‘Sierra Burgess Is a Loser’ Trailer: Netflix’s Next Big Teen Rom-Com Reinvents Cyrano By Way of Catfishing

Sierra Burgess is smart.

Sierra Burgess is driven.

Sierra Burgess isn’t into the typical trappings of high school.

Sierra Burgess is her own woman.

Sierra Burgess is… a loser? In Netflix’s latest high-school set rom-com — joining the likes of “The Kissing Booth” and “Alex Strangelove” — beloved “Stranger Things” breakout Shannon Purser stars as the eponymous Sierra Burgess, who is not a loser, at least by her own approximation (or that of anyone who values cool stuff like brains and ambition).

But in the teenage wilds of high school, she’s just not cool.Can a romance change that? Should it?In “Sierra Burgess Is a Loser,” Purser’s Sierra is on track to getting the hell out of her high school nightmare — bolstered by some very impressive Sat scores — but she’s hamstrung by the fact that there’s not much else that seems to make her stand out.

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