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I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
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Reviews Counted:109
Fresh:16
Rotten:93
Average Rating:3.5/10
Consensus: Heavily reliant on stereotypes and shallow teen comedy clichés, I Love You Beth Cooper is a humorless affair that fails to capture the charm of its source novel.
Theatrical Release:Jul 10, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $14,706,744
Synopsis: I Love You, Beth Cooper chronicles the story of a nerdy valedictorian who proclaims his love for the hottest and most popular girl in school – Beth Cooper – during his graduation speech. Much to... [More]
Starring: Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Jack T. Carpenter, Lauren London
Director: Chris Columbus
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Reviews for I Love You, Beth Cooper
Silly, highly contrived and far from a classic, but it's ultimately a harmless comedic adventure with a terrific cast and plenty of mindless fun that should please its target audience: teenagers.
07/11/09
Larry Doyle's book felt dangerous and wild, but the movie is safe and sentimental.
07/10/09
...an amiable piece of work...
07/31/09
In its best moments, [it] proves to be more knowing about relationships and love than most movies of its ilk, and for those moments, I would say it's worth your time.
08/01/09
An honest, earnest, dryly cutting coming-of-age comedy. Travels down a road of nostalgia that accurately portrays that very specific moment in a person's life when he or she realizes high school—and childhood—is over for good.
07/09/09
I know it's totally irresponsible and not even well constructed or performed, but it's so wrong I found it strangely compelling.
07/15/09
Makes for a lively and refreshing glimpse into how the other half lives.
07/10/09
Top CriticBland as the day is long, 'I Love You, Beth Cooper' seems to be a movie pretending to be a comedy. This high-school-graduation-night road trip has been done much, much more enjoyably before.
07/15/09
The story is timeless; this could have taken place when [screenwriter] Doyle graduated in '76 -- or any year, really, since the effects of high school linger throughout adult life and nerds are forever.
07/09/09
Top CriticWe've seen nerds pine for less-unattainable-than-expected hotties before, but rarely does it feel this real...and funny.
07/09/09
I Love You, Beth Cooper is just about worth seeing, thanks to likeable characters and at least one inspired gag, but it should have been a lot funnier and it falls short of hitting its emotional targets.
08/21/09
The script by Larry Doyle, based on his novel, has some smart flashes, and a few of the young performers resemble real people and not the usual prefab teen idols.
07/10/09
A bimbo pride teen comedy whose cheerleader girl entourage of shallow sexpots gets enlightened too, about how 'useful' and even entertaining smart geeks with tons of brainy information to spare can be, even if totally lacking in hunk appeal.
10/30/09
Director Chris Columbus returns to his comic roots with a teen romp reminiscent of the '80s.
07/09/09
The real problem is that it doesn’t have any heart. This is by-the-numbers film-making in which even those moments when the characters step off the merry-go-round to catch their breath feel manufactured.
08/21/09
Painfully unfunny, I Love You, Beth Cooper is more likely to elicit the opposite reaction.
08/21/09
Because other than HP looking cute in next to no clothing, this film is a total waste of time. The jokes range from crude, to daft, to offensive. And none of them are funny.
08/21/09
If fun is what you're looking for, you might want to avoid I Love You, Beth Cooper, a drab and incoherent teen comedy.
07/10/09
Top CriticHayden Panettiere provokes many emotions as the title object of desire in Chris Columbus's dreadful teen romance. Love is not one of them.
07/16/09
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