Love Don't Co$t a Thing

2003 "Love Don't Co$t A Thing but it pays to be yourself."
5.2| 1h40m| PG-13| en
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High school loser pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.

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Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece
Micransix Crappy film
Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Arginia Cadle Movie writers and producers stop with the remakes of the 80's movie it's stupid it's like when I watched a totally unrelated movie oz the great and powerful no one can remake classics that's why they are called classics and these actors can not fill the shoes of the real actors from the movie can't buy me love so please stop I don't think anyone's forcing anyone to remake these films or are they? Lol.... Every time I go to watch TV or a movie there are a dozen previews of remakes or movie franchises like Friday the 13th someone just had to make a new one I'm not cutting down the actors in it Jared padalecki is awesome but these new remakes or movies that has all these changes to them are stupid ideas, except this one it's the same but different actors it sucks I'm sticking with the old ones out with the new in with the old for me lol
Steve Pulaski "Popularity is a job, it's not a privilege," says Paris Morgan, an undeniably attractive high school student who serves as the main love interest in Troy Byer Bailey's Love Don't Cost a Thing. She continues by saying, "It's nothing but work and worries. Work to get in. Work to stay in." This is pin-point accuracy, and what sets the film apart from another cliché story in the shuffle. It knows the teen culture, and doesn't pretend to connect with it.Paris, played by Christina Milian, is high-maintenance and carries a reputation the size of the entire high school. She catches the eye of almost every student there, but the one we focus on is Alvin Johnson (Nick Cannon), an intelligent, yet geeky soul who is breathlessly trying to get a General Motors scholarship he has been working hard for for as long as he can remember. His parents (Steve Harvey and Vanessa Bell Calloway) couldn't be more proud of him, but his father has always wanted Alvin to have the popularity and experiences he had as a kid.When Paris crashes her mother's luxurious SUV after an argument with her boyfriend, she takes it into the shop, where she is told that it would take an estimated two weeks and $3000 for repair. Alvin, who just so happens to be working there when she brings it in, offers to pay $1500 for the parts the car needs, fix it in a few days, in exchange that Paris pretends to be his girlfriend for two months (which gets subtracted into two weeks). It is practically inevitable that he will become virtually consumed with this popularity that will lead him to his brief glory days then his predicted downfall.Cannon and Milian are likable leads, and Harvey provides some fun for the supporting role position. I would've been content with seeing more of Alvin's friends, who are portrayed by Russell W. Howard, Kal Penn, and Kenan Thompson. Love Don't Cost a Thing could've spawned a tiresome plod through the clichés and the conventions of the high school caste system, yet the film occupies a more stern level of restrictions and poignancy than one could tell from the film's poster (which has such a blatantly corny subtext to the film's title) and its trailer.Starring: Nick Cannon, Christina Milian, Steve Harvey, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Russell W. Howard, Kal Penn, and Kenan Thompson. Directed by: Troy Byer Bailey.
NatalieShaak This movie was just okay. Not too sure why they decided to remake this class 80s flick. I still like the original better and Patrick Dempsey made the character much more believable than Nick Cannon can. Loved the scenes of Nick Cannon cleaning the pool and dancing to Michael Jackson. Christina Millian was okay, but the acting was not that great from her. The best actor in the movie were "Alvin"s sidekick friends, Kenan Thompson and Kumar from Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. The soundtrack was pretty unremarkable and that was one thing I remembered from the original. It was pack full of classic 80s songs. Overall, the plot was as cheesy as the original and pretty hard to believe. Some of the plot was random, such as Christina's boyfriend being in the NBA and cheating on her. Some lines of dialog directly from the original movie.
Eddie Benson Luckily, I didn't have to pay any cash to see this flick. As the other reviewers have mentioned, "Love don't Cost a Thing" is a remake of the 1987 movie "Cant Buy me Love". This movie was horrible from the beginning to the end. The only decent actors in this movie were Christina Milian and Kel Thomson. Nick Cannon's performance in this flick is way below average. Watching Nick Cannon act or tell jokes is like watching paint dry! Was there at least one good or decent scene in the whole movie? Yes! The beach scene was the only decent scene in the movie. You get to see Christina Milian in a hot outfit and you also get to see some hot chicks in bikinis. If it wasn't for this scene, the movie would get 0 stars. If I were to give this movie a letter grade, I would give it an F+. If you see copies of this movie in a store, break them or hide them somewhere.