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I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) Rank 2 Reviews
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Detroit News
Is the mildy salacious "Beth Cooper" still too prissy for modern times, or is she that old-fashioned modern girl teens will want to return to? ...read the complete I Love You movie review at Detroit News
NYC Movie Guru
I Love You, Beth Cooper manages to be 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. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at NYC Movie Guru
The Baltimore Sun
Luckily, Panettiere really does make Beth the cheerleader of every boy's dreams, as well as a flesh-and-blood girl who knows all the work, luck and silliness that went into winning that iconic position. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at The Baltimore Sun
ReelViews
I Love You, Beth Cooper contains a share of effective elements wrapped around the core that, overall, isn't very good. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at ReelViews
Variety
One suspects "Beth Cooper" will nevertheless leave plenty of regrets behind, all around. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at Variety
Hollywoodreporter.com
Some of the stunt work is impressive, but a comedy cries out for smart jokes rather than convincing fight scenes. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at Hollywoodreporter.com
MSN Movies
Beth Cooper, the main character in "I Love You, Beth Cooper," Larry Doyle's novel turned movie, is a fantasy for a high school geekasaurus like Denis Cooverman. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at MSN Movies
Entertainment Spectrum
This movie, like the title character, is a tease that offers nothing new and original. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at Entertainment Spectrum
EmanuelLevy.com
Chris Columbus represents an interesting case, a consistently bland director who has not developed his skills, technically or artistically. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at EmanuelLevy.com
Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
The Globe and Mail
The movie feels like something parents want their kids to see. Harold and Kumar wouldn't want anything to do with Beth Cooper or Denis Cooverman. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at The Globe and Mail
USA TODAY
As high school comedies go, I Love You, Beth Cooper is barely likable. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at USA TODAY
Chicago Sun-Times
Of the two co-stars, what I can say is that I'm looking forward to their next films. As Beth, Hayden Panettiere is professional and lovable; she convincingly projects emotions and has a face the screen loves. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at Chicago Sun-Times
Boston Globe
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. (Storm and London register much more strongly as her friends. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at Boston Globe
The Movie Boy
"I Love You, Beth Cooper" is a mid-summer delight, an honest, earnest, dryly cutting coming-of-age comedy with a soft heart where it counts. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at The Movie Boy
EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Washington Post
"Beth Cooper" trails along like an extended piece of improv. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at Washington Post
Comingsoon.net
At this point, there just doesn't seem to be very much awareness or interest in the movie, and it probably would have fared better if it was released in the spring or winter season rather than getting a mid-summer release. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at Comingsoon.net
MSNBC (Alonso Duralde)
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The Denver Post
Like the high school's bison mascot, this romp is lean on fresh laughs. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at The Denver Post
Deseret News
"I Love You, Beth Cooper" is rated PG-13 and features crude humor involving sexual and other bodily functions (sight gags, references and slang), some strong profanity (including one usage of the so-called, "R-rated" curse word), violent content (some sla ...read the complete I Love You movie review at Deseret News
Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
Sign the pre-nup so you can get a refund at the box office. "I Love You, Beth Cooper" has a few moments, but mostly it fails to show us the love. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
Carolina Weekly
For a minute there, I believed "Beth Cooper" aspired to be an intelligent comedy that would nostalgically reference the upper-echelon installments of its chosen genre as it sought to blaze its own trails. It doesn't. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at Carolina Weekly
Redbox
Doyle and Columbus could have either made their film a full-on farce, frenzied and frantic, or slowed it down and made it a real look at affection and moving on in that summer after high school ends; flip-flopping between those two is just one of the reas ...read the complete I Love You movie review at Redbox
Charlotte Weekly (Sean O'Connell)
7M Pictures
So, in closing, let me say this: I sort of liked you, but not that much, "I Love You, Beth Cooper. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at 7M Pictures
Kansas City Star
Filmmakers have so long exploited the all-night post-graduation carouse that if you're going to use it you'd better make it fresh. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at Kansas City Star
The New York Times
If fun is what you're looking for, you might want to avoid I Love You, Beth Cooper, a drab and incoherent teen comedy. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at The New York Times
Boxoffice Magazine
Here, not only has the material outgrown its relevance, the filmmakers are remembering it wrong. High school wasn't all that angsty or lusty for most of us. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Miami Herald
The problem with I Love You, Beth Cooper is that aside from Denis' speech at the start, everything else seems familiar. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at Miami Herald
Toronto Star
Even the most ardent devotees of Panettiere can disregard that Heroes line about saving the cheerleader and save their time and money instead. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at Toronto Star
Jam! Movies
It seems to want to be an edgy story, but it's just depressing. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at Jam! Movies
Philadelphia Daily News
Despite Denis' supposed ability to speak the truth and elicit it from others, I Love You, Beth Cooper never gets close to unmasking its high school stereotypes. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at Philadelphia Daily News
The Arizona Republic
Uncoincidentally, that's the year that screenwriter Larry Doyle graduated high school. We're guessing he didn't get the girl. ...read the complete I Love You movie review at The Arizona Republic
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by Tetramobile on July 17, 2009 New York, New York
This movie should have been good. It could have been good, but it wasn't. There are alot of smaller movies like this that work really well, but for some reason this just doesn't. I don't know what it is about this, but it's probably ...
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