A high school loser pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.A high school loser pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.A high school loser pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.
- Awards
- 6 nominations
Nichole Galicia
- Yvonne Freeman
- (as Nichole Robinson)
J.B. Ghuman Jr.
- JB
- (as JB Guhman)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe campus and gym scenes were shot at Long Beach Poly High School in Long Beach, California. Other movies such as 'Coach Carter' and 'American Pie' were also shot at this school.
- GoofsWhen Walter walks into the locker and falls down, you can see the mat on the floor.
- Quotes
Paris Morgan: I made you Al, I will work overtime to break you, Alvin!
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Making of 'Love Don't Cost a Thing' (2004)
- SoundtracksLuv Me Baby
Written by Murphy Lee (as Tohri Murphy Lee Harper) and Jazze Pha (as Phalon Alexander)
Performed by Murphy Lee featuring Jazze Pha (as Jazze PHA) and Sleepy Brown
Courtesy of Universal Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Jazze PHA courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
Sleepy Brown courtesy of DreamWorks Records
Featured review
Prior to watching this, I had not seen "Can't Buy Me Love". This is one of those movies that came out while I was still delivering papers, and I didn't see it because I read horrible reviews for it in the paper. I decided to finally watch it, and while the reviews were way too harsh, this is not a great romantic comedy, and it falls flat largely because of Nick Cannons over-the-top and somehow, still wooden at the same time performance. This actually could have been a pretty fun movie with a different leading man. Christina Milian does a good job, and you cannot fault her. It would also help if Cannon and Milian had more onscreen time together, as it is a bit limited. They just never build a really strong connection, and I'm not entirely sure why Milian would be interested in him for real. I actually think it would have been a better movie if Kenan Thompson was the lead, or hell, Kal Penn, and Cannon was one of the sidekicks, he just cannot handle this role at all. He tries, and sometimes it is fun, but it is wildly inconsistent.
Steve Harvey is over-the-top cringe, I really really think someone else should have played his dad. Every scene he is in is painful to watch, his expressions, his vocal tone, everything feels grossly out of place, and he is normally pretty funny.
The movie is filled with some great hip hop and rap music from the early 2000's, and is a blast from the past, the dancing, the clothes, etc. I do love that Alvin is a hardworking intelligent entrepreneur, but again his character is OTT exaggerated by cannon, he comes across less cool than Urkel actually. He does not feel like a real person, but a bizarre caricature.
If you're a teen though, you might still enjoy it, and I did enjoy it at times, even though I am well out of my teens, but I feel as thought this could have been a really good movie, and it was, instead a missed opportunity.
Steve Harvey is over-the-top cringe, I really really think someone else should have played his dad. Every scene he is in is painful to watch, his expressions, his vocal tone, everything feels grossly out of place, and he is normally pretty funny.
The movie is filled with some great hip hop and rap music from the early 2000's, and is a blast from the past, the dancing, the clothes, etc. I do love that Alvin is a hardworking intelligent entrepreneur, but again his character is OTT exaggerated by cannon, he comes across less cool than Urkel actually. He does not feel like a real person, but a bizarre caricature.
If you're a teen though, you might still enjoy it, and I did enjoy it at times, even though I am well out of my teens, but I feel as thought this could have been a really good movie, and it was, instead a missed opportunity.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Can't Buy Me Love
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $21,924,226
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,315,311
- Dec 14, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $21,964,072
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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