I Love You Beth Cooper

I Love You, Beth Cooper is a 2009 Canadian/American comedy film directed by Chris Columbus. It is based on the novel of the same name, written by Larry Doyle, a former writer of The Simpsons. The film starts with high school valedictorian Denis Cooverman (Paul Rust) stating to the entire gymnasium that he's had a crush on cheerleader Beth Cooper

(Hayden Panettiere) for six years. During the speech, he singles out the class bully and a pretty but shallow party girl, takes a verbal swipe at Beth's boyfriend Kevin and tells his movie-quoting best friend Rich (Jack Carpenter) to admit that he's gay. Denis' speech upsets everyone except Beth, who thinks it was "sweet," giving Denis the courage to invite her to a party at his house that night. Beth’s boyfriend, military trained Kevin (Shawn Roberts), is angry at Denis for calling him an "over-aged loser who keeps company with high school girls because he can't get a date with a girl his own age." After his declaration, Denis' mother (Cynthia Stevenson) and father (Alan Ruck, from Ferris Bueller's Day Off) leave him and Rich alone at the house for their party, which no one attends, as they are social outcasts. Beth shows up in her tiny