Can't Buy Me Love (1987) is a teen comedy feature film starring Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson in a story about a nerd who buys a cheerleader's company for a month. The film was directed by Steve Rash. The film ranked number 41 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies in 2006.
Ronald Miller (Dempsey) is a typical high school nerd. At an opportune moment, he makes a deal with popular cheerleader Cindy Mancini (Peterson...
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Can't Buy Me Love (1987) is a teen comedy feature film starring Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson in a story about a nerd who buys a cheerleader's company for a month. The film was directed by Steve Rash. The film ranked number 41 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies in 2006.
Ronald Miller (Dempsey) is a typical high school nerd. At an opportune moment, he makes a deal with popular cheerleader Cindy Mancini (Peterson) to spend $1,000 of his savings to replace a suede outfit Cindy damaged that belonged to her mother. Cindy has few options and reluctantly agrees to help him look "cool" by pretending to be his girlfriend for a month. Both agree never to reveal the pact.
Ronald then trades his nerdy, but loyal friends for the shallow popular students and undergoes a complete clothing and hair make-over at Cindy's direction. Over the month, the two discover each other's individuality and are drawn closer together in appreciation. Cindy soon starts to actually...
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