Sorry, this movie sucks

Good concept, poorly executed.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Is it guy-wrenching? No. Is it thought provoking? God no. But is it super charming? Hell yeah. I love how (spoilers) Ronald and Cindy act with each other because they are the EPITOME of high school teen relationships. You just want to relive that kind of relationship over and over again, which is why it's so memorable and wonderful to rewatch this film.

Has spoilers,I remember watching this when I was 13 over 25 yrs later and it hasn't aged at all it's still a fun fine movie.Donald is one of the nerd crowd who desperately wants to be popular and seized his chance when the most popular girl cindy needs to find cash for a dress so Ronald does a deal he buys the dress for one month of pretend relationship with her,after the month they fake break up and Ronald is in with the it crowd,its going great while forgetting his real friends he's the coolest kid in school until while drunk she exposes their deal in front of everyone and they all abandon him,its a great message for kids this movie about how being your self is always the best way,ronald is alone but makes a stand when his real friend sits with the jocks and one threatens to beat on him if he doesn't go back to the nerd table Ronald runs to his aid and makes the kids see that once they were all friends and gains respect of the kids,what he always wanted was Cindy all along just to get close to her it's a great movie for teens to gather and watch and for older folk who loved it when it was released,so for one movie forget about million dollar block busters and relive a great movie about the trials and tribulations of school life.still a great movie 3 decades later.

The movie has a typical romantic plot within an American high-school setting, with lead characters being a nerd (Ronald) and the head cheerleader (Cindy). She and her friends would not even acknowledge him when passing by whereas he is desperately infatuated her. Ronald figures that he needs to become popular in order to be noticed by girls and offers Cindy a thousand dollars to pretend in public that they are going out, hoping that it would boost his popularity. She accepts the offer and throws in his makeover at no extra cost. The rest of the storyline is fairly predictable. However, there are two issues that this movie addresses probably more successfully than most of the other teen chick flicks: leadership and forgiveness.The rest may contain some spoilers.Ronald aspires not only to acceptance by his peers, but also to becoming their informal leader. The path that he initially takes in order to achieve that status is typical of a high-school environment, as he chooses exclusivity over social cohesion, egoism over altruism, herd mentality over individuality and conceit over humility. Eventually, he realises that sustainable informal leadership is based on selfless acts and promoting social inclusion.Whilst at the peak of his ill-gotten popularity, Ronald does not forgive Cindy the fact that she used to ignore him when he was just one of the geeks. In fact, he cruelly rejects her even though she has developed warm feelings for him and has extended him support and trust that are well in excess of what is stipulated in their arrangement. However, once his popularity has vanished and he is left with no friends, he expects Cindy and his former best friend to immediately take him back and forgive all the gross insults he has inflicted upon them. Having failed that, Ronald finally realises that he needs to deserve to be forgiven.

Did you ever want to buy your way into the cool crowd? Yeah, unless you were already in it we all thought about it at one point or another but in the movie I'm reviewing this time, Can't Buy me Love, Ronny Miller played by Patrick Dempsey actually got a chance to. In this movie which I stumbled upon one early Saturday morning while watching HBO as a kid, Ronny Miller saves up one-thousand dollars for a telescope that he earns from mowing lawns. When he goes to buy the telescope he notices Cindy Mancini, played by Amanda Peterson, who of course is the most popular girl in school in need of some help. She tells him that she ruined her mothers dress and that she has no way of replacing it. Ronny decides to buy her a new one in exchange for a date that he hopes will make him popular.I didn't know why I loved this movie as a kid so much. There was no slapstick comedy,no crazy characters or even any action but maybe when I look back that's what I loved about it so much.It just felt real. It felt like typical high school even though I didn't truly know what that was since I was only ten. My favorite part of the movie was that they cast a young Seth Green as the role of Ronnys little brother.For this movie I'll give it four Seth greens out of five only for the fact that every time this movie is on no matter what part it's at I'll have to sit and watch it to the end.