Love Don't Cost a Thing

This movie was just okay. Not too sure why they decided to remake this class 80s flick. I still like the original better and Patrick Dempsey made the character much more believable than Nick Cannon can. Loved the scenes of Nick... Full review

This movie was okay but not the best. To me it was a crappy remake of Can't Buy Me Love staring Grey's Anatomy Patrick Dempsey. It did have it's funny moments but overall it stinks. Basically dorky boy meets cool girl,... Full review

I liked it. It was nothing special, but I liked it. It was a good story about issues that most teens deal with everyday. And it was funny. In the movie, Alvin (Cannon) is a nobody who wants to be a... Full review

I'll be fair in saying that I didn't have high hopes for Troy Beyer's "Love Don't Cost A Thing," a movie that stars Nick Cannon and singer Christina Milian in an "urbanized" remake of the 1987 romantic comedy, "Can't Buy Me... Full review

Unlike the original movie from 1987 "can't buy me love", "Love doesn't cost a thing" is too slow a little bit boring, most of the characters are annoying and the movie as a whole is just not fun. They try a... Full review

Actress Troy Beyer directs this urban teen remake of Can't Buy Me Love from 1987. The film stars Nick Cannon (from Drumline) as a high school average Joe, who yearns to be popular. New pop music hottie Christina Milian is the... Full review

Having seen "Can't Buy Me Love" I thought to myself, why would they remake such a bad film? This version seems to insist on hitting the notes that the first one didn't. I enjoyed the storyline, the cast, everything more. Patrick... Full review

if you can past the dread that is the film, might be interesting.....infuriating "comedy" in its entirety....Milian is actually quite appropriate as Paris....the worst movies....the worst movies.... ... Full Review

Terribly photographed by Chuck Cohen, Love Don't Cost a Thing is a dreary film seriously hungry for color....retaining that most time-honored tradition of '80s teen movies:.... ... Full Review

AMERICAN PIE), thought this movie was cute and interesting. ... Full Review

Love Don't Cost a Thing" isn't an awful movie.....Ultimately, the terrific cast is wasted..... ... Full Review

When his character becomes cool, Cannon fares a little better. The movie does have one outstanding comic turn, when Steve Harvey, casually hilarious as Cannon's clueless dad, tries to explain to him how to put on a condom. ... Full Review

April releases ended with a comedy as folks got another look at Nick Cannon as his last film, LOVE DON'T COST A THING, was released on DVD. ... Full Article

FIRST PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2004 Tools: Send to a friend "Love Don't Cost a Thing," but this DVD do.Does.And it ain't worth it. ... Full Article

Alvin sports a Jackson Five Afro, dresses down and hangs with three fellow outsiders.All of his skills lie in engine design and auto repair. ... Full Article

In this modern update of the classic 1987 teen comedy "Can't Buy Me Love," our hero is high-school senior Alvin Johnson (Nick Cannon), a brilliant, likable outcast who has come to regret the years of intellectual endeavors that prevented him... ... Full Article

There's nothing quite so unmagical as the phrase ''based upon a screenplay,'' which is code for ''Lower Your Expectations: Inbred Remake Ahead.'' At least, that's the case here: Love Don't Cost a Thing is to ''Can't Buy Me Love'' as... ... Full Article

About a year ago at this time, Nick Cannon blazed into the Hollywood community with the hit film Drumline in which he played Devon, the talented street drummer who goes off to college, and learns the meaning of teamwork. ... Full Article