Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018) Reviews

• "Veronica Is A Good Person"

  r-bea6232018-09-08

  This movie should have been titled "Veronica Is A Good Person." The only reasons I'm giving this movie more than 1 star are the cast and that it kept me engaged and interested. The first half of the movie had me hopeful that Sierra and Jamey will develop a connection, Sierra will do the right thing, and all will be perfect. In the latter half it becomes evident that Sierra is selfish, entitled, and just plain mean. She takes no responsibility for her own choices, even against the advice of her best friend. Rather, she blames everything/everyone else to justify her actions. (My gorgeous mother stuck me with this body...my friend kissed my boyfriend who actually thinks I'm her...living under my dad's shadow is making it difficult for me to find my own identity). To echo the reviews of those who were equally frustrated, it's ridiculous that Sierra came out of the mess she created unscathed, with perfect boyfriend showing up unexpectedly to take her to homecoming. Meanwhile, Veronica, proves herself a true friend and kind, compassionate human being even after being humiliated. While this movie brings to light the great pressure our youths face to look a certain way in order to be accepted and sends a reminder that there is more to a person than their physical appearance and Instagram followers, it sends another message of the harmful sort. It sends the message that it's okay to trick someone into falling for you. That you're entitled to someone's love despite your acts of manipulation simply because they have no business caring about your appearance anyway. That it's okay to commit heinous acts against friends because you're entitled forgiveness. But these things are not okay.

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• sierra burgess is an a**hole

  elvira-rizova2018-09-07

  This movie has got me SHOOKETH. Yes it sends the message that it's not always about looks, and it was nice to see the popular girl team up with the outcast. HOWEVER, lord almighty!! The overall message of this movie is RIDICULOUS and WRONG. Catfishing is not okay, what the main protagonists do is downright evil and messed up... there are little to no repercussions to their actions, and Jamey just seems to accept all of it without much thought. They never went deeper into that, we never see Jamey's reaction, how much that affects him and I don't feel like Sierra evolves as a character at all since her actions are somehow 'okay' and treated like a minor mistake. That is messed up. What the hell does this movie teach young kids? This kind of behaviour is unacceptable. Ew.

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• Catfishing is WRONG - don't romanticized it

  cmeneses-749572018-09-10

  Sierra's character is a self absorbed "smarty pants" character with absolutely nothing going on for her. At no point in the movie you root for her to win over her love interest. Deceiving someone into thinking you are someone else is simply wrong and in no way should be romanticized. By the way - Sierra is just as shallow as Veronica or anyone else. The only reason she's into the guy is because he SENT a picture of him right off the bat. Would've she reacted differently if he didn't look as a catalog model? I definately think so.

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• Veronica is a sweetheart

  luciabcn862018-09-19

  I only watched this movie because Noah was so darn cute in "To all the boys I've loved before" and I've mentally reverted to my 15 year old self. The movie didn't have much momentum, I could have stopped watching it at any time. The only reason I didn't is because of the character of Veronica who showed real character development and just turned into a sweet, nice girl by the end of it all. Meanwhile, the main character, Sierra, just got worse and worse and I wish I could say by the end of it that she got what was coming to her, but she didn't. After Jamey finds out just how deceiving Sierra is, I don't understand why he decided to go and take Sierra to homecoming at the end - in my opinion, the two characters hadn't shown much connection via the phone anyway (unless sending animal pics to one another is connecting), and after finding out that she had lied to him and deceived him, why would he want to then go and find her? And then he has a monologue about how special she is, when it should be her who is apologising and making things right (?). And as for Veronica, Sierra did a horrible, unforgivable thing to her, and Veronica forgave her, again without really any effort from Sierra (other than confirming to Veronica that maybe she will be a singer when she 'grows up', which I don't think is an apology), and in any case, Sierra showed herself capable of behaving in a purely malicious and ghastly way, unlike Veronica who was basically acting as Sierra had asked her to, except it unintentionally went too far. Why would she still want to be friends with this girl who completely humiliated and hurt her in front of everyone, no matter what the reason? To be honest I would have liked to see Veronica and Jamey get together at the end, because I don't see why Sierra should get away with all the mess she caused. Being insecure doesn't give a licence to betray everyone. Except this movie apparently thinks it does.

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• Veronica deserves wayy better than Sierra

  joleng882018-09-14

  Sierra is a total asshole... the hell is wrong with this stupid storyline man.