I Love You Beth Cooper

"I Love You Beth Cooper" has no reason to exist. It seems to be pieced together from a few half remembered sitcoms, and older better teen movies.

In begins with the high school geek, who also happens to be the class valedictorian, professing his love for the most popular girl in school during his graduation speech.
Now this may seem like a good idea to the shy geeky dreamers looking to break down the walls that separate them from their dreamgirls in one fell swoop.
But in reality they almost never work, and the gesture only cements the geeks geekiness in the eyes of the desired.

In this film, it makes her take notice and she agrees to stop by a party that he and his ambigiously gay best friend are throwing.
But she's not the perfect dream girl he thought she was, her crazy military ROTC boyfriend goes on a rampage, and teen movie hijinks ensue.

The geek at the center of it all ,Denis Cooverman, is only sketched out in the broadest terms. He's got a star wars poster in his room, and seems to quote whatever random facts the writer could find on google, but he never comes together as a character. It makes you long for the relatively subtle comedy of "Freaks and Geeks" or even "Big Bang Theory" instead.

I think this film is being pitched as a breakout role for "Heroes" star Hayden Panitierre. But she lacks the charisma, charm, and looks to make her standout.
And you end up wondering what the fuss is all about.

There isn't a genuine emotion in the whole film, not a single scene that rings true. And the whole enterprise is uninspired, unfunny, and waste of time.


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