Loser is a 2000 American teen romantic comedy film written and directed by Amy Heckerling.

Paul Tannek, a small-town, intelligent kid from the Midwest, is accepted into New York University on scholarship.

However, his new roommates—Chris, Adam, and Noah —brand him a loser due to his polite manner, working class background, and determination for education.

Paul is attracted to classmate Dora Diamond, unaware of her affair with English professor Edward Alcott.

Rushing her to the hospital, Paul learns Alcott is Dora's emergency contact, and he tells Chris the following day without thinking.

Alcott reveals that Chris, Noah, and Adam are blackmailing him for passing grades, and he believes Paul is in on the scheme.

After discovering roofies were involved at the party, Paul steals Noah's supply and replaces them with placebos.

At the same time, Alcott is found out and sent to prison for having an affair with an underage student, and Paul and Dora remain happy in their relationship.

The site's consensus states: "In the grand tradition of teen flicks, Loser comes across as another predictable and underwritten movie with nothing new to offer.