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Summary: Hilarious
Review: I have to say this is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. Not only is the script written well, but the actors are excellent. Loser is all about a guy named Paul (Jason Biggs) who wins a scholarship to a fancy Manhattan school. He falls for the Dora (Mena Suvari), a girl from the Bronx, the only problem is she's having a secret relationship with her Lit teacher (Greg Kinnear).
Not only that, Paul is living in a dorm with 3 rich roomates who don't study, party 24/7, and use date rape on any girl they can. This is an excellent movie and I recommend it to anyone who's in the mood for a good laugh.
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Summary: Move along folks, nothing to see here...
Review: Guy with heart of gold + girl with heart of gold divided by obnoxious, pretentious older man + hackneyed plot = no surprises. There's never a moment's doubt as to where everyone will end up, and I suppose that's to be expected in a movie like Loser. But couldn't they at least have thrown in a little character development? In real life, people are neither entirely good nor entirely bad, but in Loser, Amy Heckerling refuses to acknowledge any shades of grey. OK, so Mena Suvari's Dora has an annoying tendency to whine, but aside from that, the characters are painted in such broad strokes I'm surprised they even fit on the screen. Yes, it's cute. How cute? So cute that a litter of kittens is involved, that's how cute. That's how painfully obvious Heckerling gets with this movie. The DVD is not a complete waste of time. Biggs and Suvari have an appealing chemistry even though it's trapped in a mediocre teen romance flick. And the first minute or so of the "Making Of" featurette, in the style of old B&W 50s educational films, is funnier and wittier than anything you'll see in the movie itself. Rent, don't buy.
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Summary: Catch it on cable
Review: Not that the movie is bad or anything. It has it's funny moments. But I wouldn't spend money on buying the DVD. It's not one of those movies that you want to or need to see a few times. Once is enough.
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Summary: The title said it, not me!
Review: There really isn't much to hate or to love about this bland post high school coming of age flick. I had somewhat high expectations though, which you should squash if you plan to purchase or rent this film. Amy Heckerling's follow up to the cult favorite "Clueless" fell a little flat in my opinion. Paul Tannek (Jason Biggs- American Pie) plays an awkward socially inept farm boy, who packs up and moves to NYC to attend college at NYU on a full scholarship. He has his reservations about being able to make friends in the big city, which were more then confirmed upon his arrival. His three roomates are the party animals your parents warned you about. They soon gang up against him (in a very junior high school manner might I add). Meanwhile, Paul meets Dora (Mena Suvari) in his Lit class and develops a huge crush on her. She is oblivious though as she is having an affair with their Lit teacher (Greg Kinnear) Bored yet? The movie is cute, but does not ultimately hold your attention, nor does it draw you into the characters. None of the characters were unique, though Jason and Mena were somewhat likeable in a very generic sort of way. I wish Heckerling would have made the movie more comedic, so as to draw attention away from the weak plot and the uninteresting characters. I must say I can enjoy and great teenage movie with the rest of them, but this wasn't one of them.
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Summary: Needs a Soundtrack
Review: Although not the most original thing I've seen, this movie is high up on my list. I thought the acting was done quite nicely and the story line was pretty good. The story focused on the life a somewhat nerdy college student (played by Biggs) who falls inlove with a fellow college student. The problem is that she's dating the Lit professor (who's a real jerk). The story goes as you'd expect and they finally get a bit romantic at the end. Nothing too special, but it does make for some good laughs. The best part of the movie, I'd have to say, was the music. Alas, I can't think of a single title off the top of my head, but I remember quite clearly that the soundtrack rocked. I would have loved to buy a CD...every single song was a hit, except one or two which weren't my favorites. Unfortunately, I can't find the CD and, apparently, they didn't make one. That's their loss as well as mine! :(
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Summary: My favorite teen comedy!!
Review: I saw Loser when it was in the theaters back in July 2000.I fell in love with the movie and when it came out on DVD I of course rushed out to buy it.The movie is about Paul(played by Jason Biggs)who gets a scholarship at some university in New York.Paul does not fit in at this place.He is just not having the time of his life there.Poor guy has roomates who hate him,ain't doing well in school,etc.Then Paul meets Dora(Mena Suvari)who got drugged at a party and Paul takes care of her until she is feeling better.Of course Paul falls in love with Dora,except she is sleeping with the Lit teacher.The movie is down right hilareous.Great performances by Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari.This movie is one everyone should see.
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Summary: Just not good
Review: You'd think with Amy Hickerling as director and Mena Suvari and Jason Biggs, this movie should have been great, but instead it was a huge disappointment. I had a hard time buying Jason Biggs as a small time guy starting school, and his roommates were just mean, instead of being funny cariactures like those in Heckerling's Clueless. The brightest spot was Mena Suvari, who was the only person who felt 3 dimensional. For her, I'll give it 2 stars instead of 1.' Skip this movie and see American Pie again.
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Summary: Brave, scathing, searingly honest.
Review: 'Loser' is Amy Heckerling's 'Candide', in which a naive optimist is sent out into the world, only to discover that it is unjust, exploitative and brutal. The best thing about 'Loser' is its casting, and the manipulation of expectations it raises: where 'American Pie' was a sweet romantic comedy disguised as a scatalogical exposure of man's basest instincts, 'Loser' is a scatalogical exposure of man's basest instincts disguised as a sweet romantic comedy. The ironic references to Mena Suvari's most iconic role - 'American Beauty' - expose the paedophilia driving that work's sentimentality. This is a film of unimpeachable integrity, as ugly and unpleasant as the characters it satirises, 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' in Hell. So much integrity, in fact, it's vitually unwatchable.
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Summary: very good!!
Review: i really don't know why the majority of people on amazon.com didn't like this movie. i thought it was great. it was funny cute, sad, and it was just so good. this is, with out a dout, my favorite movie. i've seen it about 7 times and im still not tired of it. the last thing i have to say about this movie (besides it was awsome) is i really wish more guys were like Paul.
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Summary: In the long run, Loser falls flat on its face.
Review: Loser can fall into 3 different genres: drama, comedy and romance. The drama element isn't engaging enough to sustain throughout the movie and the comedy and laughs are few and far between. Surprisingly, this movie works best a romance. The chemistry between Mena Suvari and Jason Biggs is great, probably because they worked together on 1999's way better American Pie, but the disappointing thing about the romance is that it doesn't burst out until the end, predictably. If Loser had maybe tried something different and not gone the same way as all the other teen movies in the past 3 years, I would of enjoyed it more. I still found Biggs and Suvari entertaining as a couple, but Suvari surprisingly over-does her character in many scenes, while Greg Kinnear gives a dumb performance as the bastard professor. The rest of the leading cast, Zak Orth, Thomas Sadoski and Jimmi Simpson aren't as funny or memorable as Jim Carrey's 3 sons in Me, Myself & Irene. The film depicts college life unrealistically and much like Biggs' character, fall flats on its face. Although it can be entertaining at some parts of the movie, Loser is too familiar and predictable to recommend to many audiences.
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