Easy A is an American teen comedy movie. It is set in Ojai, California. It was inspired by the novel "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The movie was directed by Will Gluck and written by Gluck, Zane Devine and Mark Benton Johnson. The movie was released on September 17, 2010 in North America. The movie received positive reviews with Rotten Tomatoes giving the movie a 87% which is rated as "fresh" and Metacritic gave the movie a 72% out of 100.