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Love Don't Cost a Thing

2003, Romance/Comedy, 1h 41m

72 Reviews 25,000+ Ratings

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A stale, unnecessary remake of Can't Buy Me Love. Read critic reviews

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NICK CANNON and NICHOLE ROBINSON in Alcon Entertainment's romantic teen comedy "Love Don't Cost A Thing," also starring Christina Milian and distributed by Warner Bros. photo 13

NICK CANNON stars in Alcon Entertainment's romantic teen comedy "Love Don't Cost A Thing," also starring Christina Milian and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. photo 14

STEVE HARVEY and VANESSA BELL CALLOWAY in Alcon Entertainment's romantic teen comedy "Love Don't Cost A Thing," starring Nick Cannon and Christina Milian and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. photo 15

NICK CANNON and CHRISTINA MILIAN star in Alcon Entertainment's romantic teen comedy "Love Don't Cost A Thing," distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. photo 16

CHRISTINA MILIAN (front-left) and friends in Alcon Entertainment's romantic teen comedy "Love Don't Cost A Thing," also starring Nick Cannon and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. photo 17

NICK CANNON and STEVE HARVEY in Alcon Entertainment's romantic teen comedy "Love Don't Cost A Thing," also starring Christina Milian and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. photo 18

CHRISTINA MILIAN, NICK CANNON and AL THOMPSON in Alcon Entertainment's romantic teen comedy "Love Don't Cost A Thing," distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. photo 19

Director TROY BEYER on the set of Alcon Entertainment's romantic teen comedy "Love Don't Cost A Thing," starring Nick Cannon and Christina Milian and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. photo 20

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Movie Info

Science nerd Alvin Johnson (Nick Cannon) is proficient at engineering but incompetent when it comes to dating. One day, popular girl Paris Morgan (Christina Milian) appears at the auto shop where he works after school. She has damaged her mother's car and urgently requests repairs. Alvin offers a bribe: He will fix the car immediately in exchange for two weeks of dating. Paris agrees, and Alvin is able to enter the sacred realm of the popular kids. But at what cost to himself?

Rating:

PG-13 (Sexual Humor|Sexual Content)
Genre:

Romance, Comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Troy Byer
Producer:

Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Mark Burg, Reuben Cannon
Writer:

Troy Byer
Release Date (Theaters):

Dec 12, 2003 wide
Release Date (Streaming):

Apr 27, 2004
Box Office (Gross USA):

$21.9M
Runtime:

1h 41m
Distributor:

Warner Bros. Pictures
Sound Mix:

Surround

Cast & Crew

Nick Cannon
Alvin Johnson

Christina Milian

Christina Milian
Paris Morgan

Kenan Thompson
Walter Colley

Kal Penn
Kenneth Warman

Steve Harvey
Clarence Johnson

Al Thompson
Ted

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Critic Reviews for Love Don't Cost a Thing

All Critics (72) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (63)

Full Review… Nell Minow Common Sense Media

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Audience Reviews for Love Don't Cost a Thing

Jan 28, 2010

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.

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Apr 28, 2008

the only thing it cost was my $5 to rent this piece of crap!

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Jan 17, 2008

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.

Nicki M Super Reviewer
Dec 27, 2007

This was a cute remake of Can't Buy Me Love. My favorite scene was when the father brought in all the different types of condoms (ribbed, etc) and was explaining when to use them.

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