Sierra Burgess is a loser
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Sierra Burgess is a loser |
| Original title | Sierra Burgess is a loser |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2018 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ian Samuels |
| script | Lindsey Beer |
| production |
Thad Luckinbill , Trent Luckinbill , Molly Smith , Rachel Smith |
| music |
Bram Inscore , Brett McLaughlin |
| camera | John W. Rutland |
| cut | Andrea Bottigliero |
| occupation | |
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Sierra Burgess Is a Loser is an American youth - comedy from 2018 directed by Ian Samuels with Shannon Purser , Kristine Frøseth , RJ Cyler and Noah Centineo in the lead roles. The script by Lindsey Beer is a modern retelling of the story of Cyrano de Bergerac .
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser was published worldwide on September 7, 2018 on the video-on-demand portal Netflix .
action
Sierra Burgess is a smart, but unpopular girl who wants to study at Stanford University . Popular but devious Veronica often tries to bring down Sierra's life, showering her with mean sayings and comments about how she looks. When Jamey, a cute football player, asks Veronica for her number, she gives him Sierra's number instead. Veronica gave Jamey the wrong number because she has a boyfriend, Spence, who is in college.
This lie leads Jamey to text Sierra believing that she is Veronica. After Sierra and Jamey texting and flirting with each other for a while, Sierra begins to like Jamey. She realizes that he thinks he's writing to someone else. Sierra tells her best friend Dan that she met a guy. Dan warns her to keep in touch with Jamey as she will only become unhappy.
When Sierra learns that Jamey believes he is texting Veronica, Sierra approaches Veronica. Since Veronica is heartbroken about the recent breakup with Spence, Sierra offers to tutor Veronica to make her appear smarter. During the tutoring, Sierra learns more about Veronica's frustrating family life and begins to make friends with her. One night Jamey calls Sierra on video. Veronica appears in front of the screen while Sierra conducts the conversation in the background. Since the two are not synchronized, Jamey ends the call. The two laugh at the situation together and become friends.
When Jamey asks Sierra, whom he thinks is Veronica, on a date, Veronica goes with him as a favor for Sierra. However, when he tries to kiss Veronica, Veronica tells him to close his eyes and Sierra kisses him instead, and Jamey thinks he kissed Veronica.
Jamey kisses Veronica before a football game. Veronica is mad at Jamey for feeling like she betrayed Sierra. Jamey doesn't understand why she's angry because he thinks she was the person he kissed on their date. Sierra sees the kiss and believes Veronica kissed him on purpose. In revenge, she decides to expose the fact that Veronica was dumped by her ex-boyfriend via SMS. During the football game, Veronica angrily tells Jamey the truth, and when a panicked Sierra tries to defend and explain himself, he recognizes her voice. Jamey is shocked by what has happened and wants Sierra and Veronica to stay away from him. Dan is also disappointed in his best friend and says that he doesn't recognize her again.
Sierra writes a song called Sunflower and sends it to Veronica as an apology. Veronica sends the song to Jamey and tells him what a great girl Sierra really is. He forgives Sierra, kisses her and invites her to the homecoming ball. At the ball, Sierra reconciles with Veronica and Dan.
background
The film was first announced in September 2016 as a modern retelling of the Cyrano de Bergerac story to be directed by Ian Samuels from a script by Lindsey Beer. The main male role was cast with Ben Hardy . At the same time it was announced that Molly Smith and Thad Luckinbill's production studio Black Label Media would produce the film, with Beer as executive producer.
The title-giving lead role was cast in early January 2017 with Shannon Purser , known from Stranger Things . Other central roles went to RJ Cyler , Kristine Frøseth , Will Peltz , Lea Thompson , Alan Ruck and Chrissy Metz . On February 1, 2018 it was announced that Noah Centineo would take on the male lead, replacing Hardy, who was leaving the project.
In July 2017, songwriter and musician Leland announced that he was composing the soundtrack for the film with Bram Inscore Musik. He also revealed that a song each for Troye Sivan and Allie X was also written, which can be heard in the film. In addition, an original song called Sunflower was written with screenwriter Lindsey Beer and sung by Shannon Purser.
On January 18, 2018, it was announced that Netflix had acquired the rights to the film. The release took place worldwide on September 7, 2018.
synchronization
The German synchronization was for a dialogue book by Jan Fabian Krüger under the dialogue director Michael Ernst by the synchronous company RRP Media UG in Berlin .
| actor | Role name | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Shannon Purser | Sierra Burgess | Lina Rabea Mohr |
| Kristine Frøseth | Veronica | Jodie Blank |
| RJ Cyler | Dan | Bastian Sierich |
| Noah Centineo | Jamey | Sebastian Kluckert |
| Loretta Devine | Ms. Thomson | Traudel Sparrowhawk |
| Lea Thompson | Jules Osborn-Burgess | Gundi Eberhard |
| Alan jerk | Stephen Burgess | Bernd Vollbrecht |
| Giorgia Whigham | Chrissy | Lisa Braun |
| Alice Lee | Mackenzie | Anni C. Salander |
| Mary Pat Gleason | Director Stevens | Isabella Grothe |
| Chrissy Metz | Trish | Svantje washer |
| Joey Morgan | Topher | Philip Sweet |
| Mario Revolori | Rishi | Dirk Stollberg |
| Will Peltz | Spence |
reception
The film received mostly positive reviews. At Metacritic , the film received a Metascore of 60/100 based on 14 reviews, with Rotten Tomatoes with 65 percent of the 23 reviews were positive.
Markus Fiedler by Screenrush .com judges about the film: "A strong Shannon Purser, a few dark speckles in action and a good soundtrack give this otherwise quite sweet Netflix sweet enough taste to make fun despite the lack of own ideas. "
Helden der Freizent thinks that the film was "quite successful on an emotional, moral and intellectual level [...]". They also judge that the "good cast lifts the flick above average".
Web links
- Sierra Burgess Is a Loser in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Mike Fleming Jr: Ben Hardy To Topline Modern Cyrano De Bergerac Pic 'Sierra Burgess Is A Loser'. In: Deadline.com. September 9, 2016, accessed September 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Patrick Hipes: 'Stranger Things' Shannon Purser To Star In 'Sierra Burgess Is A Loser'. In: Deadline.com. January 5, 2017, accessed September 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Amanda N'Duka: Miya Cech Joins Fox's 'The Darkest Minds'; Noah Centineo Cast In 'Sierra Burgess Is A Loser'. In: Deadline.com. February 1, 2017, accessed September 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Patrick Hipes: Netflix Seals Deal For 'Sierra Burgess Is A Loser'. In: Deadline.com. January 18, 2018, accessed September 9, 2018 .
- ↑ German synchronous index | Movies | Sierra Burgess is a loser. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Sierra Burgess Is a Loser. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on September 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Sierra Burgess Is a Loser at Metacritic , accessed September 9, 2018
- ↑ Sierra Burgess Is a Loser at Rotten Tomatoes (English) , accessed on September 9, 2018
- ^ Markus Fiedler: Critique of the Filmstarts editorial team: Sierra Burgess Is a Loser. In: Filmstarts.de. Retrieved September 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Sierra Burgess Is A Loser - Review: A Girl as Netflix Bergerac. In: Heroes of Leisure. Retrieved September 9, 2018 .