The writer of “I Love You, Beth Cooper” says the story is based on a dream. I believe him. This is one of the very few movies where I wanted the hero to wake up and discover it was only a dream. But it’s a dream all the way through — a dream evoking just another teen rom-com.
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The situation is so universal. The high school nerd harbors a secret crush on the most popular girl in school. He chooses the occasion of his valedictory speech lớn proclaim in public this love. We can believe that, all the way up to the valedictory speech. But, yes, this is another movie hailing a nhân vật with the courage lớn say what he really believes & accept the consequences.
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Sometimes, as in a dream, doing that will pay off abundantly by focusing the popular girl’s attention on how unique and special you are. Sometimes the popular girl will reveal herself as actually a warm và cuddly human being. Sometimes. More often, the nerd will confirm everyone’s belief in his nerdhood, humiliate himself, selfishly derail the whole graduation exercise & discover that the most popular girl really is a bitch. Lots of wonderful girls fall in love with nerds. They may not become the most popular girl in school, but they don’t care. That honor carries with it a terrible lifetime price tag.
So what I wish is that “I Love You, Beth Cooper” had awakened from its dream and had been a smart high school comedy, even one subscribing to an alternate set of cliches in which the hero discovers he really loves the nerdy girl once she takes off her glasses.
I am also tiring of the way high school movies insist that all non-heroic characters travel in posses of three. All most popular girls arrive flanked by two girlfriends who follow them by half a step. And all macho villains have two underlings who follow their orders. In “I Love You, Beth Cooper,” the girlfriends are nice enough, because the heroine is. But the villain, Rich “Muncher” Munsch (Jack T. Carpenter), is a uniformed ROTC officer who, along with his sidekicks, is a muscular master of the martial arts, skilled gymnast and vicious bully. When he whistles, his minions snap to attention. Và they attack with the coordination worthy of a dance troupe.
The movie also goes over the đứng đầu with special effects, where the theory “less is more” must be in an incomprehensible language. I know that fierce struggles over romance can break out in high school, but with these kids, I doubt they would threaten lớn be lethal. Nor is driving an SUV into a house commonplace. Scene after scene is on autopilot.
I’m thinking of films that remember what it’s lượt thích to be a teenager with a hopeless love. "Almost Famous," "Lucas," "Say Anything," "The Man in the Moon." If I were a filmmaker like Chris Columbus, who has directed two of the “Harry Potter” films, I don’t know if I’d bother with this genre unless I felt I could make a film aspiring to that kind of stature.
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Of the two co-stars, what I can say is that I’m looking forward lớn their next films. As Beth, Hayden Panettiere is professional and lovable; she convincingly projects emotions & has a face the screen loves. Paul Rust, as Denis the valedictorian, can be very earnest & sincere, and actually seems khổng lồ take the plot seriously, which is more than I could do.
Heavily reliant on stereotypes & shallow teen comedy clichés, I Love You Beth Cooper is a humorless affair that fails lớn capture the charm of its source novel. Read critic đánh giá
Nerdy teenager Denis Cooverman (Paul Rust) harbors a secret crush on Beth Cooper (Hayden Panettiere), the hottest girl in high school. During his graduation speech, Denis lets the cat out of the bag & declares his love for Beth, who, instead of dissing Denis, shows up at his house later that day & promises to lớn show him the time of his life. Show More
Rating: PG-13 (Crude and Sexual Content|Brief Violence|Drug References|Language|Some Teen Drinking)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 10, 2009 wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 28, năm trước
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.8M
Runtime: 1h 42m
Distributor: Fox
Production Co: 1492 Pictures
Cast và Crew
Hayden Panettiere
Beth Cooper
Paul Rust
Denis Cooverman
Jack Carpenter
Rich Munsch
Lauren London
Cammy
Lauren Storm
Treece
Shawn Roberts
Kevin
Jared Keeso
Dustin
Brendan Penny
Sean
Marie Avgeropoulos
Valli
Josh Emerson
Greg Saloga
Alan Ruck
Mr. C
Cynthia Stevenson
Mrs. C
Anna Mae Willis
Patty Keck
Pat Finn
Coach Raupp
Andrea Savage
Dr. Gleason
Anja Savcic
Victoria Smeltzer
Chris Columbus
Director
Larry Doyle
Screenwriter
Michael Barnathan
Producer
Chris Columbus
Producer
Mark Radcliffe
Producer
Jennifer Blum
Executive Producer
Michael Flynn
Executive Producer
Larry Doyle
Executive Producer
Phil Abraham
Cinematographer
Howard Cummings
Production design
Peter Honess
Film Editing
Christophe Beck
Original Music
Karen Matthews
Costume thiết kế
Heike Brandstatter
Casting
Janet Hirshenson
Casting
Jane Jenkins
Casting
Coreen Mayrs
Casting
Michelle Lewitt
Casting
Sandi Tanaka
Art Director
Mary-Lou Storey
phối Decoration
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