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Family Film Guide: 'I Love You Beth Cooper'
Friday, July 10, 2009

The Post-Gazette reviews movies from a family perspective:

'I Love You, Beth Cooper'

Rated: PG-13.

Best for: Mature high school students (ideally juniors or seniors) and older moviegoers.

What you should know: This is based on a popular novel about a dorky valedictorian who declares his love for a popular cheerleader during his graduation speech.

Language: One f-word, a couple of uses of profanity and at least a half-dozen mild expletives.

Sexual situations and nudity: A married couple neck in a car and are caught partially clothed. Teenage girls are shown from behind, naked from the waist up. A boy and two girls share a bed after an (unseen) experimental threesome. A girl blows up a condom, like a balloon, and another trades an extended kiss, also not shown, for beer.

Violence/scary situations: Lots of punches, falls, fights, attempts to choke or stomp someone, and reckless driving.

Alcohol and drug use: A man in the midst of a violent outburst is asked, "Have you been doing coke?" and teens buy beer and drink it and other alcoholic beverages.

First published on July 10, 2009 at 12:00 am