Love Dont Cost a Thing
In order to look cool, Alvin an intelligent but awkward teenager pays a famous cheerleader to act as his girlfriend, after she crashes her parent’s car and is now looking for money to fix it.
19 December 1975, London, England, UK
19 July 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA
21 August 1984, San Clemente, California, USA
17 January 1957, Welch, West Virginia, USA
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.April 15, 2004
...the movie borders on cruelty to its audience.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 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.December 12, 2003
This variation certainly makes its points effectively, in what must be a more superheated milieu.December 18, 2003
Short on charm, purpose or laughs.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.September 20, 2004
High school films don't have to be dull or juvenile; this one suffers tremendously from the former.December 23, 2003
Stuffed with attitude but just as hackneyed as the original.January 13, 2004
It isn't entertaining enough to get away with its minimal contributions to familiar material.