I Love You, Beth Cooper
Metascore
32 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 30 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 30
  3. Negative: 15 out of 30
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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    38
    The film quickly turns unintentionally, and unrelentingly, awkward.
  2. NPR
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    35
    Lumbering comedy, adapted by Larry Doyle from his own novel.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Stephen Farber
    30
    Although the teenage audience is notoriously undiscriminating, it's hard to imagine many kids turning out for this laugh-free comedy.
  4. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    30
    Ends up as little more than a recursive footnote to the infinitely better up-all-night teen comedies of, you guessed it, John Hughes.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    30
    Drab and incoherent teen comedy.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    30
    Peaks early -- like, during the first three minutes -- and rapidly goes downhill from there.
  7. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Ruth McCann
    30
    Perhaps the best thing that can be said about I Love You, Beth Cooper is that the title is correctly punctuated. Beyond that, the movie is a disappointingly flabby teen flick.
  8. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    30
    A more accurate title might be "Sub-Bad."
  9. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    25
    Aiming for the heartfelt hilarity of "Superbad," I Love You, Beth Cooper is just super bad.
  10. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    25
    A funny thing happened to Larry Doyle's 2007 debut novel on the way to the multiplex. It turned into its own ring of coming-of-age comedy hell.
  11. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    25
    There’s hardly an authentic second in the film.
  12. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    10
    Joyless, offensively stupid end-of-high-school farce.
  13. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: M. E. Russell
    8
    I was stunned to learn that "Beth Cooper" was adapted by former "Simpsons" writer Larry Doyle from his young-adult novel and directed by "Harry Potter" helmer Chris Columbus. Rarely have two seasoned Hollywood professionals produced something so painfully, amateurishly, relentlessly unfunny.
  14. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    0
    This unfunny, unoriginal, charmless teen comedy is so stunningly awful from start to finish, it's amazing to think its director has made a single film before, much less a dozen.
  15. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Don R. Lewis
    0
    Sloppy, not funny, downright stupid, ridiculous as well as horribly themed and shot.

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4.8 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 39 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. 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!"… Full Review »
  2. cameronmorewood
    9
    Plays like a revival of a John Hughes classic.
  3. santigol
    10
    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!… Full Review »
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