Can't Buy Me Love
1987 · 94 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 43,810 VOTES · DIR. Steve Rash
Overview
Nerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after she accidentally destroys her mother's designer clothes. Ronald agrees to pay for the $1,000 outfit on one condition: that she will act as though they're a couple for an entire month. As the days pass, however, Cindy grows fond of Ronald, making him popular. But when Ronald's former best friend gets left behind, he realizes that social success isn't everything.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,429 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:31 ##Can't buy me love ##
00:03:15 -##Love #### - Chuckie, Mom told you to stay out of the tree house.
00:06:36 - Why don't you take a shower, Quint? - A cold one.
00:10:17 Oh, yes!
00:13:45 just rub some salt on it. It'll come out.
00:18:32 - Okay. - Okay.
00:21:48 Well, what about Bobby?
00:25:28 [Laughing]
00:28:54 - You okay? - Dude, I got to let it go, man.
00:32:49 - [Grunts] - [Shrieks, Laughs]
00:37:31 It's not as mysterious or romantic.
00:40:56 [Crowd Gasping]
00:44:22 Hey, look, there's Ronald in his dad's Chrysler.
00:47:27 What we have here is something I Just learned called the law of supply and demand.
00:51:30 ####[Upbeat]
00:55:00 [Scoffs, Sighs]
00:58:31 So I was telling you, you know, this guy is, like, totally rad.
01:02:00 - I did not get mine yet! -[Mom] Relax.
01:05:41 [Sighs]
01:09:30 [Quinton] Oh,you got it backwards, Bobby. He's victimizing her.
01:13:09 Happy New Year.
01:19:44 [Exhales]
01:23:56 [Exhales]
01:29:52 [Laughing]
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,429
Dialogue density15.2 lines / min
First line00:00:31
Final line01:29:52
Production Record
DirectorSteve Rash
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,800,000
Revenue$31,623,833
IMDb votes43,810