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Losin' It

  • 1982
  • R
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
5.7K
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Losin' It (1982)
Set in 1965, four rowdy teenage guys travel to Tijuana, Mexico for a night of partying when they are joined by a heartbroken housewife who is in town seeking a quick divorce.
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Set in 1965, four rowdy teenage guys travel to Tijuana, Mexico for a night of partying when they are joined by a heartbroken housewife who is in town seeking a quick divorce.Set in 1965, four rowdy teenage guys travel to Tijuana, Mexico for a night of partying when they are joined by a heartbroken housewife who is in town seeking a quick divorce.Set in 1965, four rowdy teenage guys travel to Tijuana, Mexico for a night of partying when they are joined by a heartbroken housewife who is in town seeking a quick divorce.

  • Director
    • Curtis Hanson
  • Writers
    • Bill Norton
    • Bryan Gindoff
  • Stars
    • Tom Cruise
    • Jackie Earle Haley
    • John Stockwell
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.0/10
    5.7K
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    • Director
      • Curtis Hanson
    • Writers
      • Bill Norton
      • Bryan Gindoff
    • Stars
      • Tom Cruise
      • Jackie Earle Haley
      • John Stockwell
    • 26User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
    • 51Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Tom Cruise
    Tom Cruise
    • Woody
    Jackie Earle Haley
    Jackie Earle Haley
    • Dave
    John Stockwell
    John Stockwell
    • Spider
    John P. Navin Jr.
    John P. Navin Jr.
    • Wendell (Wimp)
    Shelley Long
    Shelley Long
    • Kathy
    Henry Darrow
    Henry Darrow
    • Sheriff
    Hector Elias
    Hector Elias
    • Chuey
    Daniel Faraldo
    Daniel Faraldo
    • Taxi Driver #1
    Mario Marcelino
    • Pablo
    Rick Rossovich
    Rick Rossovich
    • Marine
    • (as Rick Rossovitch)
    James Victor
    James Victor
    • Lawyer
    Kale Browne
    Kale Browne
    • Larry (Kathy's Husband)
    Enrique Castillo
    Enrique Castillo
    • Taxi Driver #2
    Cornelio Hernandez
    • Big Guy in Jail
    Hector Morales
    • Watch Seller
    Santos Morales
    • Tunga Lei Doorman
    John Valby
    • Johnny Hotrocks (Emcee)
    Laura James
    • Woody's Whore
    • Director
      • Curtis Hanson
    • Writers
      • Bill Norton
      • Bryan Gindoff
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    8saxchick4

    A Good Movie With a Common Plot.

    I thought this movie was pretty funny, it had its fun quirks to it that made it intriguing to watch. But the plot line for this movie has been wore down, the fact that guys in high school staged during the 1950s to 1960s want to go lose their virginities is an old story. This movie reminds me of Porky's it has the exact same story line. There is that one guy who is dying to have sex with anyone right now, there is the hot headed one that starts all the fights and the nice sweet one who is a gentleman and gets the nice girl. Also I think this movie is rated wrong, it could have easily been a PG-13 movie because throughout the whole movie the "F" word was said maybe three times the only reason its was rated R is because of the nudity is what exactly like Porky's had. But its a 1980s movie, its rated "R" its a comedy, its bound to be stupidly funny all 80s are.But overall everything, this is an amusing movie and after watching it, if you are old enough to understand, its a feel good movie. YOu laugh a lot because of all the high jinks and problems that these guys go through is more entertaining than Porky's or any other film related to the plot.
    Fandust

    Crude but amusing.

    Losin' It is a crude but amusing story about some frustrated high school boys who want very much to loose their virginity. So they take a car ride to Tijuana and get into some trouble while "Losin' It". Losin' It is not a typical hollywood movie. I think it is slightly better than its rating on IMDB, but maybe not worth paying for. The title is a play on words, BTW.
    clockwatcher

    You People Are Losin' It

    Lay off this movie, people. It's a teen-age sex romp comedy. It doesn't pretend to be anything more. And as for teen sex-romp comedies, it's pretty entertaining.

    Tom Cruise is in it. Shelley Long has a good part. And the guy from Breaking Away has the best character of all. What I really liked about this movie was how it "romanticized" Tijuana. It makes you want to take a trip down there and raise some hell yourself.

    This movie is a good time on a Friday night. If you're gonna rent a movie like this, rent this one. You won't be disappointed.
    vertigo_14

    Forget Tom Cruise. The whole movie is Jackie Earle Haley.

    Losin' It is a pretty funny roadtrip movie, thanks to the comedic antics of Jackie Earle Haley ('Breaking Away') who plays Dave, an oversexed kid desperate from some action during a weekend in Mexico. He and his buddies, Woody (Tom Cruise) clean cut shy kid, headlong Spider (the gorgeous John Stockwell) and Dave's clever brother Wendell (John P. Navin Jr.), embark on a wild roadtrip to lust after girls and underaged booze in 1965.

    Each of the guys has their own experiences with love and mischief. Woody spends most of the time with Kathy (Shelly Long), a flamboyant older woman who hitched a ride with the boys to get a quickie divorce. Spider, the ego, abandons the group and frequently gets in trouble with a corrupt sheriff. Wendell, who came along for lots of black market goodies, spends the weekend trying to save his brother's ass, since Dave's misconception that the town is full of easy women gets him in heavy trouble with the locals.

    It's a pretty funny movie that I'm surprised hasn't been given more notoriety among 80s fans. Tom Cruise and John Stockwell played their typical characters, but the stars of this movie, were really Jackie Earle Haley and John Navin. They were perfect.
    kman0072

    I like this movie!

    I thought that this movie was very funny the first time I saw it ten years ago, and I still do today. This is a movie that is in the same genre as Porky's or Revenge of the Nerds. True fact, Tom Cruise said in a Playboy interview that he did this movie because of Jackie Earle Haley. Since Haley had been in Breaking Away, Cruise figured that this movie would be just as good. It didn't quite work out the way he expected, at least not right away. Cruise fan or not, it's worth a look. For me, Jackie pretty much steals every scene he's in. Anytime I watch this movie, I have to laugh at Tom Cruise because he ended up becoming one of the biggest stars in the movie world, and he started out in this. If you REALLY want to see Cruise in another light, check out Endless Love, with Brooke Shields. It's his first movie, and though he's in it for less than a minute, it's worth a look, just like Losin' It. Check it out!

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    • Trivia
      Because this movie was a low budget, non-union film, they used at least ten crew members as actors, and many others didn't want their names on the credits. They also hired a lot of local people from Calexico, California to be extras and a few were put in as principals with lines. The art department covered eighty percent of the store fronts on the main boulevard with period looking facades. The crew worked six nights a week for five to six weeks for most of the scenes. The only nights off were Sunday nights, so a lot of the crew would drive into Mexicali, Mexico to go dancing at their version of a "Studio 54" disco. The Model A car, that was owned by the local guys, was actually very troublesome for the duration of the movie. By the end, it was dragging on the ground because the suspension was bad.
    • Goofs
      1970's and 1980's cars are seen in the background throughout the entire movie which is supposed to be taking place in the 1960's.
    • Quotes

      [Spider comes back with a condom]

      Spider: I forgot my rubber.

      Spider's Whore: Did you remember to bring your dick?

    • Crazy credits
      During the closing credits roll the name of songwriter Bert Kalmar is misspelled as Bert Kalmer.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Teenage Sex Movies (1983)
    • Soundtracks
      Losin' It
      by Jeff Alan (as J. Alan) and T. Shenale

      Performed by Jeff Alan Band

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    • Release date
      • April 22, 1983 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Official site
      • MGM
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ir a perderlo y perderse
    • Filming locations
      • Calexico, California, USA(setting: Tijuana)
    • Production companies
      • Tiberius Film Productions
      • Tijuana Productions
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    • Budget
      • $7,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,246,141
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $437,257
      • Apr 10, 1983
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,246,141
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 40m(100 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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