Loser

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Loser

PG-13

2000

1h 35m

Romance

Comedy

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Paul Tannek (Jason Biggs) is a small town scholarship student in the big city having trouble fitting in at his college. With his hunter's cap and kind personality, Paul is an outsider among the self-anointed, sophisticated hipster crowd. As for his pot-smoking, girl chasing roommates, Paul's need to study takes a back seat to their overwhelming desire to party. Roommate Chris can only offer a floundering Paul this piece of advice: "For your own good, just try to be not so much... like you."

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Critics Consensus

In the grand tradition of teen flicks, Loser comes across as another predictable and underwritten movie with nothing new to offer.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Frustrating and annoying and tedious. A mess.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 25, 2010

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Chris Vognar

Dallas Morning News

There's a beating heart beneath the cynical skin and spotty narrative.

Jan 1, 2000

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

The end notes of Loser are lame, and it is not encouraging when a college movie means 'aid,' but spells it 'aide.'

Rated: 2/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

The intended stabs at humor fall with a thud.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 7, 2010

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Bob Grimm

Sacramento News & Review

Rated: 1/5

Aug 7, 2008

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JoBlo

JoBlo's Movie Network

Rated: 2/10

Jun 2, 2006

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Jason R

Worth watching, honestly I think it's one of my favorite endings to a film ever, I think they even came back to reshoot that ending which makes it even more great, worth watching just for that ending as we see some great chemistry between Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/06/25

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thiago s

Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, o filme tem cenas meio românticas que não foram suficiente para o filme ser bom, mas a combinação entre a mena sucari e o jason biggs é bacaninha e salva o filme de ser ruim.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/01/25

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Test T

I don't know why this got poor reviews. It's a decent enough story, and there's plenty of interesting characters along the way. It also has a cool music video and a happy ending. The only problem I could see was that the story is a little bit too real, and reflects badly on American society when you see how students from modest backgrounds get treated by the people exploiting them. Putting that to one side the film is ok, and perfectly watchable.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/12/23

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Audience Member

2.8. I think the overlooking of date raping may have not gone as well today tho

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/14/21

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Audience Member

A charming time capsule of the early 2000s. We've all seen the nice guy get the girl a million times before, but the character work in Loser combined with standout performances by Biggs, Suvari, and Kinnear makes the film worth watching.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/20/25

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steve d

appropriately titled for its unlikable script and characters.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Synopsis

Paul Tannek (Jason Biggs) is a small town scholarship student in the big city having trouble fitting in at his college. With his hunter's cap and kind personality, Paul is an outsider among the self-anointed, sophisticated hipster crowd. As for his pot-smoking, girl chasing roommates, Paul's need to study takes a back seat to their overwhelming desire to party. Roommate Chris can only offer a floundering Paul this piece of advice: "For your own good, just try to be not so much... like you."

Director: Amy Heckerling
Producer: Amy Heckerling, Twink Caplan
Screenwriter: Amy Heckerling
Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Cockamamie, Branti Film Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Drug Content|Crude Sexual Material|Language)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 21, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $15.5M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Stereo, SDDS, DTS, Surround

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