I Love You, Beth Cooper moves along, taking two steps backward into crassness for every clever or just plain sweet moment it offers.
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Reviews Counted:110
Fresh:16
Rotten:94
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
Top CriticDoes Chris Columbus owe somebody a favor?
07/10/09
Beth Cooper isn't a terrible addition to the teen coming-of-age party movie catalog. It just feels dated.
07/10/09
Adapted by Larry Doyle from his 2007 novel, I Love You, Beth Cooper peaks early -- like, during the first three minutes -- and rapidly goes downhill from there.
07/10/09
Top CriticWith its painfully awkward shifts between pat sentimentality, hackneyed teen-movie tropes and parent-baiting raunchiness, there's little to love about I Love You, Beth Cooper.
07/10/09
Top CriticLarry Doyle's book felt dangerous and wild, but the movie is safe and sentimental.
07/10/09
As one-crazy-night teen comedies go, it won't be mentioned in the same breath as Superbad, Dazed and Confused, Sixteen Candles or American Graffiti. Or even Can't Hardly Wait.
07/10/09
A disappointingly flabby teen flick that reaches for (and spectacularly fails to grasp) both the effective sincerity of a John Hughes film and the irresistible humor of Superbad.
07/10/09
Though one understands the desire to return to one’s roots, root rot is always a consideration.
07/10/09
Forgettable teen comedy has lots of sex and drinking.
07/10/09
I Love You, Beth Cooper is yet another in the long line of shameless knock-offs being shoveled into theaters near you.
07/10/09
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 CriticThe mood doesn't build on itself, the emotional moments barely register and you start to hope the sun will rise soon.
07/10/09
Here's the bottom line: Denis Cooverman might love Beth Cooper. But I don't.
07/10/09
Parental Content Review
07/10/09
Flip-flopping between flailing farce and dull drama is just one of the reasons that I Love You, Beth Cooper's graduation day comedy flunks.
07/10/09
This Chris Columbus film is as painfully unfunny as any movie this summer %u2013 or in recent memory. A chimp could have written this script...goes from grad to worse.
07/10/09
Something went terribly awry with this wannabe teen comedy from Chris Columbus.
07/10/09
The woefully unfunny I Love You, Beth Cooper is a teen sex comedy's worst enemy.
07/10/09
If comedy is all timing, then I Love You Beth Cooper is temporally retarded.
07/09/09
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