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I enjoy this movie for many reasons. Amanda Peterson plays a beautiful popular girl and Patrick Dempsey plays the cute goofy guy next door who pays her to date him. It's an innocent movie everyone can enjoy. Costumes and hair styles took me back to the 1980s. Anyone who went to high school can relate to the humor in this. Amanda Peterson tragically overdosed in July 2015, because during the time she was filming this movie, she was raped by a much older man and it haunted her the rest of her life...she coped with drugs. Knowing this and seeing her act well in the movie and staying strong is truly an inspiration. My prayers go out to her and her family. This is an excellent movie!!!
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Can't Buy me love practically nails the struggle of the so called "nerd" in high school to aspire to the most attractive girl in school. Patrick Dempsey's portrayal of the quirky, but really likeable Ronald Miller is spot on and many 80s high school kids can relate to, especially as he transitions from the "cards with the tards" to the in crowd,with the resulting falls from grace along the way reminding us all that even as cool or popular as we might have thought ourselves to be, we had a little "nerd" in us all. The supporting role by Amanda Peterson as the wildly popular, but deeply longing for love and acceptance Cindy Mancini reminds us that popularity at any price can often make us blind to those who would truly make us happy and that popularity can not only be overrated, but eventually lead us to conflict within ourselves and unhappiness in general. This movie has a few quirks, with a slight undevelopment of friendships especially with Ronald Miller, who seems to flitter around with just about anyone, and does not seem to make a friend within the in crowd despite his acceptance and longing to be within the circle. As for Cindy Mancini, her character seems to be more a sort of canned response and reactionary rather than the emerging depth of feelings Amanda Peterson would have been able to have truly expressed had the role allowed for more character development. But otherwise, a rather shining example and a refreshing change from the typical oversexed, over the top laughs, and hack and slash that was typical of many 80s movies (ie: Porky's, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and the Friday the 13th genre). A movie ahead of its time and paving the way for nerds to become cool in the modern age!!Read full review
Purchased for my granddaughter who is 15, she loved it! I wasn’t sure she would since it’s an 80’s movie, but it looked pretty good. Come to find out it was also one of my daughter’s favorite movies at that time. They loved watching it together, a perfect gift!
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Yes I do like can't buy me love dvd that was a really good buy for that and Dawson I also like that was a good buy. So thank you so much
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great movie to much violence now. need to be more movies like that now. movies back the was better thank you
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