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1983 American-Canadian comedy film by Curtis Hanson For the song, see Losin' It (Rock City song). For other uses, see Losing It.
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Losin' It
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCurtis Hanson
Written byBill L. Norton
Produced byBryan Gindoff
Hannah Hempstead
Joel B. Michaels
Starring
CinematographyGilbert Taylor
Edited byRichard Halsey
Music byKenneth Wannberg
Production
company		Tijuana Productions
Distributed byEmbassy Pictures (United States)
Manson International (International)
Release date
  • April 8, 1983 (1983-04-08)
Running time100 minutes
CountriesCanada
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7 million
Box office$1.2 million

Losin' It is a 1983 comedy film directed by Curtis Hanson, and starring Tom Cruise, Shelley Long, Jackie Earle Haley and John Stockwell. The film follows four teenagers trying to lose their virginity. It was filmed largely in Calexico, California.

Plot

Four teenagers from early 1960s Los Angeles are on their way to Tijuana, Mexico: Dave, Woody, Spider, and Dave's brother Wendell. Dave, Spider, and Woody are there to lose their virginity, while Wendell came along to buy fireworks. They end up picking up a woman named Kathy, who goes with them because she wants a fast divorce from her husband, and they get into a series of hijinks and misadventures south of the border.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

The film received negative reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 18% of 11 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.3/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 51 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert criticized the film on their TV program At the Movies. Siskel called it "dreadful" and "predictable." Ebert described the themes of the movie as "sick" for suggesting that young men should seek out prostitutes or older women instead of forming relationships with women their own age. Janet Maslin of The New York Times praised Shelley Long for her charm and skill at physical comedy, calling her "the best thing in the movie." But she criticized the screenplay for its excesses and suggested that most of the cast "might fare much better in a different movie."

Box office

The film opened in 180 theatres in New York and Los Angeles opening with a "lackluster" $437,257 for the weekend.

Home media

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MGM released Losin' It as a Region 1 DVD on February 6, 2001. Kino Lorber released the film on Blu-ray on March 5, 2019.

References

  1. ^ "Losin' It (1983)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  2. ^ Losin' It at Box Office Mojo
  3. "Losin' It". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 19, 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. "Teenage Sex Movies, 1983". siskelebert.org. January 31, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  5. Maslin, Janet (April 8, 1983). "'LOSIN' IT'". The New York Times. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  6. "'Tootsie' Sashays Back To The Top Of Boxoffice Heap". Variety. April 13, 1983. p. 3.

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