A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (2008)

Note Générale:

6,4/10   

Réalisateur:

Chris Waitt

Date de sortie:

27 juin 2008 (UK)

Genre:

Documentaire | Comedie

Intrigue:

A humorous look at life for a loser in love.

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship | Break Up | Dominatrix

Récompenses:

1 win & 3 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

A partial success

Ensemble

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

Réalisé par
Chris Waitt

Produit par
Mary Burke	....	producer
Peter Carlton	....	executive producer
Will Clarke	....	executive producer
Antonia Davies	....	line producer
Lizzie Francke	....	executive producer
Robin Gutch	....	producer
Hugo Heppell	....	executive producer
Mark Herbert	....	producer
Clare Slessor	....	co-producer
Henry Trotter	....	producer

Musique originale
Chris Waitt

Image
Steven Mochrie

Montage
Mark Atkins
Chris Dickens

Directeur de production
Layla Blackman	....	post-production supervisor (as Layla Evans)
Antonia Davies	....	production manager

Technicien du son
Thom Berryman	....	sound transfer engineer
Stuart Burroughs	....	sound recordist
Ben Cross	....	dialogue editor
Ben Harvey	....	sound editor
Tom Hutchings	....	dialogue editor
Gareth Llewellyn	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Greg Marshall	....	supervising sound editor
Cameron Mercer	....	sound recordist
Richard Paterson	....	sound recordist
Ben Squires	....	senior dialogue editor
Andrew Stirk	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects
Matt Clarke	....	online editor
Sharon Lock	....	title design
Simon Whalley	....	post-production producer
Mike Woods	....	post production line producer

Caméra et Département Electrique
Edward Edwards	....	camera operator
Dean Rogers	....	still photographer

Dpartement Editorial
Matthew Streatfield	....	assistant editor

Département Musique
Phil Canning	....	music supervisor

Divers
Leonard Crooks	....	head of New Cinema Fund: UK Film Council
Anna Harrington	....	production accountant
Barry Ryan	....	head of production
Claire Warnes	....	senior business affairs executive

Companies de production

• Warp X
• EM Media
• Film4 (funding)
• Madman Entertainment
• Screen Yorkshire
• UK Film Council (funding)

Distributeurs

• Optimum Releasing (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Madman Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (theatrical)
• UFO Distribution (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Cinema Mondo (2008) (Finland) (all media)
• Madman Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (all media)
• Madman Entertainment (2008) (New Zealand) (all media)
• Wild Bunch Distribution (2008) (New Zealand) (DVD)

Autres Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Film4  development
• Spool Post Production  sound post-production

Autre(s) titre(s):

Complete History (UK) (working title)

Durée:

USA:90 min

Pays:

UK

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Classification:

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

Société:

Warp X

Connexions:

version de 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.