While Cannon is an innately likable screen presence, he doesn’t exactly shine here as an actor. Yes, we’ve seen it all before, and doubtless we’ll see it all again - though I’m not sure we can hope to ever see it any worse. The idea is that this will wash away his nerd status and make him one of the “cool people.” Of course, he’s going to fall in love with her and vice versa, but not before he becomes an arrogant jerk and alienates both her and his old nerd friends. Alvin Johnson (Nick Cannon, Drumline) makes a deal with popular cheerleader Paris Morgan (Christina Milian, American Pie): He’ll fix the car she wrecked before her mother returns from a trip if she’ll pose as his girlfriend for two weeks. The plots are identical in nearly every other respect. Otherwise, the level of creativity extends to such world-astounding changes as making the lead a nerdy pool boy instead of a nerdy lawn boy. Original screenwriter Michael Swerdlick (of sitcoms like Who’s the Boss? and Doogie Howser, M.D.) and co-writer/director Troy Beyer have exactly one “inspiration” - to take the suburban, white-bread concept and make the characters middle- and upper-middle-class blacks. This new version adds 11 minutes - and nothing else, except tedium. Though nothing special, it was harmless and agreeable enough, and had the good sense to be a scant 94 minutes. The original was lightweight enough, and mostly notable as Patrick Dempsey’s big-break film. High on the list of Questions That Need Answering is this puzzler: Who actually thought it necessary to remake an already paper-thin 1987 teen comedy called Can’t Buy Me Love?