Plot
Highschool loser (Cannon) pays a cheerleader (Milian) to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool. Remake of 1987' Can't Buy Me Love, starring Patrick Dempsey.
Release Year: 2003
Rating: 4.6/10 (3,613 voted)
Critic's Score: 37/100
Director:
Troy Byer Bailey
Stars: Nick Cannon, Christina Milian, Jordan Burg
Storyline Highschool loser (Cannon) pays a cheerleader (Milian) to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool. Remake of 1987' Can't Buy Me Love, starring Patrick Dempsey.
Writers: Michael Swerdlick, Troy Byer Bailey
Cast: Nick Cannon
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Alvin Johnson
Jordan Burg
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Little Boy
Jackie Benoit
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Old Lady
George Cedar
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Old Man
Gay Thomas-Wilson
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Judy Morgan
(as Gay Thomas Wilson)
Al Thompson
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Ted
Sam Sarpong
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Kadeem
Nichole Galicia
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Yvonne Freeman
(as Nichole Robinson)
Melissa Schuman
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Zoe Parks
Imani Parks
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Mia
Ian Chidlaw
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Eddie
J.B. Ghuman Jr.
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JB
(as JB Guhman)
Christina Milian
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Paris Morgan
Russell Howard
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Anthony
Elimu Nelson
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Dru Hilton
Taglines:
Love Don't Co$t A Thing but it pays to be yourself
Filming Locations: Long Beach Polytechnic High School - 1600 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, California, USA
Opening Weekend: $6,315,311
(USA)
(14 December 2003)
(1844 Screens)
Gross: $21,897,389
(USA)
(7 March 2004)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes:
When 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!
User Review
It was good.
Rating: 6/10
I liked it. It was nothing special, but I liked it. It was a good story
about issues that most teens deal with everyday. And it was funny.
In the movie, Alvin (Cannon) is a nobody who wants to be a popular
somebody. As somebody who once wished he could be more popular in high
school, I completely understand where Alvin was coming from. So when
popular cheerleader, Paris (Milian) gets into a jam, Alvin offers to
help her if she pretends to be his girlfriend.
But Alvin soon finds out that there's more to popularity than he
realized. As Paris puts it, "Popularity is like a job" and you have to
"work" to keep up with everyone else. In the end, Alvin learns that
it's far more rewarding to just be himself. (There's a cliché we never
get tired of hearing.)
I thought the acting in the movie was great. Nick, Christina and the
rest of the cast were believable in their roles, but still managed to
stay funny. I especially liked Steve Harvey, playing Nick Cannon's
'Stuck in the 70's' dad.
This movie may not be 10/10 great, but if you're looking for a good
date movie, you may want to consider this one.
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