Loser
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) | Release Date: July 21, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
10
Negative:
14
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Village VoiceAmy Taubin
The most progressive, good-hearted studio film of the summer. Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Never comes alive. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Doesn't quite rank with the films that bracket Heckerling's pop-culture high priestess status Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMarc Caro
Loser is anemic. Read full review
62
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
Along the way, we end up losing patience with our couple-to-be because they seem too smart to endure the indignities ceaselessly heaped on them. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
A sweet-natured and refreshingly uncartoonlike look at the trials of an unworldly Midwestern college boy negotiating his freshman year at NYU. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
The script is atypically bland for Heckerling. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Love is blind, and movies about that blindness can be maddening. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
She may not be the most cinematic of film artists, but Heckerling will make you smile. Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
An arthritic failure, genuine only when the two outcast lovers' eyes dart toward each other, then retreat. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
What do you call a filmmaker who thinks imitating a screen benchmark can make up for emotions that are evading her actors -- Clueless. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Feels like a college knockoff of Billy Wilder's "The Apartment." Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Well-meaning but hopelessly lost little comedy. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
It's a nice, friendly kind of love, but hardly an inspiring one. Read full review
40
SalonCharles Taylor
The bitterness of her new comedy, Loser, comes as a shock. It's not a mean-spirited movie. Read full review
38
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
A listless, disjointed collegiate opposites-attract comedy. Read full review
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
A second-rate romantic comedy. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Intriguing but poorly executed ideas are the basis of this not entirely unappealing romantic comedy. Read full review
30
TNT RoughCutSusannah Breslin
Loser sucks. Read full review
30
Film.comTom Keogh
Heckerling fails to crack the outer shell of the story and its key relationships. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Squeak(s) by to make Loser justify the price of admission. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleCarla Meyer
Loser is just as it sounds. Read full review
20
The New York TimesDana Stevens
In the end, Loser disappoints. Read full review
20
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
It's too easy, but here goes: This movie's a Loser. Sorry. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesJan Stuart
Formulaic new teen opus Read full review
20
VarietyDennis Harvey
This tepid comedy-drama is, lamentably, aptly titled. Read full review
20
Film.comJohn Hartl
In short: Don't expect a lot of laughs. Read full review
10
NewsweekJeff Giles
A disappointingly slack, hackneyed comedy. Read full review
10
Film.comSean Means
Gets my vote for the summer's most offensive movie. Read full review
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