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Loser (Widescreen/Full Screen)

5 star:		(16)
4 star:		(18)
3 star:		(14)
2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(16)

 

 

gay, stupid, boring, pitiful
however you wann put it
but i have one word to describe this movie
that word is "lame"

This movie is really great to go see on a date or to rent for a date, to stay in all night! I love the humor in this movie and the cast was well chosen! I recommend this to anyone who wants a good laugh!
***Check it out!!***

I took a date to see this movie and we ended up staring at each other saying....what the? For a date movie this was a wierd one. Biggs plays a dweeb again but this time doesn't have his support system around him like he did in American Pie. Instead he has 2 freaky roommates who border on criminals (they use date rape drugs?) and nobody to help him out.
The professor and college student romance is equally creepy. The whole movie is so dysfunctional that I cringed so often my back hurt. There is zero chemistry between biggs and suvari. Its more like she pitied him more than anything else.

Loser is by far one of my favorite movies. I remember that there were only 3 other people in the theater when I saw it, though. I definitly does not get the attention it deserves. It's a cute story about a small town boy who moves to the big city, and he falls for the independent girl on the way. The movie is rather predictible as most teen movies are, but it a really funny and cute look at college life in NYC.

I will begin by saying that this movie by no means touches on a new plot. The 'geek' boy falls in love with the alternative girl, while she's already fallen for someone else, who is a complete jerk. Of course, they end up together in the end. However, most movies are bought for the newness, the originality, and are watched once or twice and forgotten on a dusty shelf. This movie captures attention through other avenues. The characters are charming, and everyone will relate to this movie, and say 'hey, that sounds like someone I know'. Ths soundtrack is fabulous, and the movie includes a segment of a live performance by Everclear, that, although short, is very impressive. My advice: Rent this. If you like it the first time you see it, then proceed to buy it, because you always will. If you're not keen on it, then don't bother.

I admit it, I love that movie, and it's been so ever since I saw it for the first time in theaters. If I acted like a proper reviewer and kept a more critical edge to my review, it would get only 4 stars though. It is a pretty good movie, a tremendously "cute" romantic comedy. The actors are not taking themselves too seriously (which is important in such a film) while getting the viewer to care for them. Amy Heckerling's dialogue is perfect for a romantic teen comedy. The only problem is that it doesn't live up to its spiritual predecessor, Billy Wilder's "The Apartment". It brings a nice twist, but it doesn't have as much symbolism as Wilder's. While "The Apartment" stays a great classic due to its depiction of the post-war, consumerism era, it seems that "Loser" has no dense message other than go-for-the-nice-guy. All I'm saying is that while it is a fun, nice comedy, it doesn't have as much impact as its predecessor. But you should definitely check it out, it's worth it.

Now, having a terrible, terrible guilty pleasure that is the "teen movie" genre, I am normally a rave reviewer of these films. I did not like this movie. I liked the cast, I liked the idea, but I just couldn't get in to the movie.

Jason Biggs plays "Paul Tannek," a transplant from the sticks, who is awkward in his New York City surroundings. Mena Suvari plays "Dora Diamond," the "independent thinker" who is having an affair with the Greg Kinnear character, Professor Alcott.

This is the preverbal "root for the little guy" kind of film. Paul Tannek is a little geek falls in love with the girl, Dora, who is already taken. And worse yet, the girl is love with the big, mean professor, who doesn't really care about her. Paul does his best to steer the girl away from the professor, while not trying to show how sleazy the professor really is. He plays this wonderfully chivalrous guy, who is completely annoying, not very funny, and downright boring.

Boredom was probably the main downfall to this movie. There was a pretty hefty lack of plot. Where you would expect more conflict to begin, it did not. Where there should have been drama, there was not. . . Where there was supposed to be a movie, there was not. There was a great deal of potential in this movie, as the cast was strong, but the movie fell flat.

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As far as Jason Biggs movies go, this movie isn't as good as American Pie but it's better than Saving Silverman (like that's hard to do). Although I like the movie, there were some weird things going on. For instance, why did Dora (Mena Suvari) agree to go on a date with Paul (Jason Biggs) when she already had a boyfriend? There were also a lot of loose ends, like when Dora was trying to get financial aid, she couldn't get it because she didn't have a residence. Didn't she miss her subway home earlier in the movie? If she didn't have a residence, then where was she going?

Aside from all that, the movie is pretty watchable. A lot of things that happen to Paul probably wouldn't happen in real life'at least, I hope not. And this movie is more of a comedy-drama than a straight comedy, so keep that in mind before you see it. (By the way, it's strange that this movie is called Loser when Jason Biggs seems to play a loser in most of his movies.)

jason bigg's character is just an all around nice guy! i found this movie to a great romance

I felt college comedy was actually kind of more of a drama type thing. Jason Biggs is actually a college freshman who isn't fitting in right where he goes. His roommates are really bad guys to hang around with. However, he meets this nice girl there and begins to fall for her because of how they're spending time together as good friends. Unfortunately, she dates their college professor. Luckily, the end is good for them both which is where the romantic part comes in. And the most important thing for Jason Biggs's part was to be himself and make the right choices.
I actually feel that I'm in his spot as well at the beginning.
I enjoyed how it went with the comedy, romance, and the drama of the two main characters and so I thought it was a very good movie.