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Can't Buy Me Love

1987

Steve Rash

Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Courtney Gains, Tina Caspary ...

5.7

3,579

Comedy. Romance Ronald Miller has had a crush on the beautiful Cindy Mancini for years - who doesn't even know his name. Cindy's idea of a Saturday night includes parties while Ronald's is poker games. In addition, Cindy is dating the former football star turned college pro - who has been giving her the cold shoulder. Cindy finds herself in a desperate situation when she borrows her mother's $1000 suede dress, without permission, and ruins it. The only ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Gavin Bainbridge Empire	"Can't Buy Me Love is sharp in its focus and, whilst leaving the darker moral issues untapped, it undoubtedly works as Pretty Woman for teens."	POS
United States	Caryn James The New York Times	"The film thinks it wants to be sincere, when all it truly wants is to be popular, just like the other kids' movies"	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Can't Buy Me Love makes American teenagers look like stupid and materialistic twits"	NEG

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