It's time for another teen comedy, and this week, it's I Love You, Beth Cooper. This one stars Hayden Panettiere and Paul Rust, and is directed by prominent Director, Chris Columbus.
ILYBC is the story of Denis, (Rust) who is the geeky high school valedictorian who gives his commencement speech professing his love for the ever-popular beauty Beth Cooper (Panettiere.) Denis also uses his forum to confess a few other feelings he has towards some of his other classmates as well. Many of which do not sit well with some of his classmates. So many of them set out to set the score striaght with Denis, beth being among them.
Beth is popular, and beautiful of course and Denis is not. It's a teen graduation party night flick, where kids end up doing things we wish they wouldn't, but know they do. You can see the formula developing that neither of our main characters are really what they seem. Will Denis and Beth hook up? Or will this just be a teen movie gag scene fest with no real reason for even being made? That's the premise here.
ILYBC tries real hard at times to really develop a story line that goes beyond a bunch of gags. It succeeds at moments, but can't seem to see it all the way through as it could have. The real strength of this movie is that it really tries to show the "class system"that still exists, and has always existed in high school. It gives it a modern day feel quite well, without showing young kids as those that run the world. True, kids this age have more than ever before, but this movie is not a cell phone, Ipod, gadget us to death, kids have everything movie. It is probably a very accurate portrayal of suburban kids today.
Panattiere, and Rust have their moments together on camera, and there is a certain believability to the whole thing. A new star may be born though, Lauren Storm, as Treece, one of Beth's friends, who is a bit dingy, and fun, really gives a laugh or two for us here. She may not be leading lady material, but you will certainly see her again as a supporting actress in movies in the future.
I Love You, Beth Cooper. For young adults and older teens, a laugh or two. To be honest I expected bad, real bad. Instead, I got just OK.
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