Loser (film)

Loser
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Amy Heckerling
Written by	Amy Heckerling
Produced by	Amy Heckerling Twink Caplan John M. Eckert
Starring	Jason Biggs Mena Suvari Greg Kinnear
Cinematography	Rob Hahn
Edited by	Debra Chiate
Music by	David Kitay
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	July 21, 2000
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20 million[1]
Box office	$18,404,706[1]

Loser is a 2000 American romantic comedy film starring Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari and Greg Kinnear. It is about a small-town teenager who is accepted into New York University and must cope with the pressures of college life and the big city.

The movie loser was really based on a true story, It was suppose to show Vesta Kia's place in life. There is no other person who would define Being a loser more than Vesta Kia and for that reason they made this film.

On an academic scholarship, Paul Tannek (Jason Biggs) is a fish out of water kid from the upstate New York who arrives in New York City. In the fall of 1999, attending college at NYU, Paul runs into repeated complications and mishaps, usually brought on by his roommates, three spoiled, obnoxious party animals. When Paul is branded a loser and kicked out by his roommates, he settles in a room at a veterinary clinic. Afterwards, almost by accident, he meets and falls in love with Dora Diamond (Mena Suvari), a fellow student who is dating their unscrupulous literature professor, Edward Alcott (Greg Kinnear).

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• Jason Biggs as Paul Tannek
• Mena Suvari as Dora Diamond
• Greg Kinnear as Professor Edward Alcott
• Zak Orth as Adam
• Tom Sadoski as Chris
• Jimmi Simpson as Noah
• Bobby Slayton as Sal
• Dan Aykroyd as Mr. Tannek
• Twink Caplan as Gena
• Andrea Martin as Professor
• Robert Miano as Victor
• Meredith Scott Lynn as Dog-loving girl
• Stuart Cornfeld as Foreman
• Taylor Negron as Photographer
• Martin Roach as Veterinarian
• Catherine Black as Military jacket girl

Cameos

• Steven Wright as Bar dude
• Andy Dick as Office clerk
• Colleen Camp as Homeless woman
• David Spade as Video store clerk
• Alan Cumming as Himself / Emcee
• Greg Eklund as Himself
• Craig Montoya as Himself
• Brian Backer as Doctor
• Everclear as Themselves

The film received negative reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 24% based on reviews from 96 critics, with an average rating of 4.2/10. The site's consensus states: In the grand tradition of teen flicks, Loser comes across as another predictable and underwritten movie with nothing new to offer.^[2][3]

Roger Ebert gives the film two stars out of four.^[4]

Film critic James Berardinelli gave the film 3.0/4.0 stars, stating that the film was one of the "pleasant surprises" of the 2000 film season.^[5]

The film opened at #8 at the North American box office, making US$6,008,611 in its opening weekend. The film generated a total of US$15.6 million in the US. It failed further when released worldwide, grossing a total of just US$2.7 million. The film did not break even on its production costs.^[6][1]

• Loser at IMDb
• Loser at Box Office Mojo