SIERRA BURGESS IS A LOSER (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Shannon Purser (Wish Upon), RJ Cyler (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl), Noah Centineo (SPF-18), Kristine Froseth (Rebel in the Rye), Will Peltz (Unfriended), Lea Thompson (Back to the Future), Alan Ruck (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), Chrissy Metz (Loveless in Los Angeles), Alice Lee (Jack, Jules, Esther and Me), Giorgia Whigham (film debut), Mary Pat Gleason (Drillbit Taylor), Joey Morgan (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Ian Samuels (film debut), director; Lindsey Beer (film debut), writer; Thad Luckinbill (The Good Lie), Trent Luckinbill (Sicario), Molly Smith (Beautiful Creatures) and Rachel Smith (film debut), producers; Bram Inscore (film debut) and Brett McLaughlin (film debut), composers; John W. Rutland (Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension), cinematographer; Andrea Bottigliero (The Least of These), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Sierra Burgess (Purser) is the most unpopular girl in high school, but when she is mistakenly sent a text by handsome jock Jamey (Centineo) who thinks he sent it to popular cheerleader Veronica (Froseth), they begin communicating back and forth over the phone, soon falling in love with each other. However, when Sierra becomes worried about what will happen when he finds out that she’s not really Veronica, she recruits the real Veronica to help continue her romance…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Shannon Purser – who you may know best as the ill-fated Barb from Stranger Things – is wonderful in the title role of this sweet and uplifting teen romantic-comedy.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

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