It’s important to maintain your individuality, regardless of what others think. Steve Rash directed Can't Buy Me Love and Michael Swerdlick wrote the screenplay. Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson lead the cast, with music by Robert Folk and cinematography by Peter Lyons Collister. The story centers on Dempsey as Ronald Miller, a nerdy student who, tired of being ignored, pays Cindy Mancini (Peterson), the sch…

Steve Rash’s 1987 film “Can’t Buy Me Love” tells the story of a high school student in Arizona, played by Patrick Dempsey, who pays the most popular girl—Amanda Peterson—to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month so he can gain popularity. Courtney Gains and Seth Green also appear as his friends and brother, respectively. The premise involves complications that naturally arise from this arrangement. While it surp…