But the story never gives her anything to prove that she does have potential so Denis' pep talks ring false. Beth is self-aware enough to realize that, outside of the finite realm of high school, she has nothing much to offer.
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Panettiere fulfills her character's main purpose of just being pretty, but she's a wench for the first part of the movie so you never like her. He also has zero chemistry with Panettiere, even when their characters have more thoughtful and serious exchanges near the end of the film. He's not an appealing screen presence, at least not as the lead who must appear in almost every scene. He never seems comfortable and just isn't that funny, especially during his many attempts at physical comedy. That's not meant as a cheap shot (I nevertheless apologize if that's insulting) but rather to point out one of the film's biggest flaws: Rust is horribly miscast in the lead role. Unfortunately, where Ruck looked 18 in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Rust looks like he's 40 years-old in Beth Cooper. It's worth noting that Ruck was 30 years-old when he played Cameron, and Paul Rust is 28. It only gets a half-star for having Ferris Bueller's Alan Ruck as Denis' father, an ironic bit of casting given that Cameron Frye had such daddy issues. While I'm all for homages to 1980s movies, Beth Cooper isn't even a good version of that, which is shocking seeing as how Columbus is associated with some of that era's most fondly remembered audience-friendly flicks ( Gremlins, The Goonies, Adventures in Babysitting). Every teen movie cliche is utilized here: the dweeby hero, the vacuous hot chick who is the object of his affection, the nerd's wisecracking best friend, the hot chick's thuggish boyfriend, the suburban parents who conveniently make themselves scarce so their kid can get into trouble. Scenes simply exist without any real execution to them, with the story meandering along from one predictable and unfunny set-up to the next. The film really is that astonishingly bad and worthy of such hyperbole. But judging from Beth Cooper, you would think he had never made a movie before, let alone some of the biggest hits of the last 20 years. While I'm no fan of director Chris Columbus, he has had a successful career (at least commercially). I Love You, Beth Cooper should have been titled I Hate You and Hope You Die, Beth Cooper because it is one of the most painfully unfunny and amateurishly made teen comedies in recent memory.
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