Yvonne Freeman Reagan Gomez-Preston as Olivia Nicole Scherzinger as Champagne Girl Stuart Scott as Himself Peter Siragusa as Ben Imani Parks as Mia Shani Pride as Jasmine Gay Thomas Wilson as Judy Morgan Dante Basco as Spoken Word Artist J.B. Guhman Jr. as JB Ian Chidlaw as Eddie Production The school scenes were filmed at Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California. Soundtrack A soundtrack containing hip hop music was released on December 9, 2003 by Hollywood Records. It peaked at 22 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and 14 on the Top Soundtracks. Allmusic rated this soundtrack three stars out of five. "Shorty (Put It on the Floor)"- 4:09 (Busta Rhymes, Chingy, Fat Joe and Nick Cannon) "Luv Me Baby"- 4:27 (Murphy Lee featuring Jazze Pha and Sleepy Brown) "Ignition (Remix)- 3:08 (R. Kelly) "Are You Ready"- 4:13 (Mr. Cheeks) "Got What It Takes"- 3:00 (Jeannie Ortega) "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II"- 4:11 (Busta Rhymes featuring P. Diddy and Pharrell Williams) "Exgirlfriend"- 4:02 (Nivea) "How Far Will You Go"- 3:45 (Ginuwine) "Comes to Light (Everything)"- 4:48 (Jill Scott) "Always"- 4:21 (Melissa Schuman) "Baby Girl"- 4:06 (Joe Budden) "I Wanna Kiss You"- 4:30 (Nicole Wray) "We Rise"- 4:04 (Rama Duke) "Hate 2 Luv U"- 3:29 (3LW) "She Is"- 3:33 (Hous'ton) "Spit da Flow"- 3:32 (Cash Take & B. Griffin) Box office The film opened at #4 at the U.S. Box office raking in $6,315,311 USD in its first opening weekend behind Stuck on You, The Last Samurai, and Something's Gotta Give. Critical response The film has received mostly negative reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 13% based on reviews from 72 critics. The site's consensus: "A stale, unnecessary remake of Can't Buy Me Love." On Metacritic it has a score of 37% based on reviews from 23 critics. Roger Ebert, film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times, gave the film a positive three-star rating after giving the original, Can't Buy Me Love, only half a star. Ebert describes the remake as wiser and less cynical than the original and suggests that it might have some insight into the insecurities of high school. Awards and nominations 2004 BET Comedy Awards Outstanding Directing for a Box Office Movie — Troy Beyer (nominated) 2004 Teen Choice Awards Choice Breakout Movie Star, Female — Christina Milian (nominated) Choice Movie, Date Movie (nominated) Choice Movie Chemistry — Christina Milian, Nick Cannon