Una notte con Beth Cooper

The teen movie is a rehash of many others as a nerd pursues an out-of-his-league cheerleader.

"I Love You, Beth Cooper" is not a remake -- it just feels like one. A flat, tired rehash of teen movie story tropes, the film attempts to have it both ways by winkingly acknowledging its secondhand origins. The distance from shameless rip-off to loving homage may not be far, but it is a chasm this film fails to jump. Directed by Chris Columbus, who made the first two " Harry Potter" films, and adapted by one-time "Simpsons" writer Larry Doyle from his own novel, the film opens on a high school graduation scene. [...]

di Mark Olsen, articolo completo (2410 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 10 luglio 2009