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Can't Buy Me Love (1987)

Can't Buy Me Love poster
Directed by
Steve Rash
Genre
drama film, teen film, sex comedy, romantic comedy film, coming-of-age film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 720 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A high school nerd pays a popular cheerleader to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month. The fake relationship starts to change both of their lives.

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What happens

Can't Buy Me Love is a 1987 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Steve Rash, starring Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson in a story about Ronald Miller, a nerd at a high school in Tucson, Arizona, who gives cheerleader Cindy Mancini $1,000 to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month. The film takes its title from a Beatles song of the same title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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