Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Jack T. Carpenter

A nerdy valedictorian proclaims his love for the hottest and most popular girl in school – Beth Cooper (Panettiere) – during his graduation speech. Much to his surprise, Beth shows up at his door that...( read more  read more... ) very night and decides to show him the best night of his life.

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PG-13, 1 hr. 42 min.

Directed by: Chris Columbus

Release Date: July 10, 2009

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DVD Release Date: November 3, 2009

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  • November 20, 2009
    I Love You Beth Cooper takes the high school standard of "THE" girl that ruled the roost over the four years of education you go through and the infatuations that males had for her and wraps them up in a neat little bow that presents the class geek (Paul Rust) professing his love...( read more) during graduation. An interesting premise, I must say and it could have worked if the script was written with any kind of sincerity, the direction was worth a damn, and had acting that was above the putrid level of two geeks at a bus stop doing Monty Python skits.

    What invariably happens is that the geek and his best friend (Jack Carpenter) end up, through a series of circumstances, on the town with the geeks queen Beth Cooper (Hayden Panettiere) and her entourage. Of course there's the party that gets crashed and the pissed off boyfriend, but it's what happens during this final night of high school insanity that the geek realizes the Venus-like girl in his head is not the wild teenage girl crashing into his parents Volvo.

    As a plot on paper the film sounds pretty good. It's an age old formula for decades, but it sounds like something different compared to most of the teen comedies out there. But then we get the script, which is an atrocious series of misadventures that zig zag without anywhere to land. There's the psycho, coked up, Army boyfriend (I though they gave drug tests) who is this Superman chasing our harem throughout the night, yet is defeated in a towel fight, never to be seen again. The acting is terrible due to the fact that it rests on Panettiere, who isn't the greatest actress in the first place. A poorly acted movie that's only saving grace is Alan Ruck as the geeks father. Yes, Cameron had a kid (see if you can get that reference).

    I Love You Beth Cooper is essentially resume filler for the cast with Panettiere being able to say that she had a starring role in a film. This film was directed by Chris Columbus, who quit making the Harry Potter movies after the first two. Now we know why.
  • October 25, 2009
    Man, was this movie awful! It's rather pointless seeking pure, comedic entertainment nowadays when you simply want to see something light in order to relax with a smoothie in your hand. This was worse than Forgetting Sarah Marshall and The 40-year-old Virgin put tog...( read more)ether! In a kinder, subtler nature, of course.

    The stereotypes are ridiculously and over-excessively used, Hayden Panettiere should remain in being Claire Bennet, and Hollywood should stop making comedies at last! Not funny, not original, not smart, not realistic, not likable, not memorable, not worth the money put to it, not...anything!
  • July 31, 2009
    I Love You, Beth Cooper attempts to emulate classic high school raunchy comedies, but it fails at all angles. Though I enjoyed some of the more tender moments, the movie often reverts back to horrible slapstick gags.
  • November 11, 2009
    This was probably one of the worst teen comedy movies I have seen in a long time. Horrible acting, high school pranks and stories that have all been done before and just an all around bad script. Hayden Panettiere has potential but not in this unrealistic farce. Whoever Paul Rust...( read more) is he looks like a young geeky version of Sean Penn and in need of a nose job. The one who shined in this was Jack Carpenter. He had the funniest lines but that was about it. Big waste of film and time. I was shocked to see Chris Columbus directed this.
  • November 7, 2009
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    I love you Beth Cooper was another teen comedy which was not a great movie but it was not awful either. The story was the usual, a n...( read more)erd guy Dennis who had a crush on hottest girl Beth of the school. Dennis never talked to Beth until the graduation speech, where he decided to proclaim his love for her in front of everyone. Beth showed up later at his house and Dennis ends up having the night of his life.So was this original? No. Funny? Very little. Was it filled with clichés? Hell yes. Don't watch this expecting a great movie because you won't get it. All in all this was just another teen comedy that did not bring anything new.
  • November 23, 2009
    Typical comedy, not bad, not good.
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  • November 23, 2009
    The movie seems to be good but still I have not seen it
  • November 23, 2009
    It was a very good movie, I saw it at home on DVD. would of like to see where the story line goes from here.
  • November 23, 2009
    thiis is the great film in ouyr country

Critic Reviews


July 10, 2009
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

The charmlessness of its central characters -- Rust's charisma-challenged Denis, Panettiere's Barbie-hard and vacuous Beth -- makes this putative farce all the more difficult to endure. full review

July 10, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Aiming for the heartfelt hilarity of Superbad, I Love You, Beth Cooper is just super bad. full review

July 10, 2009
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

I Love You, Beth Cooper moves along, taking two steps backward into crassness for every clever or just plain sweet moment it offers. full review

July 10, 2009
A.O. Scott, 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. full review

July 9, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today

The characters lack charm and dimension, falling into stereotypical molds. Joyless scenarios bounce between scenes of driving around town and predictable party mayhem. full review

July 9, 2009
Ty Burr, 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. full review

July 9, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The writer of I Love You, Beth Cooper says the story is based on a dream. I believe him. This is one of the very few movies where I wanted the hero to wake up and discover it was only a dream. full review

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  • tshoving
    November 17, 2009
    Emmanuel in DRCongo say hello
  • akaysol
    November 11, 2009
    this is a good job keep it up
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  • Rosepetal75
    February 14, 2009
    http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=1319&item=0
    Check It out: New Beth Cooper Movie Trailer

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