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Loser (2000) -- A college student, branded a loser by his roommates and booted from the dorm, falls in love with a coed who has eyes for their professor.
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Amy Heckerling (written by)
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Release Date:
21 July 2000 (USA) more
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Dare to be different
Plot:
A college student, branded a loser by his roommates and booted from the dorm, falls in love with a coed who has eyes for their professor. full summary | add synopsis
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Not as bad as people say more (147 total)

Cast

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Jason Biggs ... Paul Tannek

Mena Suvari ... Dora Diamond

Zak Orth ... Adam

Thomas Sadoski ... Chris (as Tom Sadoski)

Jimmi Simpson ... Noah

Greg Kinnear ... Prof. Edward Alcott

Dan Aykroyd ... Dad

Twink Caplan ... Gena
Bobby Slayton ... Sal

Robert Miano ... Victor
Mollie Israel ... Annie (as Mollee Israel)

Colleen Camp ... Homeless Woman

Andy Dick ... Another City Worker
Steven Wright ... Panty Hose Customer

Brian Backer ... Doctor
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Loser (USA) (alternative title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for drug content, crude sexual material and language.
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98 min | Finland:92 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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The character of Dora Diamond is in part inspired by Franz Kafka's girlfriend late in his life, Dora Dymant. Kafka is mentioned in the English class scene in the movie. more
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Factual errors: Though they were supposedly born during the course of Paul and Dora's outing, the kittens they find when they return to the animal hospital are clearly at least six weeks old. They have long hair, their eyes are open, and they are able to move around very well on their own. True newborn kittens are basically helpless. more
Quotes:
Noah: Oh, my God. Are you guys taking Psych?
Chris, Adam: Yes...
Noah: Did you ever look the book?
Chris, Adam: [Chris and Adam look at each other] No...
Noah: LOOK AT THIS RETARD!
[all laugh]
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Referenced in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) more
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Sucks To Be You more

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15 out of 23 people found the following review useful.
Not as bad as people say, 28 October 2003
8/10
Author: samari_garvin-1 from Picton, Ontario, Canada

I don't know why people like to bash this movie, it is a nice little remake of the 1960 classic "the apartment" where in a businessman sells out to his bosses so they can use his apartments to have affairs with other women, but when one attempts suicide in his house, it happens to be the one he falls in love with, the same story is evident here, Biggs plays the role well, and Suvari could play Shirley MacLaine in future remakes, the same with Kinnear and MacMurray, this could become one of those films that could get young people involved into the classics.

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This is the movie 'The Apartment' yes? starchild42788
i am so glad i didnt watch this before going to university sublime_boom_box
AND the biggest loser award goes to.... spacecadet22
dora's clothing emobaby_24
Alcott and Italian saleswoman emailamyr
A Skotch, what the hell is that?? FootprintsInTheCustard
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