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.
21 August 1984, San Clemente, California, USA
29 August 1975, Pittsburg, California, USA
10 April 1981, Los Angeles, California, USA
1 December 1988
19 July 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA
18 January 1985, Los Angeles, California, USA
11 August 1980, San Jose, California, USA
31 January 1977, La Crescenta, California, USA
2 September 1969, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
23 April 1977, Montclair, New Jersey, USA
19 December 1975, London, England, UK
12 November 1973, Fort Rucker, Alabama, USA
17 January 1957, Welch, West Virginia, USA
10 May 1978, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
15 February 1972, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 October 1980, San Diego, California, USA
April 15, 2004
...the movie borders on cruelty to its audience.
December 18, 2003
Short on charm, purpose or laughs.
December 25, 2010
Missed opportunity full of dubious messages.
January 13, 2004
It isn't entertaining enough to get away with its minimal contributions to familiar material.
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.
December 23, 2003
Stuffed with attitude but just as hackneyed as the original.
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.
September 20, 2004
High school films don't have to be dull or juvenile; this one suffers tremendously from the former.
December 12, 2003
This variation certainly makes its points effectively, in what must be a more superheated milieu.
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 13, 2003
It has better values than the original, a little more poignancy, some sweetness.
