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I love You, Beth Cooper – Review

Posted by Donny Broussard on Jul 13, 2009 in Reviews, Spotlight, Theatrical | 3 comments

 

i_love_you_beth_cooperI’m a huge fan of teen comedies.  Some of my favorite movies are from this genre, movies like The Breakfast Club, Say Anything, The Sure Thing, etc.  So the trailer for I Love You, Beth Cooper got me a little excited.  I figured it would be a standard teen movie and didn’t expect new ground to be broken, but I didn’t expect it to be quite as generic as it is.  There is absolutely no deviation from the teen movie formula, none at all.  

 

The plot is extremely standard teen fare, uber-nerd Denis Cooverman (Paul Rust) decides that since not a single person at his high school really knows him he’s going to give them a reason to remember him after graduation.  So he professes his love for the school’s head cheerleader, calls out the people he hates, and outs the people that need outing.  This life-affirming speech creates a cannonball of events that bring Denis face to face with the love of his life, Beth Cooper (Hayden Panettiere), and her homicidal boyfriend. 

Why is it that cheerleaders travel in packs?  Do head cheerleaders really have an entourage of hot girls that follow them around?  And do nerds ever really get the girl before they start fortune 500 companies?  I don’t think so.  I’m growing tired of the standard conventions of the teen movie.  Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy even average teen movies and this one wasn’t unwatchable, but it wasn’t awesome either.  It’s the type of movie that is usually released directly to DVD.  The actosr were solid and it was nice to see Alan Ruck (Cameron on Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) in a scene stealing roll as Denis’s dad.  And of course I have to mention that Hayden Panettiere is stupid hot.  She looks great in every scene and is perfect as the title character.  Yet even with all of these solid actors the flick still falls short.  

If your looking for an entertaining comedy I’d recommend checking out Bruno, but if you want to see a generic teen movie that’s not all that funny I Love You, Beth Cooper will suffice.  It’s not quite a killer film but I’m betting it’ll play well on cable.  

Rating: ★★☆☆☆

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3 Comments

  1. Jon Peters / July 13, 2009

    Sadly, Cheerleader entourages exist. It’s all part of that pre-socialite club most of these girls will die to be apart of.

  2. Matt Keith / July 13, 2009

    “And of course I have to mention that Hayden Panettiere is stupid hot”

    So is that the only good thing about this? b/c from the trailers it seems so.

    Donny Broussard Reply:
    July 13th, 2009 at 9:05 am

    Well my favorite thing about the flick was Hayden Panettiere. It was just a generic teen movie, nothing more. I’d have waited to rent it if I could have.

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