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Easy A (2010)

Easy A poster
Directed by
Will Gluck
Genre
teen film, LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 7,428 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A high school student pretends to have a wild reputation to boost her social standing. The lie spirals out of control and she decides to use the gossip to her advantage.

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What happens

Easy A (stylized as easy A) is a 2010 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Will Gluck, written by Bert V. Royal, and starring Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Malcolm McDowell, Aly Michalka, and Stanley Tucci. The screenplay was partially inspired by the 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Shot in Ojai, California, the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2010 and was released on September 17, 2010 by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film received positive reviews with high praise for Stone's performance, and was a major financial success, grossing $75 million worldwide against a budget of $8 million. Stone received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, while the movie won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Comedy. The film is ranked as number 14 on Entertainment Weekly's 2021 list of the Best High School Movies. Easy A is also Bynes’ final performance to date. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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