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Love Don't Cost A Thing Details

2003 Certificate 15
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Emerging superstar Nick Cannon follows up 2002's surprise hit DRUMLINE with this good-natured high school romp. A remake of 1987's CAN'T BUY ME LOVE, LOVE DON'T COST A THING transplants its zero-to-hero fairy tale to urban Los Angeles. Cannon plays Alvin Johnson, an all-round nerd who cleans neighbourhood pools and builds car .. Read more

Starring Nick Cannon, Christina Milian, Steve Harvey
Director Troy Beyer
Genres Comedy

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Love Don't Cost A Thing

Emerging superstar Nick Cannon follows up 2002's surprise hit DRUMLINE with this good-natured high school romp. A remake of 1987's CAN'T BUY ME LOVE, LOVE DON'T COST A THING transplants its zero-to-hero fairy tale to urban Los Angeles. Cannon plays Alvin Johnson, an all-round nerd who cleans neighbourhood pools and builds car engines in his spare time. Unfortunately, these skills don't win popularity contests, rendering Alvin and his friends invisible to the cool crowd. But when the school's most unattainable girl, Paris Morgan (Christina Milian), wrecks her mother's car, Alvin approaches her with a ludicrous proposition: he'll fix her car if she pretends to be his girl for two weeks. She grudgingly agrees, and the very next morning, Alvin is popular for the very first time and miraculously begins to garner the attention that he's been craving his whole life--to the dismay of his now-shunned buddies. But when he starts to get too big for his Sean-Paul sweat suit, Paris is forced to pull the plug. Troy Beyer's breezy romantic comedy features an ultra-popular hip-hop soundtrack that includes songs from Nelly and R. Kelly, and another winning performance from the multi-talented Cannon.

Starring Nick Cannon, Christina Milian, Steve Harvey
Director Troy Beyer
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 37 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 09 Jul 2004
Production year: 2003
Format DVD
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  • 2 stars out of 5

    Having bought the remake rights to Can't Buy Me Love, director Troy Beyer clearly didn't have enough left over to pay for either a decent screenplay or a capable cast. There's virtually no spark between high-school nobody Nick Cannon and Christina Milian, as the girl who helps secure him an entrée to the in-crowd in return for repairing her mom's car. Moreover, Beyer — whose choice of camera angles often beggars belief — hedges her bets about whether hanging with the homeboys or sampling the good life is Cannon's ultimate goal and, so, the film sends out some very mixed messages.

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    easy viewing with a few laughs

    Not to bad in places but youve seen it all before in other films this is a remake of cant buy me love i think

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    • Emerging superstar Nick Cannon follows up 2002's surprise hit DRUMLINE with this good-natured high school romp. A remake of 1987's CAN'T BUY ME LOVE, LOVE DON'T COST A THING transplants its zero-to-...