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.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kevin Thomas
Often rowdy and uproarious, the film also has surprising depth and subtext.Read Full Review »
50
Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
I can't recall the original, or even if I saw it or not. But this variation certainly makes its points effectively, in what must be a more superheated milieu.Read Full Review »
50
The New York Times: Dave Kehr
The cast is uniformly high spirited and attractive, and Ms. Beyer's direction, apart from a few over-weighted Wellesian camera angles, is functional.Read Full Review »
50
Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
The movie is so dependant on its source material that it fails to put Carter, Thompson, Penn, and Christy to better use.Read Full Review »
25
ReelViews: James Berardinelli
The result is an atrociously unfunny, unromantic, and unpleasant product.Read Full Review »
25
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Scott Brown
You realize you're watching a snuff film, where the victim isn't just teen innocence but teen romance.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Laura Sinagra
Even in the teen-flick "Sweet Valley" of 1987, there were few places outside John Hughes's brain where paying somebody to be your girl didn't look like prostitution. Yet somebody made the Slow-Times-at-Clueless-High stinker Can't Buy Me Love.Read Full Review »
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