Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003)

Director:

Troy Beyer

Writers (WGA):

Michael Swerdlick (screenplay)
Troy Beyer (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

12 December 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Drama

Tagline:

Love Don't Co$t A Thing but it pays to be yourself

Plot:

Highschool loser (Cannon) pays a cheerleader (Milian) to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool. Remake of 1987' Can't Buy Me Love, starring Patrick Dempsey. |

Plot Keywords:

Love | Remake | Cheerleader | Ironing | Teen Comedy

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

Nick Cannon	...	Alvin Johnson
Jordan Burg	...	Little Boy
Jackie Benoit	...	Old Lady
George Cedar	...	Old Man
Gay Thomas-Wilson	...	Judy Morgan (as Gay Thomas Wilson)
Al Thompson	...	Ted
Sam Sarpong	...	Kadeem
Nichole Mercedes Robinson	...	Yvonne Freeman (as Nichole Robinson)
Melissa Schuman	...	Zoe Parks
Imani Parks	...	Mia
Ian Chidlaw	...	Eddie
J.B. Ghuman Jr.	...	JB (as JB Guhman)
Christina Milian	...	Paris Morgan
Russell Howard	...	Anthony
Elimu Nelson	...	Dru Hilton

Also Known As:

Can't Buy Me Love (USA) (working title)
If You Were My Girl (USA) (working title)
Love Don't Co$t a Thing (USA) (promotional title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content/humor. (edited version)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Brazil:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Germany:6 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (edited for re-rating) (certificate #40254) | Italy:T

Filming Locations:

Long Beach Polytechnic High School - 1600 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

Alcon Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: At the beach when Alvin comes out of the cave, first his shirt is over his head and one arm is threw an arm hole. When the camera goes back to him you see the white tank is only over his head.

Quotes:

Mia: This ain't Burger King! You can't always have it your way!

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Making of 'Love Don't Cost a Thing' (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Tired of Being Alone

Urkel has become gangster and he is just not all that

Unlike the original movie from 1987 "can't buy me love", "Love doesn't cost a thing" is too slow a little bit boring, most of the characters are annoying and the movie as a whole is just not fun. They try a little bit too hard to be cool and updated but as the girl said in the movie "Urkel has become gangster" it's just not it. the idea was good, re-make the classic and the beloved film of the 80's in the millennium version, but we've seen too many teen movies that look and sounds just like this, and they are better. If you like Christina Milian you'll LOVE her in this movie, because she is so amazing in this role, but that's the only good thing i have to say about this movie.