Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003)

Director:

Troy Beyer

Writers (WGA):

Michael Swerdlick (screenplay)
Troy Beyer (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

12 December 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Drama

Tagline:

Love Don't Co$t A Thing but it pays to be yourself

Plot:

Highschool loser (Cannon) pays a cheerleader (Milian) to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool. Remake of 1987' Can't Buy Me Love, starring Patrick Dempsey. |

Plot Keywords:

Love | Remake | Cheerleader | Ironing | Teen Comedy

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

Nick Cannon	...	Alvin Johnson
Jordan Burg	...	Little Boy
Jackie Benoit	...	Old Lady
George Cedar	...	Old Man
Gay Thomas-Wilson	...	Judy Morgan (as Gay Thomas Wilson)
Al Thompson	...	Ted
Sam Sarpong	...	Kadeem
Nichole Mercedes Robinson	...	Yvonne Freeman (as Nichole Robinson)
Melissa Schuman	...	Zoe Parks
Imani Parks	...	Mia
Ian Chidlaw	...	Eddie
J.B. Ghuman Jr.	...	JB (as JB Guhman)
Christina Milian	...	Paris Morgan
Russell Howard	...	Anthony
Elimu Nelson	...	Dru Hilton

Also Known As:

Can't Buy Me Love (USA) (working title)
If You Were My Girl (USA) (working title)
Love Don't Co$t a Thing (USA) (promotional title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content/humor. (edited version)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Brazil:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Germany:6 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (edited for re-rating) (certificate #40254) | Italy:T

Filming Locations:

Long Beach Polytechnic High School - 1600 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

Alcon Entertainment

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Walter walks into the locker and falls down, you can see the mat on the floor.

Quotes:

Aretha Johnson: School? Liar! Today's Senior Ditch Day.
Alvin Johnson: You know what? Lil' biscuit-head is right.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Making of 'Love Don't Cost a Thing' (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Baby Girl

Love don't cost a thing

This is a good movie. If you were ever one of those that were labeled as an outcast, a loser, a nerd, ugly, crazy, or all of the above when going to school period, you can relate to this movie. Nick Cannon did an outstanding job in his role as the so-called loser student Alvin. Christina Milian was impressive as the most beautiful girl in high school Paris Morgan. Steve Harvey did alright with little that he had to work with. I think the chemistry between Nick and Christina is wonderful and it showed here in particular when Paris went on with the deal to be Alvin's girlfriend for two weeks and in those two weeks, it became more than just a deal for her as she became attracted to Alvin.

"Love don't cost a thing" is a good movie, a realistic(if somewhat overblown, have anyone ever heard a high school team lose games because "losers" sit with all the "winners" of that high school?) look at high school and the most important message is to be yourself, and look at a person for he or she is on the inside not the outside of that person.