Can't Buy Me Love
Nerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after she accidentally destroys her mother's designer clothes. Ronald agrees to pay for the $1,000 outfit on one condition: that she will act as though they're a couple for an entire month. As the days pass, however, Cindy grows fond of Ronald, making him popular. But when Ronald's former best friend gets left behind, he… From TMDB
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53 of 53 · most liked firstNME Report on recent Beatles find! The Beatles’ missing 1964 ‘Top Of The Pops’ performance footage found Original 35mm film of 'Can't Buy Me Love' and 'You Can't Do That' will now be restored and returned to the BBC archives www.nme.com/news/music/t...
unlabelledView post →A bit of a topic de jour, but a hard truth no one likes to admit is that it is not what you like that gets you bullied, it is who you are. It's a McGuffin. The film CAN'T BUY ME LOVE did a great job showing this. If the coolest kid in school likes something nerdy, the nerdy thing becomes cool.
unlabelledView post →13 March 1964: The Beatles board a helicopter while filming the closing scene of A Hard Day's Night. They are also filmed larking around on a helipad – the footage is used during one of the two Can't Buy Me Love sequences. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1964/03/13/f...
unlabelledView post →It's a #Junesploitation Teenager Day miracle! Patreon subscribers at the $5 level can now listen to @patrickbromley.bsky.social and @erikabromley.bsky.social talk their way through one of Erika's favorite teen movies on an exclusive CAN'T BUY ME LOVE commentary! www.patreon.com/posts/ftm-pa...
unlabelledView post →OK, time to weigh in on this. My take: Patrick Dempsey's beginning-of-the-film CAN'T BUY ME LOVE look was a lot sharper/more timeless than his cool, late-film look. (Wait: Was that the point of the movie all along?)
unlabelledView post →Yeah... That's such a cringey 80s/90s teen movie trope. The popular girl gives the misfit a makeover and "fixes" everything: Clueless, Can't Buy Me Love, She's All That...
unlabelledView post →So decided to put on another movie. You know had to go 80s and put on Can't Buy Me Love. It's a classic and well the wife loves it lol #80s #cantbuymelove #filmsky #genx
unlabelledView post →13 March 1964: The Beatles board a helicopter while filming the closing scene of A Hard Day's Night. They are also filmed larking around on a helipad – the footage is used during one of the two Can't Buy Me Love sequences. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1964/03/13/f...
unlabelledView post →#Beatles #TheBeatles The appearance was lost & believed wiped until recently the film conservation group "Film is Fabulous" recovered the film from a deceased collector Source: The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love (Top of The Pops March 19 1964) - The Beatles Performances youtu.be/vxQMu-BO_As?...
unlabelledView post →A great little film from back in the day, 'Can't Buy Me Love' starring Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson premiered in theaters 38 years ago, August 14, 1987
unlabelledView post →Can't Buy Me Love is a 1987 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Steve Rash, starring Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson in a story about a nerd at a high school in Tucson, Arizona, who gives a cheerleader $1,000 to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month. (Wikipedia)
unlabelledView post →Released August 14, 1987, Can't Buy Me Love is an American teen romantic comedy film directed by Steve Rash, and starring Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, and Dennis Dugan.
unlabelledView post →Can't Buy Me Love [36] is a $4 VOD: www.metacritic.com/movie/cant-b... #11pmspecial "A John Hughes movie without Pretty in Pink director John Hughes, sure makes you appreciate the teens' auteur." - Rita Kempley, Washington Post
unlabelledView post →Can't Buy Me Love is marvellous in the movie, the quartet throwing themselves into full Goon mode. #harddays26
unlabelledView post →my family didn't listen to any Beatles no one ever believe me that i didn't even know who they were till i was like 9 years old and saw that dumb movie Can't Buy Me Love & my dad going "that's a Beatles song"
unlabelledView post →Better Off Dead is the No. 10 film on Max and no one can explain why. I'm afraid to watch Can't Buy Me Love again--I haven't seen it since the theater and I don't want to ruin it.
unlabelledView post →What was the dance scene about? It was a remake of the African anteater scene from "Can't Buy Me Love" for me. I'm sure there's some other metaphor or meaning there. I didn't get it (beyond it's ref to a classic 80s movie)
unlabelledView post →I have proof at home. I got signed pix from Keiffer, Christian Slater, Emilio Estevez & Lou Diamond Phillips. I was actually IN the film Can't Buy Me Love and you can see Patrick Dempsey literally run into me and apologize at the party. :) It was a lot of fun back then to be an extra.
unlabelledView post →On this day in 1987, Can’t Buy Me Love was released in theaters. #Cantbuymelove #80smovies
unlabelledView post →#Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge 5/25 Movie or TV character who is a geek Can't Buy Me Love (1987) Ronald Miller (Patrick Dempsey) is a geeky high school student who pays the beautiful cheerleader next door (Amanda Peterson) to go out with him for a month so he can become popular. #filmsky 📽️
unlabelledView post →I'll always remember it from the movie "Can't Buy Me Love". 🤷🏼♀️ 😁
unlabelledView post →On this day in 1987, Can’t Buy Me Love was released in theaters. #Cantbuymelove #80smovies
unlabelledView post →On this day in 1964 the Beatles released their 3rd studio album "A Hard Days Night". The album includes the singles "Can't Buy Me Love" as well as "A Hard Days Night". The album contains songs from the film as well ones that don't feature. #thebeatles
unlabelledView post →The first Beatles song that really hit me, mostly because of the movie attached to it, was "Can't Buy Me Love." It's still my favorite. It just never lets up on the energy. You can't help but dance to it.
unlabelledView post →AH YES, Can't Buy Me Love. Also in the movie of the same name, its a really damn good movie
unlabelledView post →This will be like in the movie Can't Buy Me Love when everyone found out Patrick Dempsey tried to buy love.
unlabelledView post →Not an 80's "Can't Buy Me Love" reference! Well, Chessie may have heard about the movie, but she has never seen it because if she had, she would have gotten the meaning of it and not acting like a total bitch. #BeyondTheGates #BTG #RIPAmandaPeterson
unlabelledView post →#Beatles #TheBeatles 📀 You Can't Do That - The Beatles 1964 Not seen this before. Filmed for the TV Show segment at the end of A Hard Day's Night but wasn't used in the movie. Originally released as the 'B' side of Can't Buy Me Love. youtu.be/ywJ47NAGdIA?...
unlabelledView post →No - I don't think so. There's a copy of the Help! movie on YouTube (and A Hard Day's Night and Yellow Submarine) - I got it from there. Last week I posted Ticket To RIde, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away and Can't Buy Me Love from their movies cuz they're so good.
unlabelledView post →#Beatles #TheBeatles Found this from the 'A Hard Day's Night' movie on YouTube by BlueNeon81. Very nice! Includes the grumpy Groundsman at the end. The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love in HD 720p
unlabelledView post →Rewatch: Can't Buy Me Love (1987) Haven't seen this in at least thirty years. I was definitely expecting it to not be as good as I remembered it. But damnit, this is a lot of fun!
unlabelledView post →Musk is like that kid in the movie "Can't Buy Me Love" who tries to be in the "cool" crowd.
unlabelledView post →The 1980s brought us the rom coms! When Harry Met Sally, Say Anything, The Princess Bride, Can't Buy Me Love. All still great options for a romantic movie night. Dating hotlines of the 80s let you talk to singles or leave a message. It was a paid service, not cheap. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvSU...
unlabelledView post →What is your favorite 80's movie? 1.Can't Buy Me Love 2.Sixteen Candles 3.The Breakfast Club 4.Some Kind Of Wonderful 5.Goonies 6.The Lost Boys 7.Adventures In Babysitting 8.Legend(Tom Cruise and Tim Curry) 9.Poltergeist 10.Fright Night
unlabelledView post →Every so often I watch Can't Buy Me Love and it still makes me laugh to this day. Another film I can quote word for word. The African Anteaters Ritual was apparently choreographed by Paula Abdul. Genius! Patrick Dempsey's best film closely followed by Enchanted. Love it! youtu.be/sHlEz0Bwlos?...
unlabelledView post →Like everyone copying the Africian Anteater Dance in the movie Can't Buy Me Love Elect a clown, expect a circus
unlabelledView post →I had this poster on my bedroom wall for ages, thanks to the video shop getting rid of their old promo posters. Also had 'Can't Buy Me Love', which is another good '87 film (although it's probably not a top-grosser)
unlabelledView post →For the final Rom-Com I Fell For I'm going to the 80s with this old favorite Can't Buy Me Love! And instead of just talking about it I'll be watching & reacting to it! So join me as I hit play on this blast from the past. Available on a podcast player near you! Content Warning for an 80s movie
unlabelledView post →Can't Buy Me Love (1987) is on Tubi. been waiting for this moment (I own the movie, goddamn i'm lazy)
unlabelledView post →Wasn't their a play on this in the 1987 Patrick Dempsey movie "Can't Buy Me Love"?
unlabelledView post →The original version of LOVE DON'T COST A THING is the 1987 film CAN'T BUY ME LOVE, which tells a very similar story. Here, high school nerd Ronald (Patrick Dempsey) also bribes the popular Cindy (Amanda Peterson), the girl of his dreams, to pretend to be his … 5/8
unlabelledView post →Honestly think it was the end credits for the movie, literally from a song title, Can't Buy Me Love that tanked and went straight to basic cable.
unlabelledView post →“Cal Vid” / “The Beatles Can't Buy Me Love A Hard Day's Night Blu-Ray Movie Scene” (1 user) https://htn.to/3AihC7N5ts
unlabelledView post →Gee, I don't know if I want to pay $19.99 to see Can't Buy Me Love. If only there were an option to temporarily watch the movie, for a lesser fee, perhaps.
unlabelledView post →"Can't Buy Me Love" is a very underrated 80's teen film.
unlabelledView post →...played by Patrick Dempsey in the movie "Can't Buy Me Love" shown here👇🏾. And even though this movie is about the dorky guy wanting to be popular and date the most pretty and popular girl in school. Ronald, who has zero dating experience, touches a breast for the first time; and is so overcome...
unlabelledView post →The (movie) Can't Buy Me Love (HD/HDX) (SD) is available today on (Vudu) (US) for $5 Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson, Courtney Gains, Tina Caspary, Seth Green, Sharon Farrell Genre: (Comedy) (Movies Anywhere) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cant_buy_m...
unlabelledView post →Also in many many ways Can't Buy Me Love might be the better film about Gen X teens seeing each other as people beyond cliques and other differences
unlabelledView post →💵😍Today in #FilmHistory😍💵 "Love Don't cost A Thing" (2003) was released. A remake of the 1987 film Can't Buy Me Love, the film follows a high school loser paying off a cute cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend. #OTD
unlabelledView post →On this day in 1987, Can’t Buy Me Love was released in theaters. #Cantbuymelove #80smovies
unlabelledView post →#CantBuyMeLove was released in movie theaters 36 years ago today. A very young #PatrickDempsey in one of his first starring roles. #Movies #Cinemastodon #Cinema #Filmastodon
unlabelledView post →Whatever happens to your popularity, stay yourself, don't change to please others. Can't Buy Me Love is directed by Steve Rash and written by Michael Swerdlick. It stars Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson. Music is by Robert Folk and cinematography by Peter Lyons Collister. Plot has Dempsey as nerdy outcast Ronald Miller, who fed up of not being popular pays Cindy Mancini (Peterson), the most popular girl in school, one thousand dollars to be his girlfriend. The 1980s was awash with films of…
positive · AI labelView post →RELEASED IN 1987 and directed by Steve Rash, “Can’t Buy Me Love” is a high school dramedy about a geek at an Arizona high school (Patrick Dempsey) who pays the most popular girl in school (Amanda Peterson) $1000 to act like she likes him for a month so he can move up the social strata. Of course, this creates unforeseen problems. Courtney Gains plays his geek friend and Seth Green his little brother. This is better than some 80’s teen flicks (e.g. Molly Ringwald’s movies), but not as good as…
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