Can't Buy Me Love (film)

Movie
German title	Can't Buy Me Love
Original title	Can't Buy Me Love
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1987
length	94 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Steve Rash
script	Michael Swerdlick
production	Thom Mount
music	Robert Folk
camera	Peter Lyons Collister
cut	Jeff Gourson
occupation
Patrick Dempsey : Ronald Miller Amanda Peterson : Cindy Mancini Courtney Gains : Kenneth Wurman Max Perlich : Lester Seth Green : Chucky Miller Sharon Farrell : Mrs. Mancini Tina Caspary : Barbara Darcy DeMoss : Patty Dennis Dugan : David Miller Cloyse Morrow : Judy Miller Devin DeVasquez : Iris Eric Bruskotter : Big John Cort McCown : Quint Gerardo Mejía : Ricky Ami Dolenz : Fran Tudor Sherrard : Brent
chronology
Successor  → Love Don't Cost A Thing

Can't Buy Me Love is an American teen comedy from 1987. The stars are Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson . The story is about the outsider Ronald Miller, who buys the company of a cheerleader for a month and hopes that it will be more popular with his classmates. Directed by Steve Rash . The film started in West Germany on May 19, 1988.

The film's title comes from the eponymous song of the Beatles , which can be heard in the film.

action

Ronald Miller is a typical high school outsider. At an opportune moment, he proposes a deal to the school beauty and leader of cheerleaders Cindy Mancini: He pays her $ 1,000 to replace the suede dress that she had secretly taken from her mother and accidentally poured red wine over at a party. For this, Cindy reluctantly agrees to help him by pretending to be his girlfriend for a month at school. Both agree never to reveal this secret.

Then Ronald swaps his nerdy but loyal friends for superficial and popular classmates and changes his entire appearance according to Cindy's ideas. In the course of this month the two get to know and appreciate each other better. When Ronald goes out with her friends Barbara and Patty, Cindy becomes jealous. At the end of the agreed month, Ronald and Cindy stage their separation in a dramatic scene in the schoolyard.

Ronald continues to play “cool” and meets with the athletes and beauties of the school. At the New Year's Eve party, Cindy is dumped by her college athlete boyfriend, Bobby, when he hears that she was in a relationship with Ronald during his lengthy absence. Out of anger and frustration, she now tells the party guests the truth about her relationship with Ronald. This is now back as it was at the beginning, only that his former friends are now avoiding him.

Ronald suffers from his situation and loneliness, but is able to rehabilitate himself by preventing a popular classmate's attack on an outsider. He points out that years ago all the students were friends, but are now divided into cliques with nonsensical rules.

Cindy finally realizes how much Ronald and his behavior are missing, but it is still difficult for her to jump over her shadow. Ronald, now avoided by everyone, earns some money again with small auxiliary jobs. While mowing a neighbor's lawn, he runs into Cindy. She makes up with him by jumping in the back seat of his lawnmower instead of going out with her beloved friends, who in turn asked her to jump into their convertible.

Reviews

“This amusing unlucky love story is realized well above the average of countless teenage high school comedies. (...) The pretty story between tears of emotion and laughter was seen in the cinema by around 300,000 viewers. "

- Kino.de

"Traditional teenage comedy, superficial and formally humble."

- Lexicon of international film

Trivia

• Amanda Peterson was only 16 years old at the time of filming, and Patrick Dempsey was already 21. So the couple were five years apart in real life.
• The film was shot on the premises of Tucson High Magnet School in Tucson , Arizona .
• The choreographer was Paula Abdul , who also appeared briefly in the film.
• In 2003 a remake was released under the title Love Don't Cost A Thing .

Awards

Young Artist Award

• Best Young Actor in a Feature Film - Comedy: Patrick Dempsey

• Best Young Actress in a Feature Film - Comedy: Amanda Peterson (nominated)
• Best Young Supporting Actress in a Feature Film - Comedy: Tina Caspary (nominated)
• Best Family Feature Film - Comedy (nominated)

Web links

• Can not Buy Me Love in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for Can't Buy Me Love . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2003 (PDF; test number: 59 773 V / DVD).
2. ^ Criticism Kino.de
3. ↑ Can't Buy Me Love. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .