Budding star, Emma Stone, plays Olive Penderghast who is the average high school girl, just trying to find her place in the school’s hierarchy system. Overheard in the bathroom telling her best friend about a fake hook-up with a college student over the weekend, Olive quickly becomes the talk of the school, and not in a good way. Instead of hiding from the rumors, Olive embraces her newfound reputation by lying about hook ups with other numerous classmates, which helps prevent them from being bullied. Though Olive’s actions are full of good intention, the rumors only get worse and she starts branding her clothes with the letter “A”— an idea she gets from studying “The Scarlet Letter” in English class. Eventually, the rumors get completely out of hand and the school’s religious leader Marianne, played by Amanda Bynes, and her followers take it upon themselves to get Olive expelled from school.

Stone proves her star potential in this movie, as it is her first lead role in a major film. Her sassy and sarcastic lines prove she is no longer just “Supporting Actress” material. Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson act as Olive’s parents and deliver realistic scenes and on-target humor. The script, though highly unlikely to happen in an everyday high school, is so well-written and relatable that the situation the characters are in seems plausible to the audience. The strategically placed humor in the script, and the chemistry between Stone and her co-stars, keeps the audience captivated and enthralled with Olive Penderghast’s fall from grace. 

Although the script is well-written, clever, and relatable, there is one flaw within it that throws the audience off. “Easy A” takes place at a modern high school in the present time, and at any regular high school today, inappropriate jokes or rumors barely register on the radar of most students due to the constant exposure of lewdness on TV and in movies and music. At Olive’s high school, however, sex is a taboo— something that should not be talked about ever. If this movie had been released 10 or 20 years ago, maybe this puritanical concept would have worked within the movie, but because we live in such a fast-paced, crass generation, the concept of sex being a taboo at a high school seems unrealistic.

Nonetheless, “Easy A” still serves a fantastic script, filled with quick wit and irony, with actors that fit the characters almost perfectly. Stone provides the most depth in the movie, and may be the reason the script runs so smoothly throughout. Fans of Stone in her previous comedies (“Superbad,” “The House Bunny”) won’t be disappointed with the hilarity she brings to “Easy A.” Moviegoers are guaranteed to laugh throughout the whole movie, and for that fact alone, the movie is worth the ten bucks at the theaters.