Python Hyena Loser (2000): Dir: Amy Heckerling / Cast: Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari, Greg Kinnear, Thomas Sadoski, Jimmi Simpson: Title is a misdirection since the so-called loser is actually a smart. Jason Biggs arrives in New York to attend college but his roommates dislike him because he studies. They scam him into another dorm but buddy up to him in order to have a narcotics party. Biggs meets Mena Suvari in a class and they strike up a friendship then he invites her to a concert. She has a relationship with a professor who uses her for sex while embarrassing her in class. When Biggs returns after being stood up he encounters the result of a party plus Suvari passed out in the washroom after drinking what she believed was juice. She cannot see the obvious even when they both deliver kittens together. Outcome is predictable and humour fades quickly. Directed by Amy Heckerling who made the teen masterpiece Fast Times at Ridgemont High as well as the popular and also superior Clueless but she provides none of that observation here. This film is clueless in ways that are exact opposite to the Alicia Silverstone flick. Biggs is totally flat his relationship with Suvari is uninspiring. She at least had a back story until the boring romance over birthed kittens occurs. Greg Kinnear plays a lousy stereotypical professor completely one note. Boring teen comedy misses the mark and becomes just what the title indicates. Score: 1 / 10

Shopaholic35 This movie came out at a time when people were moving on from this type of movie. Although it's not terrible it also is not very good. I wonder if they tried to quickly pump it out so they could ride on the coattails of the 90's teen movie genre. It just wasn't clever or special enough to be a success.You have your typical asshats, with the "loser" lead and the pretty yet I'm alternative girl, that same boy overcomes adversity and triumphs in the end. Nothing wrong with that story but this version was very weak.Also on a side note why has nobody started to coordinate dorm rooms in a (I want to party category) and a (I want to study category). Incredibly cruel to inflict "there for the experience" people on the hardworking people. Everyone deserves to have the college experience they desire.

AJDouglas15 I really enjoyed this film! Its a real and genuine feel good movie which will undoubtedly charm you. Many films you watch once and never watch again, but for me i can watch this film many times and still get that same fuzzy feeling from when i first watched it.The acting is pretty good, I think pairing Mena Suvari and Jason Briggs was perfect as they'd already worked together in American Pie. The film is also more plot to it than most teen-comedy movies. It may not be as funny as the likes of American Pie, But it has many of its own qualities. Jason Briggs does really well and you end up really liking his Character, He does a really good job at playing Mr Nice and really charming you.Give this film a watch. You never know, you might just agree with me

Jennie As an old movie fan, I've dealt with many successful and unsuccessful remakes of old movies I like. The Heiress, Charade, the list goes on and on. However, in all of these cases the movie was touted as a remake, and not sneakily re-written in some kind of hope that no savvy viewers would realize what they were watching.I have a secret love for stupid teen comedies, so I watched Loser expecting a brainless fiesta. Imagine my outrage when I realized I was watching a horrendous remake of my favorite movie of ALL TIME, "The Apartment." In shock, I watched as characters, situations, and whole sequences were lifted wholeheartedly from Billy Wilder's beautifully dark and comic parable about the value of morals in a faceless urban society.What shocked me the most is that Amy Heckerling has never copped to this being a remake. I have watched DVD special features, read reviews, and even searched here for some word from Ms Heckerling, but there is nothing. I am not so troubled by this being a mediocre at best remake than by it being so shadily remade. Until I read the comments from my fellow IMDb posters, I had not even read about anyone else realizing the similarities.If you're interested in watching Loser, do yourself a favor and watch the Apartment instead. You will feel uplifted and rewarded as a film goer and a human being. (Note: Amy Heckerling is an old movie fan! I have seen her doing interviews in tributes to directors like Frank Capra and Billy Wilder himself! So this remake was NOT an accident OR a coincidence!)