PG-13Can't Buy Me Love

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IMDB (43,517 votes)

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Play Time: 94 mins
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Can't Buy Me Love

Overview:
Nerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after she accidentally destroys her mother's designer clothes. Ronald agrees to pay for the $1,000 outfit on one condition: that she will act as though they're a couple for an entire month. As the days pass, however, Cindy grows fond of Ronald, making him popular. But when Ronald's former best friend gets left behind, he realizes that social success isn't everything.

Status: Released (1987-08-14)
Awards:1 win & 3 nominations total
BoxOffice:$31,623,833
Screen:Michael Swerdlick
Productions: Apollo Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, The Mount Company, Silver Screen Partners III
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
Can't Buy Me Love
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Wuchak

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RELEASED IN 1987 and directed by Steve Rash, “Can’t Buy Me Love” is a high school dramedy about a geek at an Arizona high school (Patrick Dempsey) who pays the most popular girl in school (Amanda Peterson) $1000 to act like she likes him for a month so he can move up the social strat ....

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John Chard

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Whatever happens to your popularity, stay yourself, don't change to please others. Can't Buy Me Love is directed by Steve Rash and written by Michael Swerdlick. It stars Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson. Music is by Robert Folk and cinematography by Peter Lyons Collister. P ....

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