Loser

Loser Information

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. It has many similar themes to The Apartment.

Plot

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).

Cast

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

Reception

The film opened at #8 at the North American box office, making US$6,008,611 in its opening weekend. It was met with mixed to negative reviews, with Roger Ebert giving the film two stars out of four. It scored 4.3/10 at Rotten Tomatoes, with a "Rotten" rating of only 25%. However, online 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.

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 was therefore unable to break even on its production costs.

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