05/23/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

A Bit Shallow But Bearable

The title is kind of misleading because the overall message that I got was one CAN buy love. But maybe that's just me. I have this love-hate relationship with 80's flicks because most of them are about popularity and somehow the character(s) will manage to evolve into a deeper thinking person in a span of about a year (with usually involves a prom scene). But the thing is, this is one of the better ones solely because of Patrick Dempsey. It's so weird seeing him so young, skinny, and nerdy because he's considered nowadays as a "hunk." Even though the main character is charismatic in a dorky way, he is extremely flawed which makes him seem more real. But I'm afraid there were more than a handful of scenes where such flaws made him somewhat unlikeable and even annoying. Dempsey could have c...

Rating of
2/4 

12/18/2007 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Decent sappy crappy 80s nerd/popularity contest

This movie is basically about a young nerdy boy who just wants to fit in with the "cools" or the cool clique whatever you want to call it. He knew that he never would be able to do so ... so he offered to buy a really expensive coat for this "hottie" if she agreed to be dating him for a month (not sure how long exactly, but I think that's it) ... anyways as the story goes ... he becomes popular, gives up on his old friends, then the cools find out the truth, and they quit hanging out with him and he has no friends at all. I must say that I really felt for this dude, cause I sucked at being popular in high school and I wanted a hot girlfriend as well ... thus if you are a dude with a heart you would understand this movie ... and it's good to show to the ladies as well sometimes to show t...

Rating of
2.5/4