Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003)

A high school loser pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.

Director:

Troy Byer (as Troy Beyer)

Writers:

Michael Swerdlick (screenplay "Can't Buy Me Love"), Troy Byer (screenplay) (as Troy Beyer)

Stars:

Nick Cannon, Christina Milian, Jordan Burg

6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nick Cannon	...	Alvin Johnson
Jordan Burg	...	Little Boy
Jackie Benoit	...	Old Lady
George Cedar	...	Old Man
Gay Thomas Wilson	...	Judy Morgan
Al Thompson	...	Ted
Sam Sarpong	...	Kadeem
Nichole Galicia	...	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

Storyline

A high school loser pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.

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Plot Keywords:

remake | bare midriff | legs | leggy woman | leggy chick | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content/humor

Did You Know?

Trivia

Soundtrack was released on December 9, 2003.

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Goofs

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.

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Quotes

Paris Morgan: I made you Al, I will work overtime to break you, Alvin!

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Connections

Featured in Beyond Clueless (2014)

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Soundtracks

We Rise
Written by Troy Bailey (as Troy Beyer), John E. Rhone (as John Rhone), Ontario Haynes and Chris Warrior
Produced by John E. Rhone (as J. Rhone) and Ontario Haynes (as O. Haynes) for Whole 9 Entertainment and Chris Warrior
Performed by Rama Duke
Rama Duke appears courtesy of Hollywood Records

User Reviews

OK for a remake but charmless

I don't know what the original poster is talking about.This movie is nothing like "Drive Me Crazy" and is a scene by scene copy of the original source "Can't Buy Me Love".I thought it was a cute remake but loses some of the charm from the original.For one Nick Cannon never seemed close to his nerd buddies like Patrick Dempsey did.The end was rushed.I was crying with Patrick's character when the entire school shut him out but then he stood up to the bully who had been a good friend of his once.This movie was simply missing the charm of the first one.The girl that Alvin like was a pain to me.I couldn't see why he liked her but the girlfriend in the first one played the role better.

Details

Official Sites:

Warner Bros.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 December 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Love Don't Co$t a Thing

Filming Locations:

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

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,315,311, 14 December 2003

Gross USA:

$21,924,226

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$21,964,072

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alcon Entertainment, Burg/Koules Productions, CRML Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1