Hollywood has give nus coming of age movies in the past, they have given us the brat pack, and Ferris Bueller. Do we really need another air head character the likes we have seen over and over again? Change the time line, change the names, change the sexes and we can remake this movie over and over again, but why? Because unfortunately it sells. We have had the nerd who in the end gets the smart pretty girl, we have had the uncoordinated kid who gets the pretty cheerleader and now we have Denis Cooverman and Beth Cooper. In yet another mindless teen comedy called "I Love You, Beth Cooper"
Denis Cooverman (Paul Rust) is his graduating high school valedictorian, a little bit on the geeky side who during his commencement speech tells Beth Cooper (Hayden Panettiere) that he loves her from behind. He has always sat behind her in every single class they have shared in school. Of course he doesn't stop there, he goes on to speak about others, that they shouldn't just stay around the school like a loser, here his implication is about Beth's much older military boyfriend Kevin (Shawn Roberts) who is not pleased to be called out by the class geek. But Denis doesn't stop there he calls out the most stuck up girl in the class, Valli Wooley (Marie Avgeropoulos) the class bully Greg Saloga (Josh Emerson) and even his best friend Rich Munsch (Jack Carpenter) telling him its o.k. to be gay.
No one is happy about being called out during this speech and Kevin is the first to grab Denis, he tells him he is dead, Denis is saved by the schools Principal, she tells Kevin that she can't just let him kill Denis on school grounds. Kevin leaves and Denis and Greg invite Beth to a party at Denis' house. Neither of the two expect her to show up but when she does trailing her two best friends, Cammy (Lauren London) and Treece (Lauren Storm) the nights fun is about to start. Denis' parents (Alan Ruck) and (Cynthia Stevenson) are going out to have a party of their own, little does anyone know but the party is about to take a turn for the worse.
Kevin and his army buddies show up at the house and threaten to beat both Denis and Greg up, running from the house, Beth her two friends and Denis and Greg all pile into the one car. Running away from the house they decide to go to a party thrown by Valli Wooley, of course Kevin is there and wants to finish beating Denis up, Beth saves him by driving Kevin's Humvee into the front of the house. Next stop is of course back to the high school to go swimming, and of course Kevin and his buddies used LOJAK to find his Humvee that Beth had driven off. Greg has dealt with one gay accusation after another all night but it is his heroics that save Denis this time.
Going to a cabin owned by Beth's father the group split up, Greg goes to bed with both Cammy and Treece, more to prove to himself that he isn't gay than to prove it to the girls. Denis goes outside and sits with Beth to watch the sun come up. Denis has learned the hard way that the girl of his dreams isn't the girl he has spent the night with. Beth it seems is more shallow then Denis thought, she is loud, rude and crass. Denis thinks that the real Beth is nowhere near the girl he saw in his fantasy.
The end comes finally and Greg admits his sexuality, Denis is alone, His parents have come home and found the house a mess thanks to Kevin and his buddies. Beth drives away and Greg and Denis think of ways that Denis can still get Beth. The jokes are tasteless and dumb, the plot is weak and unoriginal, there is nothing new or exciting in this film, you wait for the payoff and it is slow to come and when it does it is such a disappointment that you should be angry.
I give I Love You, Beth Cooper a 1 and on my avoidance scale a 2, this is one of those lazy Friday night cable movies that the whole family can watch, it's light on the humor and sex and even the little that is in this movie is over quickly. The idea behind this plot is right out of the cliche mill of Hollywood, if you miss this movie wait a few months one just like it will be out.
I Love You, Beth Cooper is rated PG-13 for Crude and Sexual Content, Language, some Teen Drinking and Drug Reference and Brief Violence
Running time is 1 hr. 42 mins.
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