Denis Cooverman gives the commencement speech at his graduation. He says things about everyone in the graduating class as well as some other people. He proclaims his love for Beth Cooper, she is the hottest, most popular girl in school and the head cheerleader. He did this because his best friend told him to let it all out. That very night, Beth shows up at his door offering to show him the best night of his life? Later Beth confronts him and he invites her to his graduation party. To his surprise she and two of her friends actually do show up!! But, so do some of the people he offended with his speech!! They want to tear him apart and one of them is Beth's boyfriend. Coincidentally, Beth has just dumped him.
This is a review of the movie shown in theaters and not the unrated version with an alternate ending available on DVD. This deplorable teen comedy targets teens especially since it stars Heroes cheerleader Hayden Panettiere. The movie is full of consequence-free underage drinking and teen sex. Teens drink beer, hard liquor and champagne. The champagne is supplied by parents and teens drive after drinking. Characters have a threesome but nothing explicit is shown. There's a running conversation about one character's sexual orientation. Teen girls' naked backs are shown during a titillating locker room scene. Language is notably strong for a PG-13 movie!! The teen boy main character also gets beaten up a lot and his parents are iffy role models at best. They provide the alcohol and essentially encourage their son to have sex.
102 min, Comedy directed by Chris Columbus and based on a novel written by Larry Doyle with Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Jack Carpenter, Lauren London, Lauren Storm, Shawn Roberts, Jared Keeso, Brendan Penny, Marie Avgeropoulos, Josh Emerson, Alan Ruck, Cynthia Stevenson, Pat Finn, Andrea Savage, Violet Columbus.
Note: Imdb 5.3* out of 10* with 33,490 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 13% with 120 critic reviews 32% with 250,000+ audience scores, Common Sense Media Sandie Angulo Chen, 1* out of 5*, age 15+, 2* consumerism, 3* violence and language, 4* sex and drinking, drugs & smoking, Roger Ebert 2*, Metacritic 32 out of 100 with 30 critic reviews 7.8* out of 10* with 123 ratings, Goodreads gives the book 3.29* out of 5* with 7,285 ratings and 1,222 reviews.
Special Note: In the afterword to the book this film was based on, author Larry Doyle admitted he initially conceived this story as a movie. When he was unable to generate interest, he published the story as a novel. It subsequently generated enough popularity to draw interest in adapting it for film and Doyle was invited to write the screenplay. Chris Columbus, the director asked actress Lauren Storm to gain weight to play Beths cheerleader friend, Treece. Buffalo Glenn High School and Harpers Community College are named for writer Larry Doyle’s hometown's institutions, Buffalo Grove High School and Harper College.
Mistakes: When Denis tries to open the beer bottle with his teeth, he spits out a tooth that strikes Beth and bounces back at him. Beth bends forward to her left and picks it up. The tooth should have been in front of Denis? When Greg hugs Denis at Valli's party, the collar on Denis's shirt is popped up when the shot is coming from behind him, then in the next shot it is lying down again. While the three guys are in their ASU (Army Service Uniforms), they all have the Combat Infantry Badge but no Combat Unit Badge. Two of the guys are junior enlisted but are wearing NCO stripes on their uniforms. 2 1/2* (This movie is so-so)
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