In order to look cool, Alvin an intelligent but awkward teenager pays a famous cheerleader to act as his girlfriend, after she crashes her parent’s car and is now looking for money to fix it.
If you tried to be in the "in" crowd -- then this is going to be even more painful. In fact, even if you're in the "in" crowd, you'll find this painful.
"Love Don't Cost A Thing" is loosely based on the 1987 teen comedy "Can't Buy Me Love," and fails to improve on that tepid movie by using a milieu of black high school students.
