Sierra Burgess Is a Loser is a 2018 American teen comedy-drama film directed by Ian Samuels from a screenplay by Lindsey Beer.

The film is a modern retelling of the 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, and stars Shannon Purser, Kristine Froseth, RJ Cyler, and Noah Centineo.

Sierra Burgess is a smart, aspirational, unpopular high school student striving to get admitted into Stanford University.

Jamey is a handsome football player from another high school; unaware that Veronica has a boyfriend in college, he asks for her phone number.

The film was first announced in September 2016 as a modern retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac, to be directed by Ian Samuels from a screenplay by Lindsey Beer (Chaos Walking).

[3] On January 5, 2017, Shannon Purser was set to star as Sierra Burgess,[4] and the following day, Kristine Froseth was cast in a supporting role.

The website's critical consensus reads, "Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, but her movie's okay - largely thanks to Shannon Purser's work in the title role, which is strong enough to counter an uneven narrative.

[11] Proma Khosla from Mashable criticized the movie for romanticizing certain character choices by the female protagonist, Sierra Burgess, specifically her catfishing and sharing a non-consensual kiss with her love interest, hacking, cyber bullying and mistreating her friend, and pretending to be deaf with support from one of her friends.

[12] Hannah Giorgis from The Atlantic similarly criticized the movie, stating it "disappointingly fails to indict the protagonist’s deceptive behavior".