Sweet and kind of touching, and I liked it. The difference, I think, is that the new one is lower on cynicism and higher on wisdom, and might actually contain some truth about the agonies of high school insecurity.
Stuffed with attitude but just as hackneyed as the original, Love Don't Cost a Thing brings a year of exceptionally lame youth comedies to a fitting conclusion.
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ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The result is an atrociously unfunny, unromantic, and unpleasant product.
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
You realize you're watching a snuff film, where the victim isn't just teen innocence but teen romance.
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
About as sharp an updated version of the original as is Jennifer Lopez's song of the same name a modern, Latina version of the Beatles classic.