A GUILTY PLEASURE :)

Dempsey's best, but in the end, I know, it's impossible.

Somehow 'remembered' this as having been decent at the time, but nope, has literally just a few CBOLs, generic and relatively mundane for the most part, with an unrealistic and immature ending. Wasn't worth watching, except maybe just seeing a young Seth Green, otherwise zip it!

Can’t Buy Me Love is one of those very 80s comedies where the lesson is supposedly “be yourself,” but only after spending most of the movie proving that high school popularity is more powerful than logic, dignity, or basic human behavior. Patrick Dempsey is very likable as the desperate outsider who rents a girlfriend, becomes instantly cool, and then transforms into such a tool that you start rooting for his social collapse. It’s no John Hughes classic — it’s broader, sillier, and way more cartoonish — but that’s also why it works as a nostalgia piece. The famous dance scene is still the comedic high point: completely absurd, completely unforgettable, and worth the price of admission. Today the movie feels less “timeless comedy” and more “delightfully preserved 80s artifact,” but for the right audience, that’s enough.

Cute and fun The start was great But the end seemed rushed I felt like he didn't get his redemption arc complète But Dempsey was really cute yk in the dorky parts and his laugh was hilarious Their chemistry was kinda cute But I didn't get into the giggle part