I Love You, Beth Cooper – Preview, Trailer & Images
July 6, 2009 by Jane Boursaw
I interviewed Hayden Panettiere in 2007 for Latitudes Magazine, right about the time she was becoming a household name as “the cheerleader on Heroes.” She was such a sweetie to talk with, and she even said hi to my then 9-year-old daughter. You can read my interview with Hayden here.
It’s still a thrill to see her on the big or small screen. In “I Love You, Beth Cooper,” Hayden plays a popular teenager at Buffalo Grove High School who’s mortified to learn that the valedictorian Denis Cooverman (Paul Rust) has had a thing for her for years. In fact, he’s never been what you’d call a renegade –- never broke curfew, never drank alcohol, never got into a fistfight or drove a fast car.
But when his best friend Rich (Jack T. Carpenter) goads him into telling the utter and embarrassing truth — “I love you, Beth Cooper” — during his valedictory address, things change. Drastically.
Beth and her two best friends, Cammy (Lauren London) and Treece (Lauren Storm), show up at Denis and Rich’s graduation night party, along with Beth’s boyfriend Kevin (Shawn Roberts). And when Kevin tries to pick a fight with Denis, Beth whisks Denis, Rich, Cammy and Treece away in her beat-up Cabriolet. And that’s just the beginning of this wild and crazy night which turns out to be one of the most memorable of Denis’ life.
Directed by Chris Columbus (who’s directed, produced or written a long list of impressive movies, including “Mrs. Doubtfire” – he’s in the last picture after the jump), “I Love You, Beth Cooper” hits theaters this Friday, July 10, 2009. It’s rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, language, some teen drinking and drug references, and brief violence.
After the jump, more images and a trailer…
Photo Credits: Joe Lederer, TM and © Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
