Loser (film)
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| Loser | |
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| Directed by | Amy Heckerling |
| Produced by | Twink Caplan John M. Eckert Amy Heckerling |
| Written by | Amy Heckerling |
| Starring | Jason Biggs Mena Suvari Zak Orth Greg Kinnear Jimmi Simpson Dan Aykroyd |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 20 July 2000 |
| Running time | 98 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 000 000 |
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Loser is a 2000 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.
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[edit] Plot
Clueless Midwesterner Paul Tannek (Jason Biggs) arrives in New York City to go to college at NYU only to run into one complication and mishap after another. When Paul is branded a loser by his three outgoing dorm roommates who then boot him from their room, Paul settles in a room at a veterinary clinic where, by accident, he meets and falls in love with Dora Diamond (Mena Suvari), a fellow coed who is dating their unscrupulous literacy professor (Greg Kinnear).
--Summary from imdb.com, written by Matt Patay
[edit] Reception
The film was met with mostly negative reviews,[1] with Roger Ebert giving the film only two stars.[2] It scored 4.3/10 at Rotten Tomatoes, with a rotten rating of only 25%.
The film generated a total of $15.6 million in the US. It failed further when released worldwide, grossing a total of just $2.7 million. The film was therefore unable to break even on its production costs, let alone make a profit. Additionally, because film makers only receive half of the box office gross, the film would have fallen short by at least $10 million.[3]
[edit] Cameos
Loser contains several cameos, the most notable of which is David Spade's cameo as a video store clerk who advises Paul on which film to rent, as well as a cameo by stand-up comedian Steven Wright as the "bar dude". At the start of the movie, Dan Aykroyd makes an appearance as Paul's father. Andy Dick also has a small role as the "office clerk". Rock band Everclear also make an appearance when Paul buys tickets to go to their concert in an effort to befriend Dora. Several other smaller cameos include Colleen Camp as a homeless woman who helps Dora at the beginning of the film and Alan Cumming at the Cabaret scene (the male lead).
[edit] Trivia
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- This is the second film to star both Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari, the first being American Pie. The two would co-star again in American Pie 2.
- The name Dora Diamond is an allusion to Dora Diamant
- Christina Ricci turned down the role of Dora Diamond. She would later appear as Jason Biggs's love interest in two other movies: Anything Else and Prozac Nation.
- The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center can be seen at the start of the movie in the establishing shot of New York. This is the last time the actual towers were ever seen in a movie.[citation needed]
- In the Kevin Smith film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Jason Biggs (playing himself) angrily questions why people solely know him from the American Pie movies, at one point stating, "They never come up to me and say 'Hey, you were in Loser!"
- While set in New York, much of the film was shot at and around the University of Toronto.
