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Can't Buy Me Love

Apex Mountain

Amanda Peterson; lawnmowers; Courtney Gains; Cabriolet; Arizona films; borderline transactional rom-coms

In the discussion (10)
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  • Dempsey is rejected.
  • Peterson receives an agreed yes.
  • Lawnmowers receive a yes, with the Mad Men accident as a comparison.
  • High-school movies are rejected as a whole.
  • Striving-for-popularity films are tentatively proposed, then tempered by Mean Girls and the distinction between influence and peak quality.
  • Courtney Gains receives a yes.
  • Tucson is proposed without a resolved comparison; Spielberg’s hometown is uncertain.
  • The Volkswagen Cabriolet receives an emphatic yes.
  • Arizona films receive an agreed yes after Raising Arizona is mentioned.
  • Borderline transactional-romance comedies receive a yes, distinguishing the film from overt prostitution stories and the payment structure of 10 Things I Hate About You.