A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (2008)

A humorous look at life for a loser in love.

Director:

Chris Waitt

Writer:

Chris Waitt (by)

Stars:

Danielle McLeod, Olivia Trench, Chris Waitt

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Danielle McLeod	...	Herself (as Danielle)
Olivia Trench	...	Herself (as Olivia)

Storyline

Independent filmmaker Chris Waitt attempts to interview his ex-girlfriends to find out why they dumped him. This revealing and humorous documentary sees the slacker filmmaker go on a sexual and emotional odyssey in a desperate quest to solve his innumerable problems.

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Plot Keywords:

dominatrix | boyfriend girlfriend relationship | impotence | torture | family planning | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 June 2008 (UK)

Also Known As:

Complete History

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warp X, EM Media, Film4

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Remade as The Complete History of My Sexual Failures

User Reviews

Waitt for Your Appearance on Candid Camera!

Meet Chris Waitt. He's a thirty-something auteur and amateur, who embarks on a project to catalog his past girlfriends following in the footsteps of Jim Jarmusch and "Broken Flowers" featuring the middle-aged Bill Murray. The end result is funnier and different in other aspects, too. Waitt comes off as a Kurt Cobain lookalike, whose toilet floor is carpeted in pubic hair w/ used toilet paper rolls in the corner unlike a furniture catalog by IKEA. He walks around carrying his furry microphone and baggy-saggy pants like a leftover grunge-wars survivor. His "Swedish" face is, however, only the surface, because things are boiling beneath it. As the events that unfold testify, he's got enough balls to visit a dominatrix, test his street-credibility vs. women, serenade a psychotherapist citing "crack-whores" and "religious virgins" and trip on Viagra like we've never seen it happen. The movie suggests that in the lives of most/many GenXers, there are four recurring factors apart from differences in personal hygiene and CV: a) A lost loved one is a mental skeleton in the closet b) (S)he is targeted at least once for reclamation c) Inevitable failure on this front may lead to creation of wicked senses of humor (as a defense mechanism) and d) other people and one's own projects claim the (wo)man in the end. Lived life and history can not be changed. If our relationships are like bridges, we almost always burn them after saying cogently goodbye. Because of these strengths, I was mildly indignant that the audience seemed to revel only in Waitt's failures and shortcomings on the sexual front. I could think of many girls who wouldn't be his match or worthy of him as a date. I rate this film relatively high since it was part of the LOVE & ANARCHY film festival and fulfilled the criteria of providing both aspects of love and anarchy quite satisfactorily. The movie was a bit like Borat for the thinking woman's circle of friends. Hand-held cameras and weird scenes ruled, you know. Out of that L&A context, I can understand if other people find this movie overdone, childish, annoying or crude.