Love Don't Cost a Thing Critic Reviews

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 the full review

Often rowdy and uproarious, the film also has surprising depth and subtext. Read the full review

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 the full review

Clocking in at 105 minutes, Love Don't Cost a Thing drags for stretches. The nicest thing about most standardized teen movies is their brevity. When we all know where it's going, it shouldn't take so long to get there.Read the full review

The movie is so dependant on its source material that it fails to put Carter, Thompson, Penn, and Christy to better use.Read the full review

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 the full review

Instantly forgettable.Read the full review

This is teen product at its most generic. Read the full review

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.Read the full review