Movie #67 "Can't Buy Me Love" has an interesting premise but blows the characters way out of proportion so you don't like either one very much and don't care about their relationship which is supposed to be growing. But that's a problem with romantic comedies. Dempsey is not a bad actor, and of course, his genuiness is what got this part, but even he can't get you to believe. Oh, I wish there was a high school setting where the one geek kid tells off the football player in front of everyone in the cafeteria and tells him if they could just be themselves things would be better. I WANT so badly to believe it, and for a few minutes I do, but they the characters do something sooooooooooooo unbelieveably stupid and mean and then the movie's theme comes crashing down again. So I can't recommend it.
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Average rating: 3.769
I gave it 2 stars.
Can't Buy Me Love
(1987) PG-13
Tired of being an outcast, nerdy high school senior Ronald Miller (Patrick Dempsey) offers his life savings of $1,000 to the most popular girl in school, cheerleader Cindy Mancini (Amanda Peterson), in exchange for dating him for a month. Mancini reluctantly accepts Miller's proposal, but as the weeks progress, she gradually grows to like him. The charade, however, thrusts Ronald into the "cool" crowd, compromising his values and relationships.
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