10
Joyless, offensively stupid end-of-high-school farce.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
30
Peaks early -- like, during the first three minutes -- and rapidly goes downhill from there.
83
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
The story is timeless; this could have taken place when Doyle graduated in '76 -- or any year, really, since the effects of high school linger throughout adult life and nerds are forever.
25
Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips
A funny thing happened to Larry Doyle's 2007 debut novel on the way to the multiplex. It turned into its own ring of coming-of-age comedy hell.
50
Miami Herald by Rene Rodriguez
The problem with I Love You, Beth Cooper is that aside from Denis' speech at the start, everything else seems familiar.
50
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Of the two co-stars, what I can say is that I’m looking forward to their next films.
25
There’s hardly an authentic second in the film.
38
Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea
The film quickly turns unintentionally, and unrelentingly, awkward.
50
Panettiere, I’m sad to report, is a dud as the title character, a supposed wild thang who never rises above the level of runty, obnoxious mall chick, down to the roll-on tan.