Director: Steve Rash
Starring: Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Peterson
Most people just love Patrick Dempsey. I, for one, don't. From Grey's Anatomy to Valentine's Day, the characters he has played have always angered me. Never found a hint of sympathy to forgive the characters' betrayals and utter confidence. This brings me to the very important question: whether or not the forgiveness of a character's foul plays depends on how cute the actor who plays it is. So if the protagonist is likely to mess up a lot before he makes up for it should be twice as cute as the one who messes up only a little. I don't think Patrick Dempsey is that cute and looking back, he is the only actor who has played protagonists (not antagonists) with such twisted characters, almost always forgiven by the heroine and presumably the audience. Is he really that irresistibly cute?
Now, this movie belongs to a not-so-known early phase of Dempsey's career. A nerd pays 1000$ to the most popular girl in school (played by Amanda Peterson) so she would go out with him for a month and make him popular. The deal starts off as an embarrassment for Peterson, but the two begin to bond as the month comes to an end. However, Ronald Miller (Dempsey) honors the agreement and insists on staging a public, respectable break-up. He soon becomes the most popular guy in school and loses everything that was honorable in himself and his life. And soon after his secret behind his foray into popularity was revealed and he was abandoned by everyone in school, until he stands up for another nerd one day, which earns him Cindy Mancini's (Peterson) forgiveness.
Pointlessness:Who forgives a jerk over a melodramatic, extravagant speech?
Food for Thought: Who else has played a jerk protagonist earning easy forgiveness?
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