?I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER? -- Can a Nerd rehabilitate himself via Public Comments? = Rating: 7 of 10 stars (per an advance screening).
This is a mildly charming, generally sweet film mainly aimed at a teenage audience (which seemed to ?relate? to & enjoy it). Nerdy high school valedictorian Denis (PAUL RUST), urged on by his best friend Rich (JACK CARPENTER), gives a grad speech in which he makes comments about classmates? calling one stuck-up, one a bully, one gay, & one ? Beth Cooper (HAYDEN PANATIERRE) ? as being the object of his love. With a hidden agenda (including upsetting her current boyfriend Kevin ? played by SHAWN ROBERTS), Beth & 2 girlfriends (Cammy, played by LAUREN LONDON, & Treece, played by LAUREN STORM) show up at Denis? grad party. As the girls & guys spend time together, there are the ?usual? high-jinks-- getting drunk, driving badly, fighting, making out, etc. It?s not especially clever or funny or very boisterous, but you end up understanding & ?pulling? for the good guys. The decently-acted film achieves what it sets out to, namely, make some gentle observations about difficulties in growing up