Love Don't Co$t a Thing (2003)

I love this movie so much

Great Film overall

Absolutely Fantastic

Blistering performances.

The characters in the original were not so extreme as the characters in this remake , much overacting from Alvin when he is a nerd but when he becomes popular its even getting worse . And the role of his father was also very weird as a character . The whole plot including the end is pretty much a copy of the original but with a lot of more extreme stereotyping . to bad this story did not needed that .

"Popularity is a job, it's not a privilege," says Paris Morgan, an undeniably attractive high school student who serves as the main love interest in Troy Byer Bailey's Love Don't Cost a Thing. She continues by saying, "It's nothing but work and worries. Work to get in. Work to stay in." This is pin-point accuracy, and what sets the film apart from another cliché story in the shuffle. It knows the teen culture, and doesn't pretend to connect with it.Paris, played by Christina Milian, is high-maintenance and carries a reputation the size of the entire high school. She catches the eye of almost every student there, but the one we focus on is Alvin Johnson (Nick Cannon), an intelligent, yet geeky soul who is breathlessly trying to get a General Motors scholarship he has been working hard for for as long as he can remember. His parents (Steve Harvey and Vanessa Bell Calloway) couldn't be more proud of him, but his father has always wanted Alvin to have the popularity and experiences he had as a kid.When Paris crashes her mother's luxurious SUV after an argument with her boyfriend, she takes it into the shop, where she is told that it would take an estimated two weeks and $3000 for repair. Alvin, who just so happens to be working there when she brings it in, offers to pay $1500 for the parts the car needs, fix it in a few days, in exchange that Paris pretends to be his girlfriend for two months (which gets subtracted into two weeks). It is practically inevitable that he will become virtually consumed with this popularity that will lead him to his brief glory days then his predicted downfall.Cannon and Milian are likable leads, and Harvey provides some fun for the supporting role position. I would've been content with seeing more of Alvin's friends, who are portrayed by Russell W. Howard, Kal Penn, and Kenan Thompson. Love Don't Cost a Thing could've spawned a tiresome plod through the clichés and the conventions of the high school caste system, yet the film occupies a more stern level of restrictions and poignancy than one could tell from the film's poster (which has such a blatantly corny subtext to the film's title) and its trailer.Starring: Nick Cannon, Christina Milian, Steve Harvey, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Russell W. Howard, Kal Penn, and Kenan Thompson. Directed by: Troy Byer Bailey.

Love don't cost a thing came as a wave of fresh air for me. I've always had a bias against American High School teen flicks coz i found them soo superficial and cliché.....but Love Don't cost a thing was a bit, just a tinsy bit more mature than that. There was nothing original about the cast or story line but i can contentedly say that it had a positive effect viewing it. LDCAT was well acted out and the cast suit it perfectly, i loved Harvey as usual...being his cocky self and Nick Cannon and the chick added flavour to the story line....the plot was the usual dorky guy goes cool and reverts back to dorkiness after he finds out that "coolness" doesn't live up to what its projected to be. It evoked emotion and thought...enough of it to warrant a watch. I actually felt the torment going through the characters lives as he strived to adapt to the system...and as i presume, a good movie is one that has the power to connect us with the characters. To cut the long story short...i think each and everyone can identify with at least one of the characters and i can undoubtedly say that most of us have at least gone through what is projected in the movie. My scepticism as to Teen Flicks diminished when i got to the core of the movie and without a doubt, LDCAT is an emotion evoker. It tells the story of American suburban youth trying to adapt and this can be replicated all over the world and in all walks of life. It was a good watch and i gave it a clean 8 out of 10. The ending was quite abrupt though but the chick really carried her role well...emotional distress and all....and as Steve Harvey would say....GET OF YOUR ASS AND HANDLE YOUR BIZZZNESS...my favorite quote of the movie.

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, cool girl has big problem, dorky boy will do anything to be with cool girl, dorky boy helps cool girl out, cool girl is grateful, dorky boy wants something in return, cool girl is hesitant but agrees to go out with dorky boy, cool girl gets to know dorky boy and likes dorky boy, dorky boy becomes popular and doesn't need cool girl anymore, cool girl becomes upset and bust dorky boy out, dorky boy goes back to being unpopular, cool girl still likes dorky boy, they fall in love blah blah blah