![]() Reviewed at 20th Century Fox Studios, Los Angeles, July 2, 2009. Screenplay, Larry Doyle, based on his novel.Ĭamera (Deluxe color, Panavision widescreen), Phil Abraham editor, Peter Honess music, Christophe Beck music supervisor, Patrick Houlihan production designer, Howard Cummings art director, Sandra Tanaka set decorator, Mary-Lou Storey costume designer, Karen Matthews sound (Dolby/DTS), Michael Williamson supervising sound editor, Robert Shoup assistant director, Geoff Hansen second unit director, Bob Brown casting, Janet Hirshenson, Michelle Lewitt, Jane Jenkins. Executive producers, Larry Doyle, Jenny Blum, Michael Flynn. Produced by Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, Michael Barnathan. Denis is said to be bound for Stanford and eventually med school, which is good, since an assortment of rapidly healing cuts and bruises follow.Īs constructed, it’s almost as if Richard Dreyfuss’ “Graffiti” character actually caught up with that dream blonde in the convertible - only to discover that once he did, there was nothing much left to do or talk about, other than race through Vancouver’s wooded areas.Ī 20th Century Fox release of a Fox Atomic presentation of a 1492 Pictures production. Instead, “Beth Cooper” devolves into an all-in-one-night graduation romp - mostly encouraged by Denis’ dad, an appropriately cast Alan Ruck - that simply feels pallid next to “Superbad” and other edgier coming-of-age comedies that, these days, all seem somehow connected to the prolific mind of Judd Apatow.īasically, Beth and her pom-pom pals Cammy and Treece (Lauren London and Lauren Storm, respectively) that comprise the “trinity” show up at Denis’ house, leading him and Rich on a madcap evening with Kevin in hot pursuit. The fallout from that uncharacteristic burst of boldness and honesty could have potentially made for an interesting movie. Cooper - the girl he has worshipped from afar - but telling off her muscle-bound ROTC boyfriend Kevin ( Shawn Roberts) and calling out the school bully, a stuck-up diva and so on. That includes not only expressing his long-simmering admiration for Panetierre’s Ms. Carpenter) - decides to “seize the day” at graduation and say exactly what he thinks. ![]() High school valedictorian Denis Cooverman ( Paul Rust) - prodded by his movie-obsessed, maybe-gay best friend Rich (Jack T. With apologies to “Heroes,” if only saving this cheerleader could salvage the movie - or, for that matter, if only Columbus had found a way to relate Doyle’s story with greater style, and in less than 102 laborious minutes. ![]() The girls act very ditzy, lead character Beth Cooper (Hayden Panettiere) dates a 'I'm to too cool for you' guy who's into hard drugs. Of course, Panettiere plays an indestructible cheerleader in her TV series, and she needn’t stretch much here as a surprisingly vulnerable one - the not-very-subtle “Breakfast Club”-esque message being that high school stereotypes are not necessarily all they appear. I wouldn't say it's terrible per say, it's definitely better than a lot of teen comedies today offering way worse inappropriate content that this one lacks - but the messages throughout are not very good. ![]()
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