It's 1965 Los Angeles. Woody (Tom Cruise),angry Dave (Jackie Earle Haley) and cool Spider (John Stockwell) are high school student vowing to lose it in their trip to Tijuana, Mexico. They need money and wheeling dealing little Wendell forces his way into the group. Kathy (Shelley Long) runs away and grabs a ride with the guys. She gets a quickie divorce in Tijuana.

This is following the success of Porky's over a year before. The difference is that this isn't nearly as funny. The story isn't very original and has all the hallmarks of a teen sex romp. The boys aren't very likable. They're missing the lovable goof character. Neither Dave nor Wendell is lovable. The movie just has too much anger. Everybody is angry. The group is separated for much of the movie anyways. It does have an awkward kissing scene between Cruise and Long. That may be worth a look.

Losin' It is teen sex comedy.The setting was in 1965.It which follows four school friends namely:Woody, Dave, Spider, Wendell.They are from Los Angeles who got to travel south border of Mexico in Tijuana.They were accompanied by Kathy,a woman who plans of having a quick divorce from her husband.The LA friends and Kathy got into a lot of misadventures causing trouble.Aside from that,the LA friends made a pact to lose their virginity before their trip is over.Woody lost his when he spent the night with Kathy.

Losin' It was an average teen sex comedy.The story was predictable.The laughs aren't really that funny.The acting was mediocre even from future stars,Tom Cruise,who played Woody; and Shelley Long,who played Kathy.The direction was also lacking from future Oscar-winning director,Curtis Hanson.Obviously,it also was a low-budget production as evidence by the quality of the film. The only good thing about this movie is the performance of Jackie Earle Haley,who stole the show in this film.

Overall,Losin' It would have been a forgettable film if only Cruise,Long and Hanson did not achieve future success in their careers.Also,it reminded us how talented actor Jackie Earle Haley should keep getting movie roles and continue making films.

A quartet of teenagers -- awkward nice guy Woody (a likeable performance by Tom Cruise right before he became a huge star),cocky Spider (solid John Stockwell),fast-talking would-be worldly smoothie Dave (a very funny and spirited portrayal by Jackie Earle Haley),and slick squirt hustler Wendell (sharply played by John P. Navin Jr.) -- go to Tijuana, Mexico with the specific intention of letting it all hang out. However, things don't go exactly as planned.

Director Curtis Hanson keeps the enjoyable story moving along at a brisk pace, offers a flavorsome evocation of the sordid south-of-the-border setting, and manages to capture a tone that's just raucous and raunchy enough without ever becoming too crass or offensive. B.W.L. Norton's barbed script gives the premise a surprising amount of extra bite by astutely observing the basic principle of causation with the four protagonists entering Mexico under the pretense that it's some kind of anything goes lawless paradise only to learn the hard way that their irresponsible actions in Mexico come with pretty severe consequences. Moreover, this film further benefits from sound acting from Shelley Long as the flighty divorce-seeking Kathy, Henry Darrow as a hard-nosed corrupt sheriff, Rick Rossovich as a belligerent marine, Joe Spinell as a gruff border patrolman, and John "Dr. Dirty" Valby as sleazy nightclub emcee Johnny Hotrocks. A total hoot that deserves to be better known and more well regarded than it is.