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Charmed (season 2)
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Charmed (season 2)
DVD cover art
No. of episodes
22
Release
Original network
The WB
Original release
September 30, 1999 (1999-09-30) – May 18, 2000 (2000-05-18)
Season chronology
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Season 1
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List of Charmed episodes
The second season of Charmed, an American supernatural drama television series, began airing on September 30, 1999 on The WB. Airing on Thursdays at 9:00 pm, the season consisted of 22 episodes and concluded its airing on May 18, 2000. Paramount Home Entertainment released the complete second season in a six-disc box set on September 6, 2005.
Contents
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1 Cast and characters
1.1 Main
1.2 Recurring
1.3 Guest
1.4 Special Guest
1.5 Special Musical Guest
1.6 Special Appearance by
2 Episode list
3 Reception
4 Notes
5 References
6 External links
Cast and characters[edit]
Main[edit]
Shannen Doherty as Prue Halliwell
Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell
Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell
Greg Vaughan as Dan Gordon[a]
Dorian Gregory as Darryl Morris[b]
Karis Paige Bryant as Jenny Gordon[c]
Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt[d]
Recurring[edit]
Lochlyn Munro as Jack Sheridan
Guest[edit]
Jennifer Rhodes as Penny Halliwell
Misha Collins as Eric Bragg
Dean Norris as Collector #1
Billy Drago as Barbas
Hynden Walch as Marcey Steadwell
Tyler Christopher as Anton
Arnold Vosloo as Spirit Killer
Amy Adams as Maggie Murphy
Special Guest[edit]
Antonio Sabato Jr. as Bane Jessup
Special Musical Guest[edit]
Dishwalla
The Cranberries
Janice Robinson
Goo Goo Dolls
Paula Cole
Special Appearance by[edit]
Steve Railsback as Litvack
French Stewart as Genie
Episode list[edit]
See also: List of Charmed episodes
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
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1 "Witch Trial" Craig Zisk Brad Kern September 30, 1999 (1999-09-30) 4399022 5.1[1]
The sisters face a demon named Abraxas, who steals the Book of Shadows and undoes some of the spells they've cast (in reverse order), releasing old vanquished enemies of the Charmed Ones and forcing them to remember the vanquishing spells from memory alone. The sisters have one chance to recapture the Book of Shadows or they will lose their powers forever. The sisters also meet their new neighbors, Jenny and her uncle Dan Gordon. Phoebe and Piper learn through the Wiccan community that because their anniversary of receiving their powers falls on an equinox, a wiccan holy day, their abilities will be temporarily augmented and their powers permanently so.
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2 "Morality Bites" John Behring Chris Levinson & Zack Estrin October 7, 1999 (1999-10-07) 4399025 N/A
Prue and Piper use their powers to stop a man from repeatedly allowing his dog to defecate on their entry walk, even though this counts as magic for personal gain. When Phoebe has a vision of herself being burnt to death, the sisters travel ten years into the future to February 26, 2009 to learn what happened and why. In the future, Prue finds herself as a blond with a ruthless business reputation, Phoebe is in prison facing an imminent execution appointment, and Piper discovers that Leo is her ex-husband, and they have a daughter named Melinda. The girls discover that Phoebe used her powers to kill a murderer, causing a local D.A. named Nathaniel Pratt to begin modern day witch trials as a platform for political office. Prue and Piper want to save Phoebe at any cost, but Leo feels that using their powers to save Phoebe will be a tipping point causing rhetoric to become legislation outlawing magic.
25
3 "The Painted World" Kevin Inch Constance M. Burge October 14, 1999 (1999-10-14)[2] 4399023 N/A
Prue finds some mysterious words on an unusual painting at the auction house, which, when said aloud, send her into another dimension within the painting of a castle. There the supposed innocent she finds and is determined to save is actually a warlock cursed into the painting by a witch, and he is hoping to get out of the painting to reunite with his fellow warlock lover, Jane. When Piper accidentally becomes trapped in the painting while trying to find Prue, it's up to Phoebe, who has cast a knowledge boosting spell for a job interview, to save them.
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4 "The Devil's Music" Richard Compton David Simkins October 21, 1999 (1999-10-21)[3] 4399024 N/A
Worried about cash flow in the struggling new P3 club, Phoebe and Prue conspire to take on a zero interest loan behind Piper's back, trusting that she will be able to make the club successful. Leo gets the manager of Dishwalla, Carlton, to bring the band to the club, fully aware that the manager has made a pact with the demon Masselin, who grants him fame and fortune in exchange for innocent souls. Detective Darryl Morris does not know this, but suspects that Carlton is involved in a string of mysterious disappearances of young women from Dishwalla's past concerts. On the night of the concert, Phoebe acts as bait for Masselin, and the sisters manage to feed him a potion which kills him, releasing all his victims.
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5 "She's a Man, Baby, a Man!" Martha Mitchell Javier Grillo-Marxuach November 4, 1999 (1999-11-04) 4399026 N/A
As a heatwave descends on San Francisco, Phoebe begins to have erotic dreams that end in the killing of her dream lovers. The sisters find out that she is psychically linked, through her powers, to a man-killing sexual predator demon known as a 'Succubus' that drains men of their testosterone. When they cast a spell, hoping to find and then vanquish the succubus, it turns Prue into a man.
28
6 "That Old Black Magic" James L. Conway Valerie Mayhew & Vivian Mayhew November 11, 1999 (1999-11-11) 4399027 N/A
A trio of film students are the victims of a heart-stealing evil witch, who escapes from over two hundred years of entombment, hunting for her magical wand. Leo returns to help get the wand into the hands of the only person who can use the wand for good, the Chosen One, and bumps into Piper who has a new love interest: Dan. Trying to put the awkwardness aside, Leo, Piper, and Phoebe find the Chosen One, who turns out to be a reluctant teenager named Kyle, while Prue stumbles across the magical wand. Ignoring Leo's warnings, the sisters attempt to find and defeat the witch and barely escape with their lives. Protected only by a fake courage potion concocted by Prue, Kyle saves the day, destroying the evil witch by using the magical wand. The victory becomes bittersweet when Leo faces Piper's choice to end their difficult romance and begin a new one with Dan.
29
7 "They're Everywhere" Mel Damski Sheryl J. Anderson November 18, 1999 (1999-11-18) 4399028 N/A
A band of knowledge-stealing warlocks hunt down a young man named Eric (Misha Collins) who uncovered the location of one of the greatest sources of power in the world, the Akashic Records. Meanwhile, Prue has her hands full with Jack Sheridan (Lochlyn Munro).
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8 "P3 H2O" John Behring Chris Levinson & Zack Estrin December 9, 1999 (1999-12-09) 4399029 N/A
Prue, traumatized by witnessing her mother's drowning as a child, must face her greatest fear so that the sisters can destroy a water demon when they revisit the youth camp where their mother mysteriously drowned. In the process, they meet a stranger from their mother's past, who turns out to be her former Whitelighter, Sam Wilder, whom they find out was also her secret lover.
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9 "Ms. Hellfire" Craig Zisk Sheryl J. Anderson & Constance M. Burge January 13, 2000 (2000-01-13) 4399030 N/A
An assassination attempt on the sisters' lives forces Prue to go undercover as the woman who tried to kill them, known as Ms. Hellfire. While undercover, she becomes romantically involved with Bane Jessup (Antonio Sabato Jr.) who hired the original Ms. Hellfire.
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10 "Heartbreak City" Michael Zinberg David Simkins January 20, 2000 (2000-01-20) 4399031 5.0[4]
A demon named Drasi steals Cupid's ring, which he uses to bring couples together, to tear them apart. Now Cupid must convince the Halliwells to help him get it back before Drasi breaks all of the relationships, thus killing Cupid.
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11 "Reckless Abandon" Craig Zisk Javier Grillo-Marxuach January 27, 2000 (2000-01-27) 4399032 N/A
The sisters must find a way to vanquish a ghost who is intent on killing all of the men in a family line, including the last male, a baby named Matthew.
34
12 "Awakened" Anson Williams Valerie Mayhew & Vivian Mayhew February 3, 2000 (2000-02-03) 4399033 N/A
When Piper contracts a life-threatening virus that sends her to intensive care, Prue and Phoebe cast an 'awakening' spell to save her life. Since the spell was used for personal gain, the sisters can no longer sleep, and Piper's sickness spreads into an epidemic as a direct consequence. Meanwhile, Prue quits her job at Buckland's and Phoebe enrolls in college. The sisters reverse the spell and Leo heals Piper against the wishes of his handlers who suspend him from his duties as a Whitelighter.
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13 "Animal Pragmatism" Don Kurt Chris Levinson & Zack Estrin February 10, 2000 (2000-02-10) 4399034 N/A
A group of lonely mortal women in Phoebe's college class cast a spell that turns three animals (a snake, a pig, and a rabbit) into men who wreak havoc on the town. Meanwhile, Prue adjusts to life being unemployed by helping out at the club.
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14 "Pardon My Past" John Paré Michael Gleason February 17, 2000 (2000-02-17) 4399035 N/A
Phoebe experiences flashes of one of her past lives when she and her sisters were cousins in the 1920s. However, in this past life, Phoebe was evil and power-mad and a curse was bestowed upon her that could affect future Phoebe's life.
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15 "Give Me A Sign" James A. Contner Sheryl J. Anderson February 24, 2000 (2000-02-24) 4399036 N/A
A demon known as Litvack orders his henchmen to kill Bane Jessup, who Prue helped put behind bars when he tried to have the Charmed Ones killed. Bane kidnaps Prue but all he wants is help from her. Meanwhile, Phoebe casts a spell that will give Piper a sign when it comes to choice of her true love.
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16 "Murphy's Luck" John Behring David Simkins March 30, 2000 (2000-03-30) 4399037 N/A
After Prue prevents a woman named Maggie Murphy (Amy Adams) from committing suicide, a Darklighter (Arnold Vosloo) puts a curse on her that throws her into a depression that could cost her life.
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17 "How to Make a Quilt Out of Americans" Kevin Inch Javier Grillo-Marxuach & Robert Masello April 6, 2000 (2000-04-06) 4399038 N/A
A group of three elderly witches, one of them close friends of the sisters' grandmother, summon a demon named Kryto to restore their youth. However, in return, the Kryto wants the powers of the Charmed Ones.
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18 "Chick Flick" Michael Schultz Zack Estrin & Chris Levinson April 20, 2000 (2000-04-20) 4399039 N/A
Piper and Leo attempt to have a normal date, but find it difficult because of Leo being a Whitelighter and Piper being a witch. Meanwhile, when the Demon of Illusion brings to life characters from horror movies, including Bloody Mary), in an attempt to kill the Charmed Ones. Their greatest ally is Phoebe's child-hood crush; an old movie character named Billy (Chris Payne Gilbert).
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19 "Ex Libris" Joel J. Feigenbaum Peter Chomsky & Brad Kern April 27, 2000 (2000-04-27) 4399040 N/A
The sisters must find the demon Libris who is responsible for the murder of one of Phoebe's classmates, Charlene (Rebecca Cross), because she was getting close to proving that demons exist. Meanwhile, Dan discovers that Leo was previously married, and decides to take matters into his own hands, while Prue attempts to help a man who is looking for a witness to his daughter's murder.
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20 "Astral Monkey" Craig Zisk David Simkins & Constance M. Burge May 4, 2000 (2000-05-04) 4399041 N/A
Prue gets her face on TV, because pictures taken by the paparazzi make people believe that she is dating a popular actor. Meanwhile, the doctor that treated Piper when she was critically ill, discovers and gains the sisters' powers. After being twisted by the magic now within him, he goes on a sadistic organ-harvesting spree, targeting criminals in the streets.
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21 "Apocalypse, Not" Michael Zinberg Sanford Golden & Sheryl J. Anderson May 11, 2000 (2000-05-11) 4399042 N/A
When a vanquishing spell goes awry while the Halliwell's try to destroy the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Prue and one of the Horsemen become trapped in a vortex. Piper and Phoebe enlist the help of the three remaining Horsemen to free Prue and the fourth Horseman before the vortex closes.
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22 "Be Careful What You Witch For" Shannen Doherty Chris Levinson & Zack Estrin & Brad Kern May 18, 2000 (2000-05-18) 4399043 4.5[5]
A Genie, employed by the Triad to steal the sisters' powers, offers to grant each sister one wish for whatever they most desire. But when they refuse, the genie tricks them into wishing, resulting in an uncontrollable power for Phoebe, Prue's death, and the rapid ageing of Dan, who finally learns Piper's secret.
Reception[edit]
In 2016, Gavin Hetherington of SpoilerTV ran a series of Charmed articles in the run-up to the 10th anniversary of the series finale. The second was a complete season review of season two, in which Gavin comments that the season takes things further than season one.[6] On the show's tone, he wrote "I found scenes to be brighter and the show's comical side being more prominent. I loved this season for the tone, and it managed to balance out the lighter episodes with the darker ones." He also noted the chemistry between the leads, saying that "there was also electric chemistry between the three sisters. Before there were bitter fallings-out, Shannen, Holly and Alyssa all demonstrated their sisterly bond authentically, and it really carried through in their performances. They always seemed like sisters, from the very beginning, right up to the end of the original Charmed One era, but for this season, it was probably their absolute best as a trio." He ended the article by saying season two was an "amazing season, and it will always be one of my favourites."
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Vaughan is only credited for the episodes he appears in.
Jump up ^ Gregory is only credited for the episodes he appears in.
Jump up ^ Only credited in the episodes she appears in.
Jump up ^ Krause originally appeared in a recurring role before he was promoted to series regular for the episodes he's in.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Charmed: Witch Trial Episode Trivia". TV.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014.
Jump up ^ Some sources quotes that this episode was aired at 21. Oct. 1999
Jump up ^ Some sources quotes that this episode was aired at 14. Oct. 1999
Jump up ^ "Charmed – Episode List (Season 2)". TV Tango. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Charmed – Season 2, Episode 22: Be Careful What You Witch For". TV.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014.
Jump up ^ Hetherington, Gavin (April 9, 2016). "Charmed – 10th Anniversary Special – Season 2 Review: "The Woman's Job to Save the Day"". SpoilerTV. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
External links[edit]
List of Charmed episodes on IMDb
List of Charmed season 2 episodes at TV.com
Charmed at epguides.com
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Can't Buy Me Love (film)
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Can't Buy Me Love
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Steve Rash
Produced by
Thom Mount
Written by
Michael Swerdlick
Starring
Patrick Dempsey
Amanda Peterson
Dennis Dugan
Music by
Robert Folk
Cinematography
Peter Lyons Collister
Edited by
Jeff Gourson
Production
company
Touchstone Pictures
Silver Screen Partners III
Apollo Pictures
The Mount Company
Distributed by
Buena Vista Pictures
Release date
August 14, 1987 (1987-08-14)
Running time
94 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$31,623,833
Can't Buy Me Love is a 1987 American teen romantic comedy feature film starring Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson in a story about a nerd at a high school in Tucson, Arizona who gives a cheerleader $1,000 to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month. The film was directed by Steve Rash[1] and takes its title from a Beatles song with the same title.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production notes
4 Critical reception
5 Awards
6 Soundtrack
7 Remake
8 References
9 External links
Plot[edit]
Ronald Miller (Patrick Dempsey) is a typical high school nerd living in suburban Tucson, Arizona. He has spent all summer mowing lawns to save up for a telescope. At an opportune moment, he makes a deal with next-door neighbor and popular cheerleader Cynthia "Cindy" Mancini (Amanda Peterson). Cindy had borrowed an expensive suede outfit belonging to her mother (Sharon Farrell), without her permission, to wear to an end-of-the-summer/back-to-school party, and needs to replace it quickly after Quint (Cort McCown) accidentally spilled red wine on it at the party. Having few options, save for telling her mother the truth, Cindy reluctantly agrees to Ronald's proposal: he will give her $1000 to purchase a new suede outfit, and she will help him look "cool" by pretending to be his girlfriend for a month, even though she already has a boyfriend named Bobby (George Gray) who is away at his freshman year at the University of Iowa. Ronald feels that he can be a part of the popular crowd if they think Cindy is dating him. Both agree never to reveal their financial arrangement.
Ronald then trades his nerdy, yet loyal, friends for the popular, but shallow, students, and undergoes a complete clothing and hair makeover under Cindy's direction. Over the course of the month, they discover each other's individuality and a bond develops organically between the two. Cindy soon starts to genuinely like Ronald and appreciates his company. As he washes her car at her house, she opens up to him, fetching a poem that she had written that means the world to her and letting Ronald read it. She gets to know him better as he reveals his interests in astronomy and space travel. They gaze at the moon and he tells her how, when they are their parents age, "people will be working there and living there... maybe even us." On the last date which Ronald has "paid" for, Cindy hints that she would like to kiss Ronald, signifying that she has real feelings for him, but he misunderstands and assumes she wants to talk about ending their arrangement. They dramatically "break up" in front of a crowd at school, but Ronald takes things too far and says some hurtful things about Cindy in front of their friends. She becomes cool and distant, but warns him that popularity is hard work and he needs to make sure that he "stays [him]self". The next day, Cindy appears disgusted with Ronald when she sees him behaving arrogantly at school, and becomes jealous when she sees him flirting with her best friends Barbara (Tina Caspary) and Patty (Darcy DeMoss), whom he later takes out on dates.
Ronald continues playing "cool" by hanging out with the jocks and hot chicks. He takes Patty to a dance at school, where he performs a dance he learned from an African cultural show on public television (he mistakenly thought he was watching American Bandstand). At first, the other kids are mystified, but they soon join in, and Ronald's new "trendy" dancing further increases his popularity at school. On Halloween night, he and some other boys drive to the house of Kenneth (Courtney Gains), Ronald's best friend, where the jocks test his loyalty by coercing him to hurl dog feces at Kenneth's house. Kenneth is lying in wait and catches Ronald, but lets him go before his dad can call the police. Kenneth ignores Ronald the next day at school.
At a New Year's Eve party at Big John's (Eric Bruskotter) house, Ronald gets drunk and has sex with his date, Iris (Devin DeVasquez) in the bathroom. Iris has a reputation for nailing a lot of popular guys. Cindy walks by and hears Ronald reciting to Iris the very poem that she had written and allowed him to read. Devastated, she starts drinking heavily. Later, as a surprise, Cindy's boyfriend, Bobby, shows up at the party, as he still has strong ties to the athletes at the school. After he learns about her relationship with Ronald, through Quint and Ricky (Gerardo Mejia), he breaks-up with Cindy in front of her friends. Even though she tried to explain the situation to Bobby, that Ronald paid her to go out with him, he proceeds to walk out on her and the party. In anger and frustration, she tells the party-goers the truth about her relationship with Ronald and his "cool" pretenses. She scolds her friends for falling for his act and for being "a bunch of followers". "Our little plan worked, didn't it Ronald?" Cindy says as she crushes his popularity, sending Ronald back to the bottom rung of the high school social ladder. Rejected and dejected, Ronald leaves the party alone to spend the night in his garage, crying himself to sleep. When school resumes after the holiday break, he immediately finds himself ostracized as a social pariah. The "jocks" once again tease and throw food at him, and he soon finds that the nerdy crowd has abandoned him also. His distress only deepens when his attempts to reconcile with both Cindy and Kenneth are rebuffed.
A moment for Ronald to redeem himself comes when he defends Kenneth against a potentially violent encounter with Quint. Kenneth, while helping Patty with her math homework, is approached by Quint, who orders him back to his side of the cafeteria, or take a serious beating. Ronald intervenes, threatening to break Quint's pitching arm if he does not leave Kenneth, who had only been tutoring Patty out of sincere kindness and with no ulterior motive. Ronald points out that the three were all friends at one time: when they were nine, Quint had fallen out of their tree house and broken his arm. Kenneth and Ronald carried him twelve blocks to the hospital, with Quint crying all the way. Ronald confesses he was desperate to run with the popular crowd, but had messed up by trying to buy his way in. Kenneth, however, was just trying to make friends by being himself. Ronald goes on to say that the cool/nerd dynamic is "all bullshit, it's tough enough just being yourself", and walks away. Quint apologizes to Kenneth and the two shake hands as the whole school applauds. Ronald finally redeems himself with everyone.
Following the incident, Cindy recognizes Ronald's worth, and the two reconcile when she decides to hop on the back of his riding lawn mower instead of hanging out with her popular friends. He asks her to prom and the two kiss as the title song plays. Closing credits roll while the two of them ride off into the sunset on the lawn mower.
Cast[edit]
Patrick Dempsey as Ronald Miller
Amanda Peterson as Cindy Mancini
Tina Caspary as Barbara
Darcy DeMoss as Patty
Cort McCown as Quint
Eric Bruskotter as Big John
Gerardo Mejía as Ricky
Courtney Gains as Kenneth Wurman
Seth Green as Chuck Miller
Sharon Farrell as Mrs. Mancini
Dennis Dugan as David Miller
Cloyce Morrow as Judy Miller
Devin DeVasquez as Iris
Ami Dolenz as Fran
Will Hannah as Camera Salesman
Lisa Givens as Bambi La Brock
Production notes[edit]
The film was shot on location in Tucson, Arizona, at Tucson High Magnet School (then known as Tucson High School).[2] The choreography is by Paula Abdul, who makes an uncredited appearance as a dancer.[3]
On a date where the main characters begin to bond, they jump the perimeter wall and explore the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group Aircraft Bone Yard on Davis–Monthan Air Force Base that contains 4,400 aircraft. Although the characters say they jump the fence at 309 AMARG (The Boneyard) the actual scene looks more like it was shot at Bob's Air Park, an aircraft recycler just outside the Boneyard, which has since been sold.
Critical reception[edit]
Can't Buy Me Love received mixed reviews from critics. Caryn James, in The New York Times, wrote that the film missed its mark and traded its potential originality for a bid at popularity:
“ Michael Swerdlick, the writer, and Steve Rash, the director... waste a chance to make the much deeper, funnier movie that strains to break through. [The film]... has an identity crisis that's a mirror-image of Ronald's own. He thinks he wants popularity at any price, though he's really a sincere guy. The film thinks it wants to be sincere, when all it truly wants is to be popular, just like the other kids' movies, so it sells off its originality.[4] ”
Roger Ebert gave the film a half star out of a possible 4:
“ If 'Can't Buy Me Love' had been intended as a satirical attack on American values—if cynicism had been its target—we might be on to something here. But no. On the basis of the evidence, the people who made this movie are so materialistic they actually think this is a 'teenage comedy'. Can't they see the screenplay's rotten core?[1] ”
Rotten Tomatoes has a rating of 50% based on 22 critics.[5] In 2006, it ranked number 41 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies.[6][7]
Awards[edit]
Young Artist Award
Won: Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture—Comedy, Patrick Dempsey
Nominated: Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture—Comedy, Amanda Peterson
Nominated: Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture—Comedy, Tina Caspary
Nominated: Best Family Motion Picture—Comedy
Soundtrack[edit]
In 2013 Intrada Records released Robert Folk's complete score for the film on a limited edition CD paired with David Newman's work for Paradise.[8]
Remake[edit]
In 2003, Can't Buy Me Love was remade as Love Don't Cost a Thing starring Nick Cannon and Christina Milian.[9] Though the triggering event differs between the two movies, many of the aspects/scenes from the original film are reinterpreted in this remake, such as the eating of raw egg in the Home Economics classroom, as well as the cheerleader telling the bully that he is sitting in the wrong section in the cafeteria that he (the bully) need to sit in the "asshole section" of the cafeteria.
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b Roger Ebert (August 14, 1987). "Can't Buy Me Love". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
Jump up ^ Huestis, Lucy. "THMS History". Tucson Unified School District. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 12 Feb 2014.
Jump up ^ "Can't Buy Me Love (1987) - Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 12 Feb 2014.
Jump up ^ New York Times: Can't Buy Me Love
Jump up ^ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cant_buy_me_love/
Jump up ^ "Entertainment Weekly's 50 Best High School Movies". filmsite.org. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
Jump up ^ NBC5.com (2006). "Entertainment Weekly Ranks Top 50 High School Flicks". NBC5.com. Retrieved November 11, 2007.
Jump up ^ http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.8153/.f
Jump up ^ Scott Brown (December 10, 2003). "Love Don't Cost a Thing". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
External links[edit]
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