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Movie Reviews of Can't Buy Me Love
Movie Review: Funny Teen Fable
Summary: 5 Stars
Sometimes you can watch too many dramas, too many horror movies, too many movies that are just too serious. When you want a movie that is fun, easy on the brain, and still funny, then this movie is it.This movie is fable-lite, in that multiple morals are presented throughout the movie, but are somewhat camouflaged. Perhaps the biggest moral is that you should not be what you are not. Smaller, but no less important, morals might include knowing who your true friends are, friends stand by you when all others leave, love can not be purchased, and on and on.
With all the morals presented in this teen fable, you might wonder whether I was joking about this being a light movie; not at all. The fable is presented in such a laid-back fashion that you may not realize that this movie is a fable.
Patrick Dempsey is a classic nerd. He hangs out with his friends, equally nerdy, and plays cards (I am a nerd, I can say these things because I DID these things). Their idea of excitement is a new video game. Patrick loves astronomy. His friends generally believe academics in school are the most important thing they can do. Patrick has been mowing lawns nearly forever to buy a $1000 telescope.
On the day that Patrick goes to buy the telescope, he sees beautiful Amanda Peterson trying to buy a suede jacket that has red wine spilled on it, to keep her mother from finding she borrowed it after her mother specifically told her not to borrow it. In a moment of insanity, Patrick Dempsey offers to give Amanda Peterson $1000 to buy the jacket if she will "go out" with him for 30 days. Even though Amanda thinks Patrick is crazy to think that everyone will think he is cool if he goes out with her for 30 days, buying a replacement suede jacket is more important than being seen with Patrick for 30 days, so she takes the deal.
Of course, you realize that all this has to end up badly, but between the time that Amanda accepts the deal and the end of the movie, the viewer gets to see how shallow the difference is between geekdom and stardom, and how shallow the people are that determine which is which.
This movie has a few outright laughs, and a lot of smiles and chuckles. However, it is a feel-good movie. The story is compelling and unless you are not paying attention, the story will suck you in. You stay because you want to know the outcome, and the story line is sufficiently interesting to hold your interest to the very end. In the event you haven't seen this movie, the ending is poignant, and worth the wait.
This movie was one of the endless teen movies released in the 1980s. However, it has the distinction of being one of the funnier movies of the bunch. If you like light comedy, I strongly recommend this movie, even for young teens. While not award material, as entertainment this movie is excellent, and I give it five stars for being highly entertaining.
Movie Review: Follow Me, all of you ...
Summary: 5 Stars
While this was far from the greatest movie ever made, I give this 5 stars because it speaks to a part of us that wants so badly to be accepted and another revelation that people are nothing but followers if you know the right buttons to push.
Ronald, a dork, has been mooning over the most popular girl in school whose lawn he's been mowing for years. He also wishes to be invited to all the A list parties, be liked by others than his fellow nerds, and just be liked. When the most popular girl in school, Cindy, is in a moment of peril, he offers her a large wad of cash to buy himself popularity. The two pose as a couple at their school, with her at his side he is able to walk down the Popular Kids' hallway, eat at their lunch tables, and become included in their social activities. Eventually, according to plan, he and Cindy split and his popular status is secured. Ron, however, gets a swelled head as he feels he has accomplished something when others haven't, and leaves all his former nerd friends in the dust. When Cindy, in a moment of anger, reveils that the whole thing was a plot and that he bribed her affection, he gets a sudden cold shoulder. Now Ron is really alone.
People are followers, no doubt about that. Ron finds out that the people whose admiration and friendship he sought so hard for are actually shallow and arrogant. He himself became shallow and arrogant, and forgot who his real friends were. The sweetly awkward nerds were more genuine friends than he ever hoped for. Even the sluttiest girl in the school (who gave more rides than Greyhound) was ashamed she's done the deed with him! As this was still a fantasy type movie, things work out in the end that Cindy discovers she really does care for him because he's not shallow like her other friends he just wanted to be liked. Even his nerd friends accept him back, and everyone in school learns a valuable lesson about acceptance. Huzza for the 80s.
Movie Review: Cindy Mancini, where have you gone?!
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the biggest dorks in school, Ronald Miller's (Dempsey) life is consumed by telescopes, astronomy, and his similarly socially awkward friends. After countless yards mowed, sacrificing even the remotest possibility of popularity, he's finally accumulated enough money to buy the telescope of his dreams.
Meanwhile, Cindy Mancini (the gorgeous Amanda Peterson) is the hottest, coolest girl in school, the captain of the cheerleading squad, and pretty much the envy of everyone. Men want her, and women want to be her. At a "back to school" party she wears her mother's suede outfit. Insert the dumb, clumsy jock with wine glass, and the outfit is ruined. Later, when both Ron and Cindy end up at the mall - Cindy to replace the outfit and Ron to buy his telescope - the opportunity presents itself and Ron buy's his popularity.
Predictably, some shades and a little hair mousse transport Ronald into the popularity stratosphere. As one of Cindy's gorgeous but promiscuous friends says, "He went from totally geek, to totally chic." Once part of the clique, he becomes arrogant, dips his pen in the cheerleader ink, and distances himself from his real friends, going so far as throwing feces on his best friend's house. Tired of Ron's big head, Cindy breaks the bombshell at a crowded party, and drops Ronald from big man on campus to social leper. Ron learns the valuable lessons that he should never sell out his friends or principles, and that notoriety isn't always the best thing in the world.
I love this movie. It's classic 80s, and wildly entertaining. The only problem I have is that this should have propelled Amanda Peterson into superstardom, yet she was barely heard from afterwards. There is no justice in a world that shuns Peterson and allows fugly shrews like Sarah Jessica Parker stardom.
Movie Review: an 80's film from the heart
Summary: 5 Stars
I first this movie in the theatres when i was child back in the 1980's. This film is about Ronald Miller, a regular guy from Arizona who mows lawns and goes to High school. One lawn in particular belongs to Cindy Mancini, the most popular girl in town,who does not even acknowledge Ronald's existence. Well, Cindy goes to a party wearing an expensive outfit that her mother forbade her to wear when she asked her. One of the jocks gets careless with his red wine and throws it right onto Mancini's outfit. Now, Cindy is in trouble when she can't get the stains out or a replacement dress. Then, Ronald offers to pay for the dress if she goes out with him because he is certain that it will instantly make him the most popular guy in school and he is right. But,when Ronald makes friends with the jocks his somewhat dorky ex-friends resent his ignoring them and Ronald eventually is pressured into throwing crap at his best friend's house on Halloween. Then the best part of the movie comes, Ronald realizes that they were all friends when they were younger and gives a GREAT speech when one of the jocks get angry that a dork is tutoring one of the hot cheerleader chicks. The jock says "this guy is pulling a Ronald Miller" and Ronald smashes a bat and admits that he changed as a person when he became popular. After that, nobody thinks that Ronald is a Dork for what he did anymore and begin to feel his pain. He is back to being same old Ronald, who Cindy falls for because she see's him for who he is.THIS MOVIE IS GREAT. A TRUE TEEN CHARMER
Movie Review: No Ronald McDonald scams here
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie reminds J-Abs of high school. You may be saying J-Abs were you picked on like this in high school. Did someone throw flaming bags of poo at your door. Heck no loser. J-Abs was ten times cooler than the cool jocks in this movie. Heck J-Abs invented delivering pizza to hot women and making them want extra anchovies. To even think J-Abs was Ronald McDonald should be grounds for an immediate butt kicking, but J-abs is feeling nice today so he will let you read the rest of this review. So anyway Ronald Miller is this ultra cool guy who likes this nerdy chick and decides that out of the goodness of his heart he will make her cool by hanging out with her. You know what, this movie was based on J-Abs life story. I have seen no royalities on this. This review is done until I gets paid. J-Abs out!