Easy A is a 2010 romantic comedy about Olive, a high school student who starts a rumor that she lost her virginity to a college freshmen to improve her image. From there, the story line takes on a similar plot to that of the 19th century novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The movie draws much from the storyline of Hawthorne's classic, including the lead character wearing a scarlet "A" at school as well as its religious undertones.http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=51342

Easy A has taken in $33,380,637 at the box office as of September 27, 2010. On its opening weekend starting September 17, 2010, the film took in a total of $17,734,040, opening in 2856 theaters across the United States. The film has taken in $2,523,936 in foreign markets. The movie had a production budget of $8,000,000.http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=easya.htm

Emma Stone portrays Olive Penderghast, a high school student who wants to improve her status among her classmates. She begins by telling her best friend that she has lost her virginity to a fictional college freshman.http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/easy_a_gluck Olive quickly sees that her story is having the desired effect. After she helps a friend by pretending to sleep with him, Olive's reputation diminishes. Olive is studying The Scarlet Letter in class and draws on the many similarities to Hester Prynne, the lead character in the book.http://www.studyworld.com/newsite/reportessay/literature/novel%5Chester_prynne.htm

At first, Olive finds the notoriety fun, going so far as to wearing a scarlet "A" on her clothing while at school. To maintain the charade, she finds herself having to lie more and more as other students ask for help from her. As her reputation deteriorates, Olive finds herself at odds with another student (Amanda Bynes), a religious girl who is bent on getting Olive expelled from school. Olive ultimately learns that this type of popularity is a threat to her long term happiness.

• Emma Stone as Olive
• Penn Badgley as Woodchuck Todd
• Amanda Bynes as Marianne
• Dan Byrd as Brandon
• Thomas Haden Church as Mr Griffith
• Patricia Clarkson as Rosemary
• Cam Gigandet as Micah
• Lisa Kudrow as Mrs Griffith
• Malcolm MacDowell as Principal Gibbons
• Aly Michalka as Rhiannon
• Stanley Tucci as Dill
• Fred Armisen as Pastor
• Juliette Goglia as Eighth Grade Olive
• Jake Sandvig as Anson
• Morgan Rusler as Mr. Abernathy
• Nicki Tyler Flynn as Mrs. Abernathy
• Braeden Lemasters as Eighth Grade Kid
• Mahaley Hessam as Nina
• Jameson Moss as Evan
• Blake Hood as Kennedy Peters-Boothhttp://www.movieweb.com/movie/easy-a/cast-crew