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Mixed or average reviews- based on 40 Ratings

  • Starring: Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust
  • Summary: Buffalo Grove High School valedictorian Denis Cooverman has had quite an academic career...on paper, at least. Superlative student, conscientious young gentleman and patently obvious dork, Denis has played it safe and made it all the way to graduation day without ever having really experienced some of the joys of higher learning: breaking curfew, destruction of property, over-consumption of alcohol, fist fights, late nights, fast cars or faster women (actually, women of any sort). But all of that is about to change, and all by uttering five little words: I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER. (20th Century Fox) Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 30
  2. Negative: 15 out of 30
  1. The story is timeless; this could have taken place when Doyle graduated in '76 -- or any year, really, since the effects of high school linger throughout adult life and nerds are forever.
  2. 75
    Isn't especially hilarious, but it has a warm sense of humor instead of a string of gross-out jokes. It'll be a cable mainstay.
  3. 50
    Of the two co-stars, what I can say is that I’m looking forward to their next films.
  4. The film quickly turns unintentionally, and unrelentingly, awkward.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 13
  2. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. i think it is a very funny movie and very creative because it has a lot of things that other movies doesn't have, and the actors make their job very good, CONGRATS! Expand
  2. KaiK
    7
    I haven't seen "I love you Beth Cooper" but it looks amusingly funny to some degree. Hayden Panettiere is really hot(which my be the redeeming part of this film). The film seems like its border line soft core porn (which isn't a bad thing) since that seems to be the high light of the film. I think it looks as though the characters confuse love with lust. If this Movie was rated R or (X) and titled "I lust for Beth copper" it might get a higher score. If i ever see this film, I will watch this film with low expectations based on the reviews. But reviews are some times to hash and sour and I often I have different opinions than critics. so I will have to see it to give it a more accurate rating. Expand
  3. RickyQ
    4
    I went into this with very low expectations which were met, but that isn't necessarily a good thing. The problem here is that the movie is neither very funny nor sweet. Teen humour has been done much better before, though there are a few chuckles here and there. The chemistry between the two main characters is also non-existent. I was surprised to find that this boring movie was written by former Simpsons writer Larry Doyle. If your a big Hayden Panettiere fan (as I am) you might get some enjoyment from this movie, but it's still not worth the price of admission. Expand
  4. GnarlesS.
    1
    How can such a funny book be made into this dreg? The male lead was awful and the dialogue was unfunny. This is the kind of movie that makes everyone in the audience think, "I could write movies a lot better than this!" Expand

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