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Love Don't Co$t a Thing

Love Don't Co$t a Thing

Comedy · Drama · Family · 2003

A high school outcast pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.

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Love Don't Co$t a Thing

“Love Don't Co$t A Thing but it pays to be yourself.”

2003 Comedy · Drama · Family 1h 40m

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7.7 / 10

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A high school outcast pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Troy Byer

Written by

Troy Byer · Michael Swerdlick

Nick Cannon

Nick Cannon

Alvin Johnson

Christina Milian

Christina Milian

Paris Morgan

Kenan Thompson

Kenan Thompson

Walter Colley

Kal Penn

Kal Penn

Kenneth Warman

Steve Harvey

Steve Harvey

Clarence Johnson

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Vivian Johnson

Reagan Gomez-Preston

Reagan Gomez-Preston

Olivia

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Put Love Don't Co$t a Thing on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.