Love Don't Cost a Thing

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Love Don't Cost a Thing

PG-13

Released Dec 12, 2003

1h 41m

Romance

Comedy

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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?

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Critics Consensus

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

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Missed opportunity full of dubious messages.

Rated: 1/5

Dec 25, 2010

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Robert Koehler

Variety

Stuffed with attitude but just as hackneyed as the original.

Dec 23, 2003

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

Another uninspired remake of a movie that was never crying out for revisitation in the first place.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 21, 2003

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

"Love Don't Cost A Thing" is loosely based on the 1987 teen comedy "Can't Buy Me Love," and fails to improve on that tepid movie by using a milieu of black high school students.

Rated: D

May 12, 2009

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Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Mark Collette

Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

High school films don't have to be dull or juvenile; this one suffers tremendously from the former.

Rated: 0.5/4

Sep 20, 2004

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Kaden H

Greatest 2000s Rom Com. Stylist were amazing, casting was great and overall plot had me entertained. Recommend to all the girls

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/06/25

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Audience Member

I really really loved it

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/22/21

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Audience Member

Stupid & ignorant. Horrible acting and stupid story line.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

Lame and barely funny.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

Not bad, wasn't great, fun to see Nick Cannon before AGT made him a superstar. Plus, you get the greatness of Steve Harvey! Could of been better, but watchable!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

To me it was a crappy remake of Can't Buy Me Love staring Grey's Anatomy Patrick Dempsey. It did have it's funny moments but overall it stinks.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Synopsis

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?

Director: Troy Byer
Producer: Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Mark Burg, Reuben Cannon
Screenwriter: Troy Byer
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Alcon Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Humor|Sexual Content)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 12, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.9M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Surround

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