Loser (DVD)

'I've got two tickets for Iron Maiden baby!...cos' I'm just a teenage dirtbag baby, like you, ooooh!' lots of my male friends took great objection to this film because of the Wheafus song 'Teenage Dirtbag' used in it and obviously the blasphemy of taking the mighty 'Maiden' in vain. Well, I don't really care. I knew that this film was not going to be a masterpeice when I rented it and I only decided to get it because it was free (perks of working in a video shop) and because I knew that it would be predictable. The basic story is that Jason Biggs' character Paul moves to college in New York and finds the people ...  Read the complete review

I recently saw the new movie 'Loser' on video (for some reason it never came out in the cinema) and though it was really good. I have wanted to see this movie for ages, ever since Teenage Dirtbag came out and was a little surprises to find it was nothing like the video for the song. I expected the film to have the scenes in the video in it! I was wrong, although it makes very little difference as this film is excellent. It is directed by Amy Heckerling who did Clueless, and has some excellent actors in it - these include Mena Suvari (American Pie, American Beauty) and Jason Biggs (American Pie). They all show their acting ability in this film and ...  Read the complete review

Director Amy Heckerling (Clueless) gives us another teen comedy romance along the lines of ’10 things I hate about you’ and ‘Down to you’ . Paul (Jason Biggs) is a small town boy in the big city having just graduated to Collage in New York City. His three room mates Chris (Tom Sadoski), Noah (Jimmi Simpson) and Adam (Zak Orth) hate him as he doesn’t fit into there 24/7 party life style and ultimately get him kicked out, Paul then finds residence in the Village Animal Hospital, however the real story to this film revolves around kind hearted Dora (Mena Suvari). When Paul is late for a class he finds a seat next to hers and its love at ...  Read the complete review

This very American romantic comedy is all about a country bumpkin called Paul Tannek, played by Jason Biggs. He is about to go to start college in New York. He has little money, no mates and has to study his ass off as he has a full scholarship, which is dependant on his grades. He stays in student accommodation with a bunch of girl-chasing junkies. They tease and take the piss all the time, it’s pretty funny but a shame. He finds it very hard to make new friends but when he finally meets fellow student Dora Diamond (Mena Suvari) things start to look up, until he finds out she is dating one of their lecturers. The story is pretty simple and does ...  Read the complete review

"I really do enjoy making racial slurs on ethnic minorities." Did I really say that? The words of Jason Biggs' character,'Paul' by the way, not my own. Unfortunately, the film itself is much like the above comment. You might get a half snigger out of it but not much more. While entertaining enough there really isn't much special about this film. Not what you'd expect from the recent stars of American Beauty(Suvari) and American Pie(Biggs). This is one of the main problems with the film. Performances by the various actors are competent enough (except for Zak Orth playing the corrupt lecturer, Mr Alcott who ...  Read the complete review