Can't Buy Me Love

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Darrin G @realwildchild76 Aug 2, 2026 Classic 80’s romantic comedy that introduces us to Patrick Dempsey who eventually became known as McDreamy on Grey’s Anatomy years later but here is a big dork looking to increase his popularity during senior year by paying the hottest girl in school to pose as his girlfriend. It’s a sweet film that turns up that 80’s charm. This is a rewatch for me since I recently got a boot legged copy of it on blu ray. See more Farah R @Farah Jul 14, 2026 Can't Buy Me Love is a rare 80s teen movie that delivers a meaningful message without drowning in sappiness. The story wittily avoids the stereotype of painting the nerds as victims and the popular kids as villains. Instead, delving deeper into the harsh realities of the era’s high school social hierarchy. The characters are incredibly well-written and the actors did a great job of making them likable. I can see why it became a classic. See more CodyZamboni Z @CodyZamboni Jun 7, 2026 Movie is fun, amusing, With empathetic characters and situations , Nice seeing the 80's fashions and hair, Lots of hot girls, Satsifying plot resolution, Lots of famous faces in supporting roles, I like how the plot unfolds over the school year, highlighted by the seasons --- beginning of school, Halloween , Thanksgiving, Xmas, New Years, Baseball season See more Horror fan 4 @Horrorfan4life May 10, 2026 This is an American classic. Rip to Amanda Peterson. The performances were great and my favorite 2 scenes are the airplane graveyard and the dance!! Tim Treakle See more James B @Jsb11971 Feb 21, 2026 You might have to be a less than popular kid at this exact time in history to get this movie but it was 1000 percent spot on in its tropes. Which weren’t trope. They were real. It didn’t showcase all of the then high school archetypes but it didn’t have to and that’s not a reason to be critical. It was focused primarily on two. And it nailed them. Patrick Dempsey was a master class as a late teen in this role and launched his career. You felt his pain even when he unintentionally created the entire sequence of events that led to his own downfall. She grasping for her personal story not one defined by others or another abusive boyfriend. The movie is made more poignant by his rise to stardom outside the movie and her fall into obscurity and then oblivion, and sadly domestic abuse and eventual death. When you see what they both became in real life it makes this movie even more emotionally resonant See more Swaus G @SwausGebouwen Feb 14, 2026 Can't Buy me Love is one of the very most quintessential high school flicks of the 20th century. From a movie history standpoint, it's a must-see. It is also an absolutely perfectly paced movie, and there's a meaningful moral to its story. It challenges the viewer by presenting a protagonist who journeys from naivity and insecurity to moral reprehensibilty before a fall from grace forces him to realign himself. The acting's good, the way it looks holds up so well, and the usage of tropes is delicious. So don't listen to the naysayers... they must have not turned on their 'relax and enjoy the movie' brain for this one. There's nothing offensive other than fart jokes and the hamming-up of high school bullying. I came away from this film feeling truly satiated, like I'd been on an adventure, and you won't get that from many other rom-coms. See more Read all reviews

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