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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:21-08-2009
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
I have seen the future of comedy hell and it is named "I Love You, Beth Cooper," a creepy, deeply unpleasant and decidedly unfunny teen comedy that goes on for about 90-odd minutes and inspires nary a laugh, chuckle or guffaw.
A film so badly executed that you have to wonder if Larry Doyle (who serves as screenwriter) ever read his own book, let alone wrote it.
Nowhere near as vulgar as most contemporary teen comedies...On the other hand, it's a crushing bore. At least Nia Vardalos' terrible I Hate Valentine's Day had the right verb in its title.
Succumbs to really dumb comedy routines.
Wants to emulate a John Hughes film, in much the same way that a crack whore wearing a dime-store tiara wants to emulate Queen Elizabeth.
This is what happens when the guy who directed two "Home Alone" movies collaborates with the screenwriter of "Looney Tunes: Back in Action."
The characters lack charm and dimension, falling into stereotypical molds. Joyless scenarios bounce between scenes of driving around town and predictable party mayhem.
Director Chris Columbus returns to his comic roots with a teen romp reminiscent of the '80s.
We've seen nerds pine for less-unattainable-than-expected hotties before, but rarely does it feel this real...and funny.
Panettiere, I’m sad to report, is a dud as the title character, a supposed wild thang who never rises above the level of runty, obnoxious mall chick, down to the roll-on tan.
Takes the tiredest and most predictable elements,wrings out any authentic or appealing detail, and then drags out every single set-piece to the agonizing breaking point.
It made perfect sense to bring Doyle's book to the big screen--unfortunately the humor and emotion got completely lost in translation.
There's not one remotely funny thing about this movie, except for maybe the fact that the filmmakers are trying to pass off Rust as a teen.
I Love You, Beth Cooper provides so few laughs I nearly wandered out of the theater midway to go look for some somewhere.
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.
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.
If watching this makes you long to be young again, you probably grew up in an Algerian prison.
I Love You, Beth Cooper tries to exploit and explode broad stereotypes, but it never transcends the labels it applies.
a film of convoluted shallowness and bloated melodrama
A miscast and misjudged graduation-night comedy, Cooper occasionally -- only occasionally -- wanders into 'harmless.'
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