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Can't Buy Me Love

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Can't Buy Me Love (1987)

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Reviews Counted: 19

Fresh: 8

Rotten:11

Average Rating: 4.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Ronny is secretly in love with Cindi, the most popular girl on campus. She finds herself in a desperate predicament and Ronny saves the day - for a price. Cindi must pose as Ronny's girl so that... Ronny is secretly in love with Cindi, the most popular girl on campus. She finds herself in a desperate predicament and Ronny saves the day - for a price. Cindi must pose as Ronny's girl so that her popularity might rub off on him. But it's not as easy as he thought. [More]

Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Dennis Dugan, Courtney Gains

Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Dennis Dugan, Courtney Gains, Seth Green

Director: Steve Rash

Director: Steve Rash

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Aug 13, 2002

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  • Can't Buy Me Love
  • Nowhere-man Ronny Miller is secretly in love with Cindy Mancini, the prettiest, most popular girl on campus. When Cindy finds herself in a desperate predicament, Ronny steps in to save the day ... for a price! Cindy must pose as Ronny's girl so that her popularity might rub off on him. But the road to popularity takes an unexpected twist when Ronny becomes so "cool" that his former friends feel the chill, Cindy is left toally out in the cold, and Ronny himself discovers that money might buy you popularity, but it can't buy you love!
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    One of my favourite guilty pleasures of the 80s!

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    09/05/08
    Clint Morris
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    03/19/08
    Andrew Sarris
    New York Observer
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    At times this is a funny, touching film, but more often it isn't.

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    08/06/07
    TV Guide's Movie Guide

    A slight but not unenjoyable movie.

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    06/24/06
    Time Out

    No review available.

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    10/05/05
    Chuck O'Leary
    Fantastica Daily

    Standard '80s teen angst fodder.

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    10/01/04
    Kevin Carr
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    No review available.

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    09/02/04
    Andy Klein
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    No review available.

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    07/16/04
    Daniel M. Kimmel
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    Ryan Cracknell
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    Frank Swietek
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    12/12/03
    Michelle Alexandria
    Eclipse Magazine

    The film thinks it wants to be sincere, when all it truly wants is to be popular, just like the other kids' movies, so it sells off its originality.

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    05/20/03
    Caryn James
    New York Times
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    No review available.

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    03/24/03
    Brian J. Arthurs
    Beach Reporter (Southern California)

    Cute premise, cute leads, and Amanda Peterson? CUTE!

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    03/19/03
    Brian Mckay
    eFilmCritic.com

    Okay teen comedy. Nothing special.

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    02/02/03
    Ken Hanke
    Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    No review available.

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    01/15/03
    Nicolas Lacroix
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    No review available.

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    07/26/02
    Cory Cheney
    Urban Tulsa Weekly

    Shouldn't work, but it does. For the most part, anyway.

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    07/26/02
    Scott Weinberg
    eFilmCritic.com

    As written by Michael Swerdlick and guided by Rash, the theme dissolves into a bland parody of pubescent pain.

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    01/01/00
    Rita Kempley
    Washington Post
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    It doesn't have a thought in its head and probably no notion of the corruption at its core.

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    01/01/00
    Roger Ebert
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