Jackpollins Review of I Love You, Beth Cooper

I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)

Unfunny, Unoriginial, And In Terrible Taste

[1/10 · 11 July 2009]

The new comedy, I Love You Beth Cooper stars Paul Rust as Dennis, a nerd, who at graduation simultaneously insults everyone who's harmed him, and tells Beth Cooper (Hayden Pannetiere) that he loves her. This was suggested by his closeted gay friend, Rich (Jack Carpenter). Rich is a character in extremely terrible taste, although he has the only funny part where his character has been training to hurt someone with a wet towel. There is one part in which I had no decision but to automatically hate it right then and there. The part is the fact that Dennis tells a school bully he's so mean because he was probably sexually abused as a kid. Later in the film, he admits he was sexually abused. Director Chris Colombus makes it seem like you're supposed to laugh at this kid when it's actually extremely depressing. I can't believe director Chris Colombus, director of Home Alone 1 & 2, Only The Lonely, and Adventures In Babysitting gave us this turd. I don't even want to talk about this movie anymore. I hated, hated, hated this movie. Skip it.