Easy A

Screen Gems | Release Date: September 17, 2010

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72	METASCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 35 Critics

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Arizona RepublicRandy Cordova

This is the kind of movie about teenagers that an adult audience should embrace. It's simply that good, and Stone is nothing short of wonderful. Read full review

Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

Why, then, am I so pleased with Easy A? Because the movie, despite a few flaws, seems to have been made by higher intelligence, and because it catapults Emma Stone into a higher place reserved for American actors who can handle elevated language with casually dazzling aplomb. Read full review

New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike Scott

A movie that charms its way to being a kind of well-crafted teen touchstone that very well could become to today's generation what "Ferris Bueller" was to teens of the '80s. Read full review

New York PostLou Lumenick

Writer-director Will Gluck has written a stiletto-sharp, zinger-filled script that recalls "Mean Girls" as well as the films of John Hughes, which are sampled to amusing effect in a clever clip montage. Read full review

Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

It's a funny, engaging comedy that takes the familiar but underrated Emma Stone and makes her, I believe, a star. Read full review

USA TodayClaudia Puig

Easy A not only makes the grade, but it comes in close to 100%. Read full review

MovielineEric Hynes

Judged on a curve, set by the testosterone-fueled raunch-a-thons that have dominated teen comedies from "American Pie" to "Superbad" and beyond, Easy A deserves an A+, with extra credit for lack of misogyny, c--- talk, or flatulence. Read full review

SalonAndrew O'Hehir

A thoroughly delightful surprise, after a summer full of dim and dreary comedies. Read full review

The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

A high school romp that turns a stale genre upside down with sly wit and sharp satire. Read full review

Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall

Director Will Gluck (Fired Up!) shows wicked comic timing and uncommon warmth in an overworked genre. Read full review

New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman

You'd be hard-pressed to find a misfit loner as confident as Olive, who bears her considerable tortures with remarkable grace. But Stone is so funny, smart and sweet that we relate to her anyway. Read full review

Boxoffice MagazinePam Grady

This is one of those movies in which the lead character is so self-possessed, wise, well spoken and witty, that she sounds far too adult to be a teenager. Read full review

EmpireChris Hewitt (1)

Arguably the best teen comedy since Clueless, it's easy to give this one an A. Well, A-. Read full review

Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones

A surprisingly warmhearted examination of hypocrisy and social insecurity, unlikely camaraderie and stutter-stepped formation of adult identity. Read full review

ReelViewsJames Berardinelli

Easy A may not be a great movie, but it is a knowing and enjoyable one. Read full review

San Francisco ChronicleAmy Biancolli

Gluck also directed "Fired Up!," another teen charade with lots of quick-witted verbal raunch. Easy A does a few things better. Read full review

Tampa Bay TimesSteve Persall

Screenwriter Bert V. Royal takes the oldest adolescence hook in the book - losing one's virginity- and turns it inside out. Read full review

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen

It's definitely a Diablo Codyesque cut above the norm – the wit can sometimes feel contrived but at least there's wit to be found. Read full review

Boston GlobeTy Burr

Until it spins manically out of control in the last act, Easy A is a charmer: a high school satire with a lethally sharp script and a big, smart, adorable star performance from Emma Stone. Read full review

Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey

Gluck is not a visual storyteller. He depends entirely on his performers and their snappy dialogue. Read full review

Washington PostStephanie Merry

Enhanced by a wicked sense of humor, Will Gluck's movie does what Hughes did best, showcasing characters with personality who make you wish you had them on speed dial. Read full review

Orlando SentinelRoger Moore

The ghost of John Hughes smiles upon Easy A, a film that freely and giddily borrows from and pays tribute to Hughes' famous Holy Trinity of '80s teen angst comedies. Read full review

New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein

Lisa Kudrow does a dazzling turn as a guidance counselor who's a flickering mixture of sympathy and narcissism. But the movie belongs to Stone, that gorgeous, husky-voiced redhead. Read full review

TimeRichard Corliss

I finally surrendered to the script's breezy intelligence and the movie's relatively mature sensibility. As for Emma Stone, she didn't have to win me over. She conquered me from the first A. Read full review

Los Angeles TimesSheri Linden

Neither as smart nor as funny as it wants to be. With the verbal-cleverness dial set at 11, the teen comedy wears its glib cultural references - pop and 19th-century literary - in boldface embroidery. Read full review

VarietyJohn Anderson

What this high school morality fable really recalls is "Clueless" -- a comedy of very contemporary ill manners drawn from classic literature, an immersion in the young-adult lexicon and a potentially career-making showcase for its lead actress, Emma Stone. Read full review

The New York TimesStephen Holden

Easy A isn't nearly as good a movie as "Clueless," Ms. Heckerling's contemporary pastiche of the Jane Austen novel "Emma." But the one-liner-loaded screenplay has the same insouciant charm. Read full review

The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps

The film is at its best when it isn't afraid to be earnest. Read full review

Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

Easy A has some agreeable fast banter, but it's so self-consciously stylized that it wears you out. Read full review

Rolling StonePeter Travers

The jokes are hit-and-miss. But Stone is one sassy babe and a breakout star who nails every zinger and brings genuine warmth to her scenes with her parents, played by the priceless Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci. You mean girls can eat it. Read full review

PremiereKristin Hunt

It does deserve points for casting and some clever humor, but falls short of the classic high school movie canon. Read full review

Miami HeraldConnie Ogle

Easy A is unnecessarily hard on the religious kids. Unlike "Saved," it uses broad caricatures of gospel-singing fanatics to get laughs, and the bug-eyed, over-the-top performance by Bynes (who apparently really should have retired after making this film) doesn't help matters. Read full review

Village VoiceMelissa Anderson

As far as teen comedies informed by 10th-grade English syllabi go, Easy A, partly inspired by "The Scarlet Letter," is remedial ed compared with "Clueless" and "10 Things I Hate About You." Read full review

St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin Wilson

Manages to waste the talents of its strong supporting cast, which includes Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Lisa Kudrow, Malcolm McDowell and Stanley Tucci. Read full review

Time OutJoshua Rothkopf

The script, credited to one Bert V. Royal, seems to have been run through an out-of-control sass machine (seriously, it'll make you appreciate Diablo Cody's tact). Read full review