Can't Buy Me Love Page #2

Synopsis: Ronald Miller is tired of being a nerd, and makes a deal with one of the most popular girls in school to help him break into the "cool" clique. He offers her a thousand dollars to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month. It succeeds, but he soon learns that the price of popularity may be higher than he expected.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Steve Rash
Production: Buena Vista Pictures
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
36
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
PG-13
Year:
1987
94 min
1,822 Views


But, hey, junior high,|high school. Forget it.

Jocks became jocks.|Cheerleaders became cheerleaders.

We became us. I like us.

"I like us. "|- I do.

I just think it would be more fun to|party with those guys our senior year.

- Go to the games.|- We go to all the games.

We sit in the visiting section,|Kenneth, at our own school.

I told you and told you.

- Mom!|- Where have you been?

Now there's the answer, buddy.

If you want to be popular,|you get one of those...

and you get one of those.

Yeah, right, my fifteen hundred|wouldn't buy the wheel.

- You can rent 'em, you know.|- Yeah.

##Come on a safari with me Early in|the mornin' we'll be startin'out ##

##Some honeys will be|makin'the scene ##

##I've loaded up my woody|with the boards on top ##

- ##And I put on my faded blue jeans ##|- Looks, um, clean, Dad.

- ##Come on, baby Wait and see ##|- Oh, thank you, son.

You know, anytime you want to borrow this|little beauty for a night on the town,

it's yours.

Thanks.

##Let's go surfin'now ####|You missed a spot, Dad.

I'll get it.|I'll get it.

Mother!|Whoa!

Beauty runs in this family,|and it runs fast.

Rock? Oh, I see|you've met my little baby.

Baby? I thought|she was your little sister.

Oh, Rock.|Mother.

Mom? Can I borrow|your suede outfit tonight?

Cindy, I said no.

Okay.

I'll take care of big sister.

Oh. Isn't he a hunk?

Good word, Mom.

Oh, yes!

Hi!

Whoa! Come on.

So, uh, I'm glad|you made the squad.

You know, you girls are|so important to the team.

- I mean, your help is so crucial between games too.|- Yeah?

- Keeping our spirits up.|- Great!

- What can I do to help?|- Oh.

Ronald?|Not at the table, please.

So have you saved up enough money?

Yeah, fifteen hundred dollars!

Yeah, I mowed 331 miles of grass|this summer.

That's $4.54 per mile.

Hmm, The Ronald Miller Story:|My Life OnA Mower.

How much is the microscope?

- Telescope.|- Oh, well.

It's $1,000, and it's on sale.

Then I'm gonna deposit the rest|in a money market account.

I'm proud of you, son.|You worked, you earned, you saved.

You ask. Hey, big Dave.|How 'bout, uh,

spottin' me a 20 to|purchase some necessities?

- Why? What's up, son?|- preschooljam session at Julie's.

Okay. And what about you, Ronald?

You got any back-to-school|parties lined up?

Yeah, the Saturday night card game.

Ooh! Cards with the 'tards.

Smack him.|- Hey, bro, I'm only kidding.

I mean, who could beat a night|of cards, chips, dips and dorks?

Well, guys, read 'em and weep.

Your deal.

Ronald! Your deal.

Let's do something different.

What do you mean?

We've been playing poker|for two years.

Let's play another game.

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