| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"Panettiere, I’m sad to report, is a dud as the title character..." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"Paul Rust, as Denis the valedictorian, can be very earnest and sincere, and actually seems to take the plot seriously, which is more than I could do." more... |
C |
Chicago Tribune
Matt Pais |
"Usually the quality gap between book and movie isn’t the size of Texas." more... |
D |
E! Online
Luke Y. Thompson |
"We've seen nerds pine for less-unattainable-than-expected hotties before, but rarely does it feel this real...and funny." more... |
A- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...pleasantly low-key..." more... |
B+ |
Filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin |
"Less geek fantasy than Disneyland, Columbus's tone is wildly inconsistent, swinging from PG gross-out to tearjerker often within the span of a minute." more... |
D |
Hollywood Reporter
Stephen Farber |
"One high school graduation party that you won't want to attend." more... |
D |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"...isn't especially hilarious, but it has a warm sense of humor instead of a string of gross-out jokes." more... |
B |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"...drab and incoherent teen comedy..." more... |
D |
Reelviews
James Berardinelli |
"The tone is an uneven brew of the satirical and the serious..." more... |
C |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"For about five minutes -- make that two minutes -- I thought this movie might have something." more... |
D |
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub |
"Beth Cooper isn't a terrible addition to the teen coming-of-age party movie catalog. It just feels dated." more... |
C |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...feels forced and witless." more... |
C |
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