The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
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Critics Consensus: A stale, unnecessary remake of Can't Buy Me Love.
Critic Consensus: A stale, unnecessary remake of Can't Buy Me Love.
All Critics (72) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (63) | DVD (5)
Stuffed with attitude but just as hackneyed as the original.
Short on charm, purpose or laughs.
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.
... dopey sit com stuff ...
It has better values than the original, a little more poignancy, some sweetness.
This variation certainly makes its points effectively, in what must be a more superheated milieu.
Missed opportunity full of dubious messages.
"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.
High school films don't have to be dull or juvenile; this one suffers tremendously from the former.
...the movie borders on cruelty to its audience.
It isn't entertaining enough to get away with its minimal contributions to familiar material.
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.
I don't know what it is about the flu that always seems to result in me thinking it's a good idea to watch something I have previously avoided like the plague. Maybe knowing full well I will be asleep by half way through it anyhow. Unfortunately I didn't fall asleep watching this. I wish I had. Horrible remake of an all time favourite 80's movie "Can't buy me love". Christina Milian is not too bad, but the rest are atrocious. The guy is so hammy, and the crude talk with his father. ugh.
Super Reviewer
This story is about "wanna-be" of a boy and the same old ending that fakers never win or fit in to whatever they wish for. This was okay.
This was actually a good movie of its genre...Come on, its a teen movie and what actually do you expect? Pretty good stuff. Have a look at more of Nick Cannons films,(Drum line/Bobbie) hes pretty good.
Too bad this movie did.
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