Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Shannon Purser, Kristine Froseth, Noah Centineo, RJ Cyler, Chrissy Metz, Alice Lee DIRECTOR: Ian Samuels MUSIC: Brett McLaughlin, Bram Inscore PRODUCTION: Black Label Media

Box Office Performance

Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

The film was first announced in September 2016 as a modern retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac, to be directed by Ian Samuels from a screenplay by Lindsey Beer (Chaos Walking). Ben Hardy had been set to play the male lead role. In the same announcement, it was revealed Molly Smith and Thad Luckinbill's Black Label Media (Sicario, La La Land) would produce the film, with Beer executive producing.

In December 2016, RJ Cyler was cast as the title character's best friend. On January 5, 2017, Shannon Purser was set to star as Sierra Burgess, and the following day, Kristine Froseth was cast in a supporting role. Later that same month, Will Peltz was also added. On February 1, 2017, Noah Centineo was set for the male lead, taking over from Ben Hardy. Also in February 2017, Lea Thompson and Alan Ruck were cast as the title character's parents.

In July 2017, songwriter and musician Leland announced that he had completed scoring the film, with Bram Inscore. In addition, he stated that the pair had also co-written a song with Troye Sivan and Allie X that would be featured in the film. The group co-wrote a song with the film's screenwriter, Lindsey Beer, entitled "Sunflower", an original song written in the script and performed by Shannon Purser.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

No awards data currently available for this title.

CRITICAL RECEPTION

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The website's critics consensus reads, "Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, but her movie's okay – largely thanks to Shannon Purser's work in the title role, which is strong enough to counter an uneven narrative." On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 60, based on reviews from 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

Proma Khosla from Mashable criticized the film for romanticizing certain character choices by the female protagonist, Sierra Burgess, specifically her catfishing and sharing a non-consensual kiss with her love interest, hacking, cyber bullying and mistreating her friend, and pretending to be deaf with support from one of her friends. Hannah Giorgis from The Atlantic similarly criticized the film, stating it "disappointingly fails to indict the protagonist’s deceptive behavior".