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Love Dont Cost a Thing
A famous cheerleader ruins her parents SUV and is need of quick money, and gets it by Alvin, a smart but clumsy teenager, who wants her to be his girlfriend in exchange of cash.
20 December 1980, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
17 January 1957, Welch, West Virginia, USA
19 July 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1 December 1988
26 September 1981, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
29 August 1975, Pittsburg, California, USA
10 April 1981, Los Angeles, California, USA
December 25, 2010
Missed opportunity full of dubious messages.December 13, 2003
It has better values than the original, a little more poignancy, some sweetness.December 31, 2003
If you tried to be in the "in" crowd -- then this is going to be even more painful. In fact, even if you're in the "in" crowd, you'll find this painful.April 15, 2004
...the movie borders on cruelty to its audience.September 20, 2004
High school films don't have to be dull or juvenile; this one suffers tremendously from the former.December 18, 2003
Short on charm, purpose or laughs.January 13, 2004
It isn't entertaining enough to get away with its minimal contributions to familiar material.December 16, 2003
Since Cannon and Milian have to squash any frisson to avoid sinking into pure escort-service sleaze, there's not much rom in the rom-com.December 12, 2003
This variation certainly makes its points effectively, in what must be a more superheated milieu.December 23, 2003
Stuffed with attitude but just as hackneyed as the original.May 12, 2009
"Love Don't Cost A Thing" is loosely based on the 1987 teen comedy "Can't Buy Me Love," and fails to improve on that tepid movie by using a milieu of black high school students.