Can't Buy Me Love
1987 · 94 min · Director: Steve Rash
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
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.
Emotional fingerprint
Can't Buy Me Love (1987) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Love 25%, Nostalgia 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Love, Nostalgia. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Love and Nostalgia. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.
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Emotional journey
- Empathy
- Sadness
- Tension
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Empathy | Sadness | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Humor | 37 % | 10 % | 3 % | 12 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Humor | 36 % | 14 % | 7 % | 16 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Humor | 37 % | 19 % | 13 % | 20 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Humor | 41 % | 26 % | 18 % | 26 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Humor | 42 % | 29 % | 15 % | 27 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 26′ | Humor | 43 % | 30 % | 14 % | 24 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Love | 47 % | 31 % | 13 % | 20 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 35′ | Love | 48 % | 28 % | 12 % | 23 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Humor | 46 % | 25 % | 16 % | 27 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Humor | 43 % | 22 % | 15 % | 23 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 49′ | Humor | 44 % | 19 % | 11 % | 18 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 54′ | Humor | 49 % | 20 % | 11 % | 24 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Tension | 50 % | 29 % | 19 % | 36 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Sadness | 47 % | 32 % | 25 % | 39 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 68′ | Tension | 53 % | 36 % | 34 % | 45 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 73′ | Sadness | 68 % | 53 % | 54 % | 55 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Sadness | 68 % | 60 % | 59 % | 48 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Empathy | 62 % | 56 % | 41 % | 43 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Empathy | 66 % | 49 % | 19 % | 38 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 92′ | Love | 71 % | 37 % | 6 % | 22 % |
Riches to rags
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Barbara
Iris
Ricky
Quint
Judy Miller
Albert
Rock
Brent
Bobby Hilton
Details
- Directed by
- Steve Rash
- Written by
- Michael Swerdlick
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1987
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Country
- United States, Indonesia
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Humor
- Data updated
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