Dir: Chris Waitt
2008
****
A Complete History of My Sexual Failures is an awkwardly funny documentary and is extremely likable. It's also very touching and quite moving at times. It is one big apology from writer/film maker/producer Chris Waitt for all the pain and annoyance he's caused an alarming amount of girls. The tables really do turn on him though as the film gets gut-wrenchingly personal thanks to his brutal honesty and we see his true regret regarding the only girl he's ever really loved. For me this is top notch film making, or very close to it anyway. If it weren't for certain staged moments and moments where he tries just a little too hard to get a laugh and looses focus of what he really wants to achieve, it would be a 5 star film. Had Waitt been a journalist I would have disregarded this film in a heartbeat, but he's not. It is very rare to see someone explore their world, so that we can explore our own, so selflessly. It's a funny film but it also has a simple complexity about it that is very appealing.
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