Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Micransix Crappy film

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Petri Pelkonen Paul Tannek is a small-town boy who is accepted into New York University.But for someone like Paul it's really hard to fit in.But he meets this girl, Dora Diamond, he really likes.The only problem is she's involved with her professor.Loser (2000) is directed by Amy Heckerling.Jason Biggs, who had one big hit under his belt at that time (American Pie) is the right guy to play Paul.The chemistry thing works between him and Mena Suvari, who's also known from American Pie franchise.Greg Kinnear is great as Professor Edward Alcott.Dan Aykroyd is terrific as Mr. Tannek.There are also lots of cameos by some pretty known names in this movie.Colleen Camp plays Homeless woman.Andy Dick is Another City Worker.Steven Wright is Panty Hose Customer.Brian Backer plays Doctor.Alan Cumming is himself/Emcee.David Spade plays Video Store Clerk.Then the band Everclear is seen there.You can hear them on the soundtrack department.And there's also Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus, which was a pretty big hit at the time.Then there's a song by The Offspring.The song is Pretty Fly (For A White Guy).Remember? And there's stuff by Blink 182, Bloodhound Gang and Foo Fighters.This is certainly not the worst in the category of teen flicks.I liked the character of Paul and the crush it portrayed he had on Dora.Give this movie a chance.

Jackson Booth-Millard From director Amy Heckerling (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Clueless), I remember seeing the DVD cover featuring the star one of the most recognisable teen movies, so I wanted to see why it was rated low. Basically Paul Tannek (American Pie's Jason Biggs) has arrived in New York City from the Midwest on an academic scholarship, and attending his new college it is obvious he is pretty out of place. He can't seem to find anyone that he can engage in a conversation or make any kind of friendship, due to a few mishaps, and being put with three spoilt party animal roommates. He is branded a loser by pretty much everyone he has come into contact with, and after being chucked out by his roommates he finds himself a job helping out and a room in a veterinary clinic. It is there that Paul meets and has an instant attraction for fellow coed student Dora Diamond (American Pie's Mena Suvari), the only person who seems to take any notice of him and his problems. He is devastated when he finds out that struggling Dora is dating and having an affair with a man nearly twenty years above her, literature teacher Professor Edward Alcott (Greg Kinnear). Slowly however she may be gaining more of a connection with the troubled Paul, the only thing that the professor wants to do with her is have sex with no affectionate complications at all. In the end, Paul may have made himself a bit more relevant in the stakes at the college, and of course Dora realises Edward is the wrong man for her, and they get together for the happy ending kiss. Also starring Zak Orth as Adam, Thomas 'Tom' Sadoski as Chris, Jimmi Simpson as Noah, Dan Aykroyd as Dad, Andy Dick as Another City Worker, Steven Wright as Panty Hose Customer, Alan Cumming as Himself / Emcee and David Spade as Video Store Clerk. I should start by saying that I did like most of the soundtrack songs, including Wheatus's "Teenage Dirtbag", The Offspring's "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)", Eiffel 65's "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" and The Bloodhound Gang's "Bad Touch". Biggs is almost the same as his most well known character, Suvari is okay as the teen having an affair, this is a film meant to have some gross moments, but to be honest I was so bored throughout that I didn't notice, not one moment made me laugh, a rubbish teen comedy romance. Poor!

insomniac_rod When this movie first came out I immediately thought "it looks awful!". The poster, the cast, Jason Bigg's dumb face, etc. Ten years later I watched for the first time and I have to admit that it is actually interesting and somewhat funny. Not funny like "American Pie" but has dark humor that could fit for a certain audience.It also deals with real-life problems that some teens can't handle. I mean, the movie is interesting because it inserts humor on difficult situations for young people.The typical plot that deals with a boy that lives in the country and makes his way into city looks pretty real. Jason Biggs is a good actor. The sexy Mena Suvari is lovely. I love her and she looks so hot.If you are almost 30 you still have the time to watch it. It's one of the best teen movies out there. Maybe not for this generation but for those of us that were teens in the 90's, it could work...

amanda-my-lum Why don't nice guys like that exist in real life? Or maybe they do and are just overshadowed by the nasty ones. Either way, it's a travesty.I caught this movie on a late-night rerun, and it wasn't exactly what I expected. When I first saw Jason Biggs, I dreaded another 'American Pie'-type teen movie. My main complaint with the 'American Pie' series is that they rely a lot on crude, slapstick humour and placing their characters in wholly unrealistic situations to get a laugh.Surprisingly, not so in 'Loser'. The humour was more subtle, nuanced, with no proverbial big red flashing signs saying "THIS IS A FUNNY PART, LAUGH HERE". It was more genuine, gentle and affective - yes I mean affective with an a. We laugh empathetically because we know what he's going through, not because he gets caught with his hand glued to his penis.There are complaints that this movie is somewhat unrealistic, and I agree that the background characters (mainly Paul's dorm mates and the Professor) are pretty one-dimensional at times, but they're the support cast. They're just there to effect (yes, with an e) and support the storyline. Jason Biggs did pretty all right as the nice country boy lost in the nastiness of the city, and Mena Suvari's character complemented his nicely as the girl who makes all the wrong decisions, but is really trying to find her way. And besides, I think it's sad that this movie is considered to be unrealistic because the main character is so nice. Really shows what kind of world we live in if we consider niceness to be unrealistic.Overall, it was enjoyable, not very complex... a movie you'd watch to wind down from a busy day, or on a rainy evening with nothing to do.