A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (2008)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.5/10   

Director:

Chris Waitt

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

27 junio 2008 (UK)

Género:

Documental | Comedia

Plot:

A humorous look at life for a loser in love.

Plot Keywords:

Dominatrix

Premios:

1 win & 3 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A partial success

Reparto

Alexandra Boyarskaya	...	Herself
Danielle McLeod	...	Herself
Olivia Trench	...	Herself
Chris Waitt	...	Himself
Hilary Waitt	...	Herself

También conocida como:

Complete History (UK) (working title)
La historia completa de mis fracasos sexuales (Spain) [es]

Duración:

USA:90 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Clasificación:

UK:18 | Finland:K-15 | Australia:R | Australia:R (2008) | Sweden:15

Compañía:

Warp X

Conexiones de Película:

Version of The Complete History of My Sexual Failures (2012)

A partial success

Regardless of how much of this 'documentary' is fake and how much of it is real, it is still about a complete and utter lunatic. Chris Waitt, who also directed the film, can't seriously be wondering why all these girls dumped him and why his sex life is a failure, I thought to myself. It's a surprise that he even got that many people to go out on dates with him. When Chris eventually accused several of his ex-girlfriends of being psychopaths, things got even more frustrating. Then we have to endure more than 20 minutes of penis and erection jokes, several of which are obviously staged. Still, I can't say I hated the film, when Chris stopped being so utterly self-obsessed and defensive in tone, and allowed us a clear look at his ex-girlfriends, I genuinely felt some emotion and connection with a lot of them. Ultimately the movie is not bad, but not good either, held afloat by some funny moments, the encounter with his one girlfriend that he'd been with for many years, that he genuinely seemed to love, and a bizarre scene in which he goes out on the street and asks multiple women to sleep with him. I've always wanted to do that, but never had the guts. Above all else the film genuinely cheered me up, made me realize that while I haven't made a semi-successful film, my problems still pale in comparison to Waitt's, and it's not like he exists in almost an alien reality, in total poverty or something, he's not too far off from how I live, and while the film really isn't a success ultimately, it did succeed in making me laugh occasionally and also reconsider my attitude towards women. If the events in the film are real, I do at least admire Waitt's courage in turning the camera on himself and, no matter how stubborn he often is, ultimately admitting how many of his failures were his own fault.