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Paul Rust is 28, and looks it, maybe a little older. But in "I Love You, Beth Cooper" he plays Denis Cooverman, a high school valedictorian. Jack T. Carpenter, last seen playing a college student in "Sydney White" two years...
| Audience: | Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, language, some teen drinking and drug references, and brief violence |
| Movie Release Date: | July 10, 2009 |
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It's so funny to me how two people can sit in the same theater and see two totally different movies.
Nell is right about this.....
I sat through this Thurs. night with the audience it is directed toward, teenagers, and they laughed at things that weren't funny. It is sad when I could predict the next line over and over again. Some of the lines are relating back to 80's movies, which to me is an attempt of the director to make fun of movies from back then. It didn't work! Nell is also right, the group goes from place to place at random, no logic whatsoever. Talk about plot holes!
Granted this is based on a book, so I doubt the director could modify much, but why this movie was even greenlit is beyond me. I guess Hayden will get some quick cash, since "Heroes" is falling off the face of the earth.
Thanks, Mike and Dustin. I found the film to be close to incompetent in every category. And I have little tolerance for humor based on humiliation and abuse. But nothing is more individual than comedy and it is not surprising that people from different generations and perspectives would respond differently.
I actually thought the film worked better in its more serious moments, which many reviews seem to be overlooking. I had to wipe away tears twice. It really touched me in those quieter moments of reflection, and the level of depth they gave Beth was very appreciative. What was the last "teen comedy" that made me cry? I have no idea.
For those viewers that read the book, Paul Rust was the perfect embodiment of Denis Cooverman. Sure, he is 28 in real life, but I felt he made up for it in his sincerity. People forget Alan Ruck was 29 when he played Cameron in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," and the lead "teens" in "Fired Up!" were 29 and 31. I personally found the latter movie much more offensive in its one-note, stereotypical characters, with all the women portrayed as sex objects, idiots, or creepy cougars. The female characters in "I Love You, Beth Cooper" had actual thoughts in their head, and kept revealing facets of their personality throughout the movie.
Isn't Cooper in the last sentence of the 3rd paragraph in your review supposed to have two o's in it instead of three?
Thanks for the correction, Nick! Nine more and you get a free copy of my book. Much appreciated.
Great review. Lousy movie. Amazingly bad, to be blunt.
Love that you broke down the lead actors' ages. I didn't even tackle that in my review.
To be fair, Ruck was no teen when he made "Ferris," but he still delivered a great performance.
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