An exercise in repetition and failed mimicry.

| Original Score: 2/10 | Nov 28, 2020

Why Columbus would choose at this stage in his career to make such puerile and uninspiring nonsense is the main dilemma posed by this dud.

| Nov 1, 2018

| Original Score: D | Feb 18, 2012

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Apr 4, 2011

It so desperately wants to be an '80s high-school romp, yet comes across as a film made by people who have never even seen one.

| Mar 4, 2011

It's nothing but a painful, tedious, cruel, and mean spirited exercise in sadism that actually tries to transform child molestation in to a comedic bit...

| Aug 19, 2010

The movie could have been much improved by slicing a few frames from each shot, and reining in Rust's weirdness just a bit%u2014so as to not contribute to the lumbering, hallucinogenic feel of his initial characterization.

| Original Score: C- | Dec 6, 2009

Sweet, funny, and smart in unexpected ways

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 12, 2009

A bimbo pride teen comedy whose cheerleader girl entourage of shallow sexpots gets enlightened too, about how 'useful' and even entertaining smart geeks with tons of brainy information to spare can be, even if totally lacking in hunk appeal.

| Oct 30, 2009

Laughs are in equally short supply as interesting, much less likable, characters.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 31, 2009

So much emphasis is put on pratfalling that it leaves the sensitive moments completely stranded, unable to make themselves felt for fear they may get a punch in the mouth.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 27, 2009

Mean-spirited and coarse with a shallow girl at its hollow heart, Beth Cooper is Superbad without the super.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 24, 2009

This is pretty average stuff.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 24, 2009

This adaptation of Larry Doyle's bestseller is too soul-starved and lethally bland to warm the cockles.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 24, 2009

An undistinguished work.

| Aug 24, 2009

We've seen it a million times before, and better. The situations are forced, the script is weak, the pace drags and, frankly, it just isn't funny enough.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 24, 2009

A sexed-up, dumbed-down romp that can't decide whether to please undemanding adults, sniggering adolescents or naughty children who shouldn't be watching in the first place.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 24, 2009

The mixture of obvious jokes and winsome sentiment pretty much robs the film of any guilty pleasure value it might have provided.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 24, 2009

The real problem is that it doesn't have any heart. This is by-the-numbers film-making in which even those moments when the characters step off the merry-go-round to catch their breath feel manufactured.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 21, 2009

There's the potential for 'Superbad'-style comedy when Denis and his pal go on the run with Beth and friends, but the pace is slow and lines fall flat thanks to long pauses and hammy delivery.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 21, 2009