Sierra Burgess Is a Loser

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. The film was released on September 7, 2018, by Netflix. Plot Sierra is a smart and aspirational high school student, striving to get admitted into Stanford University. She is not popular, and not considered attractive. Popular classmate Veronica both criticizes and insults her, which she answers with wit and sidesteps with charm. Jamey is a handsome football player from another high school; he does not know that Veronica has a "boyfriend" attending college, and so he asks for her phone number. Wanting to dodge Jamey's attention, she gives him Sierra's phone number as if it were her own. Jamey and Sierra begin texting, where they exchange messages and flirt. Although she realizes he believes he is communicating with someone else, she develops a crush on him. In band class, Sierra tells her best friend Dan that she has met someone, explaining how it happened. He disapproves of Sierra's actions, but she defends herself by saying that Jamey's decisions to engage with her have only been based on his interactions with her.