In actual fact, the wrongfully-maligned entity in this deftly realized social comedy is not the teen virgin, but the homosexual. Ostensibly, the story surrounds the decision by Olive, a strangely unpopular high school girl (she's no less attractive on the surface than any of her peers) to fake the loss of her virginity in order to move up the social pecking order at her school.
This brings benefits in the form of attention, but also unanticipated problems in that having publicly put out that she ...er, "puts out" she attracts a slew of anxious suitors eager to shed their own loser tags by "hooking up" with the new school tart. Olive also earns he growing indignation of the resident Christian Fundamentalist group at her school, and its high strung Barbie-esque leader (fabulously played by Amanda Bynes).
Of course, its the pleading of her gay friend Brandon (Dan Byrd), who has his own motivations for such a tryst, and the incessant yapping of her BF (Alyson Michalka) Rhiannon, that actually sway her to play the virgin-no-more act. Even her ultra-liberal parents (Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson) are, in their own way, concerned at the changes wrought by her new status (though they aren't fully in the loop about it).
Though it has a lot on its mind, the film is hardly heavy-handed. There is a kind of smug sarcasm that attends the portrayal of the Fundamentalists, but even they take their licks in stride.
Easy A does have an agenda, and you may or may not agree with it, but that shouldn't prevent you from enjoying the product.
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