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Can't Buy Me Love (1987)

PG_13 94 min  -  Comedy | Drama | Romance  -   14 August 1987 (USA)
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A nerdy outcast secretly pays the most popular girl in school one thousand dollars to be his girlfriend.

Director:

Steve Rash
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Patrick Dempsey ...
Amanda Peterson Amanda Peterson ...
Courtney Gains ...
Tina Caspary Tina Caspary ...
Barbara
Seth Green ...
Sharon Farrell ...
Mrs. Mancini
Darcy DeMoss ...
Patty
Dennis Dugan ...
David Miller
Cloyce Morrow Cloyce Morrow ...
Judy Miller
Devin DeVasquez ...
Iris
Cort McCown Cort McCown ...
Quint
Eric Bruskotter ...
Big John
Gerardo Mejía Gerardo Mejía ...
Ricky
Ami Dolenz ...
Fran
Max Perlich ...
Lester
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Storyline

Ronald Miller is tired of being a nerd, and makes a deal with one of the most popular girls in school to help him break into the "cool" clic. He offers her a thousand dollars to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month. It succeeds, but he soon learns that the price of popularity may be higher than he expected. Written by Kevin Ackley <kackley1@aol.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Popularity | Money | Nerd | Poker Game | Cheerleader  | See more »

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Ronald is making an investment in his senior year. He's hiring the prettiest cheerleader in school to be his girlfriend.

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Boy Rents Girl See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$31,623,833 (USA)
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Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

Patrick Dempsey, now a car collector and race driver, used all of his salary from the movie paying for his first car, a 1963 356 Porsche convertible. See more »

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Ronald tells Cindy that we first landed on the moon on his birthday, so that would make his birthday July 20, 1969. However, after fooling around with Patty on the night of the dance, Ronald is seen marking a calendar and saying "17 years, 3 months and 5 days" was a long time to go that far with a girl. The dance was on October 16th so that would make his birthday July 11th, not July 20th. See more »

Quotes

Ronald Miller: I'm going to a party. John Richmond's, with Cindi Mancini.
Chuckie Miller: Cindi Mancini? Senior, captain of the cheerleaders, most beautiful girl in the history of this county?
Ronald Miller: That's her. Well, I'm late, gotta bolt.
Chuckie Miller: Bolt? Something stinks in suburbia.
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Connections

Referenced in "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Episode #7.95" (2009) See more »

Soundtracks

"Surfin' Safari"
Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love
Performed by The Beach Boys
Courtesy of Deck Records See more »