Hayden Panettiere

Paul Rust

Jack Carpenter

Lauren London

Lauren Storm

Shawn Roberts

Jared Keeso

Brendan Penny

Marie Avgeropoulos

Josh Emerson

Alan Ruck

Cynthia Stevenson

Pat Finn

Andrea Savage

Violet Columbus

Anna Mae Wills

Anja Savcic

William Vaughan

Darien Provost

Samm Levine

Ellie Harvie

Dalias Blake

Emily Tennant

Maggie Ma

Natalie von Rotsburg

Dharrol Alves

Karyn Michelle Baltzer

Devin Douglas Drewitz

Lucy Lu

Brandon Barton

John J. Gulayets

Dante Alridge

Ifeanyi Obanye

Chevy Lamont Cofield

Chris Columbus

Christophe Beck

Larry Doyle

Mark Radcliffe

Jennifer Blum

Howard Cummings

Michael Barnathan

Peter Honess

Janene Carleton

Andrea Kinsky

Krista Bell

Phil Abraham

Michael Flynn

Doug Chapman

Joanne McArthur

Jeff Sanca

Mark N. Tompkins

Corry Glass

Bob Brown

Amanda McGowan

Adina Shore

Teresa A. Meyer

Lisa Love

Brenda Turner

Gina Sherritt

Sandi Tanaka

Karen L. Matthews

Emanuela Daus

Mary-Lou Storey

Thom MacIntyre

Crystal Dalman

Dean Choe

Duane Dickinson

Laura Lee Connery

Guy Bews

Leanne Buchanan

Rob Hayter

Simon Burnett

Comedy

Romance

I Love You, Beth Cooper

Fox Atomic

1492 Pictures

Bece Canada Productions

Dune Entertainment III

Ingenious Media

Canada

United States of America

English

virgin

high school

based on novel or book

cheerleader

graduation

aspen

friends

in the closet

popular girl

based on young adult novel

Gimly

_I Love You, Beth Cooper_ is honestly pretty atypical for your American Teen Rom-Com, but the things I hated about it are still the things that I hate about American Teen Rom-Coms at large.

_Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._

Kamurai

Decent watch, could watch again, but can't confidently recommend.

While they're very different movies, I tend to get this mixed up with "She's Out of My League".  They're both decent movies, they're funny enough, but they're both forgettable and I don't think you're missing out if you skip either.

My biggest problem with this movie is that there is a wildly violent crime spree throughout the movie.  I'm not talking about simple trespassing, or even under-age drinking (though, I think it applies to my point)  there is physical assault, jokes about "date-rapey" behavior, use of cocaine, threats to life, severe destruction of property, forced entry, and I think illegal tracking, quite a bit is just done openly in front of adults / authority figures, and at one point in uniform.  It's one thing to be a little lenient and let kids be kids, but graduating high schoolers are probably 18, adults, and it doesn't make sense to not arrest this idiot.  On top of that, to create a character like that in the moment, then he must have a long history of crimes.

I'm actually a fan of the story, cringey as it may be.  I love an underdog story, and this is a powerful "coming of age" story for at least 3 different characters, but as the premise is that it is an unbelievable situation, and they casted and that caste delivered just a little too well.  They specifically don't play well off of each other because the performances are actually so good as characters, and the characters barely mesh, even as the movie continues.

The movie also undercuts the protagonist at the oddest times.  While we're supposed to relate to one of the boys (or possibly Beth Cooper) there are several points where it makes them look even more pathetic or jerks (in her case) and it really takes me out of the movie.  I think it is better to have irredeemable characters than characters that vary on their relate-ability like this movie does.

I think you could have a fun little watch with this, but there are so many other things I would suggest: "Superbad", "Can't Hardly Wait", "She's All That", "Booksmart", "Eurotrip" for a start.

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Popularity is nice. Popular girls are not.

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Written by Gimly on Thu Sep 13 2018

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