The very idea of remaking any of those movies would retroactively taint my teen years.)But director Troy Beyer remains faithful to the original film with help from “Can’t Buy Me Love” writer Michael Swerdlick, with whom she co-wrote the script. And one of Paris’ stuck-up cheerleader friends, Zoe (Melissa Schuman), was a member of Dream, Puffy’s all-girl pop group.While all this is conspicuous and shameless, it’s the least of the movie’s problems.“Love Don’t Cost a Thing” is a remake of the 1987 teen comedy “Can’t Buy Me Love,” which starred a then-unknown Patrick Dempsey as the nerd and Amanda Peterson as the most popular girl in school.Now really, of all the teen comedies released during the 1980s, was “Can’t Buy Me Love” begging to be remade? It’s not like we’re talking about “Sixteen Candles” or “The Breakfast Club” or even “Better Off Dead.”(On second thought, scratch that. And when nerdy Alvin (Nick Cannon) undergoes a makeover and becomes popular - thanks to cheerleader Paris (Christina Milian), whom he’s paid to be his girlfriend for two weeks - the fact that he’s wearing a Sean John sweatshirt gives him added cachet.Puffy’s song with Busta Rhymes and Pharrell Williams, “Pass the Courvoisier,” plays a during senior ditch day party at the beach.
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In fact, Lopez is nowhere to be found here, but her ex-boyfriend, Sean Combs, is, in various manifestations.The movie almost plays like an extended infomercial for all things Puffy.The high school kids in the movie either wear or covet his clothing line, Sean John.
“Love Don’t Cost a Thing” shares its title with the name of a Jennifer Lopez song - which is not part of the soundtrack.
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