The film was remade in 2003 as Love Don't Cost a Thing starring Nick Cannon and Christina Milian.

Featuring the iconic Beatles title track and classic 80s synth-pop, the music anchors the film firmly in its era.

The movie was originally titled Boy Rents Girl .

It offers a satisfying arc where characters take accountability for their shallow choices. Trivia & Legacy

Ronald realizes that the "losers" he left behind were his only real friends.

The film highlights how the top of the social pyramid can be just as lonely and restrictive as the bottom.

The story follows Ronald Miller (Patrick Dempsey), a nerdy high schooler tired of being invisible. He makes a desperate gamble: he offers $1,000—his hard-earned lawn-mowing money—to Cindy Mancini (Amanda Peterson), the most popular girl in school, to "rent" her as his girlfriend for one month.

It was shot at Tucson High Magnet School in Arizona.