Product Details

• Actors: Tom Cruise, Jackie Earle Haley, John Stockwell, John P. Navin Jr., Shelley Long
• Directors: Curtis Hanson
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
• Subtitles: Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: February 6, 2001
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000542CI
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #52,065 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Losin' It" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Tom Cruise (Magnolia, Top Gun) has everything to gainand a certain something to losewhen he crosses paths with Shelley Long ("Cheers," The Brady Bunch Movie) in this rambunctious road-trip comedy set in the wild and wacky sixties. A wild, irreverent and totally out-of-control trip down memory lane, this high-octane Baja excursion has laughs coming as fast as a Tijuana taxi! When all-American high-schooler Woody (Cruise) and his Sinatra-obsessed pal Dave (Jackie Earle Haley, Nemesis) decide that it's time to lose their virginity, they enlist the help of their "more experienced" friend Spider (John Stockwell, Top Gun) and head south of the border. Now, in a hilariously raunchy search for cheap boozeand even cheaper thrillsthe intrepid trio will run into fast-food floozies, crooked cops and a close encounter with a doubting would-be divorcee (Long) that will change Woody's life forever!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You're Losin' It, Abusin' it if you don't like it, January 13, 2003

By	Darian Dennison (Walla Walla, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This has to be one of the most underrated teen movies in the 1980's, and I've been a fan of this movie since I was 14 and now that I'm 22, I still love this movie.

The story is about 3 high school seniors Dave (the Frank Sinatra/sex obsessed pal) Woody (the sensitive intellegent person) and Spyder (a tough boy from a broken home) who plan a trip to Tijuana in search of sex, but the plan backfires as Dave's little brother Wendel 'Wimp' comes along with them as well as a runaway bride (Shelley Long)
As they arrive in Tijuana, the boys go out and look for a good time and later they meet the crooked cops, insane marine sailors and junkyard ruffians and they decide to get out of Tijuana and make it across the border.

Even though this movie has a little plot, it's fun to watch this movie and it truly deserves more recognition with today's youth. This movie is alot better than today's teen flicks.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun, made even better by bright and talented cast, June 15, 2004

By A Customer

I first saw Losin' It on HBO in the early 1980's. It seems to have retained a certain something that demands repeat viewings, at least for me. Despite the "name" stars, Tom Cruise (in a pre-Top Gun role) and Shelley (I should have stayed on "Cheers") Long, this fun roadtrip film to Tijuana, Mexico is stolen away from them by Jackie Earle Haley as the sex-crazed, would-be Frank Sinatra, "Dave", who is on a quest for the mythical aphrodisiac, Spanish Fly and John P. Navin, Jr. as the capitalist kid, "Wimp", (my name is "Wendal"!!), who finances the trip in exchange for coming along to buy cheap fireworks to sell back home in California at a premium. One of the funniest scenes in the film takes place during an attempt by "Dave" to buy Spanish Fly in a Tijuana pharmacy. There are all the usual teen sex comedy gags, language and humor and some is unfortunately, quite tasteless and there is some brief nudity, as well. But, the bright and talented cast still manage to shine through and overcome things that might have diminished the efforts of other performers. It's definitely male, adolescent humor and not for all tastes or for those who are easily offended. But, all-in-all, it is a very funny film and is light-years better than other teen sex comedies, such as "Porky's", with it's forgetable cast of mostly unknowns who stayed that way. The exceptional cast of "Losin' It is this film's strength and they carry it. There is also some nice 1950's and 1960's music. I can personally highly recommend it to those who are looking for a fun film.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars American teens, December 31, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Losin' It [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"sex and the American Teenager is a dramatic film which unveils the starling effects of the sexual revolution on the youth of America in the 1980's"

"Today's teenagers are more sexually active and begin their sexual life at an earlier age than ever before"

The video lets you see what teenagers think about sex, how they feel that sex will keep the relationship they are in together. It will show how both boys and girls think about it and how their veiws about sex changed from what that thought before they had it the first time to what they know now.