rumor|Sep. 16, 2010|United States|93 Min.|PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Description: Easy A (2010) is a teen comedy-drama that revolves around Olive Penderghast, a 17-year-old girl from Ojai, California. The story unfolds as Olive narrates her experiences through her webcam. It begins when Olive lies to her best friend, Rhiannon Abernathy, about going on a date to avoid camping with Rhiannon’s eccentric parents. Instead, Olive spends the weekend at home listening to Natasha Bedingfield’s “Pocketful of Sunshine” from a musical greeting card sent by her grandmother. When Rhiannon questions her, Olive fabricates a story about losing her virginity to a college boy. This lie is overheard by Marianne Bryant, a devout Christian and a classmate, who spreads it throughout the school. Marianne’s church group then takes it upon themselves to “save” Olive from her alleged promiscuity.
Olive confides the truth to her friend Brandon, who is bullied for being gay. He asks Olive to pretend to have slept with him at a party to prove he’s straight, and she agrees. After a falling out with Rhiannon over her newfound reputation as the school “skank,” Olive decides to embrace her image by dressing provocatively and sewing a red “A” on her clothes, inspired by *The Scarlet Letter*. As her reputation grows, boys ask Olive to lie about sleeping with them to boost their popularity, and she agrees in exchange for gift cards.
The situation escalates when Marianne’s boyfriend, Micah, contracts chlamydia from the school guidance counselor, Mrs. Griffith, and blames Olive. To protect Mrs. Griffith and her husband, Mr. Griffith (Olive’s favorite teacher), Olive takes the blame. Meanwhile, the church youth group, now including Rhiannon, intensifies their efforts to pressure Olive into leaving school. Olive’s life becomes even more complicated when she is asked out by Anson, who attempts to bribe her into having sex with him.
Overall, *Easy A* explores themes of reputation, identity, and the consequences of lies in a humorous yet thought-provoking way.
Cast director: Will Gluck
Cast actor: Emma Stone, Cam Gigandet, Amanda Bynes, Penn Badgley, Dan Byrd, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Lisa Kudrow, Malcolm McDowell, Aly Michalka
Original name: Easy A