A Complete History of My Sexual Failures

2008

1h 30m

Documentary

Comedy

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56%

9 Reviews

Tomatometer

56%

1,000+ Ratings

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Chris Waitt tracks down all of the women from his romantic past to see why their relationships failed.

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Just seen the movie. Really unflattering, dull and non-humoristic movie about a weird guy. It's a complete waste of time and I actually pity the film material for being used on such a dull project. Safe the energy and watch a brick for 2 hours would be more giving outcome

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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This film was just on TV which reminded me I had seen it (and not reviewed it). I saw this film originally at the the International Film Festival in my city in either 2008 or 2009. I think seeing it initially and getting the "audience soundtrack" I think made this film. Chris Waitt decided to make this film about himself and his horrendously bad relationship track record which he sets off to investigate. Chris presents much like Spike, Hugh Grant's room mate in Notting Hill, poor social skills, poor presentation and an almost complete lack of forsight into himself. I believe having an audience "made" this film for me. There is a particular scene for example, where Chris takes certain drugs that affect the male member. With alcohol. Without the foresight to have a partner or sex toys or other methods of relief. I won't destroy the scene but as it progresses the entire audence groans, shudders and made noises like "Oh no, he's not going to is he; oh gawd he is..." kind of thing. This made it. This movie has funny parts but it is also rather sad and pathetic...

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Large portions are obviously staged, leading one to question whether this was ever intended to be a documentary, or a gross-out romantic comedy masquerading documentary all along. Unfortunately, it fails horribly at being either.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Poor guy. Just wanna scrub him clean.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Horribly depressing, yet intriguing to laugh at.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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This seemed like a interesting idea for a documentary but the why this guy did it just wasn't fun to watch. Most of the girls never talked to him and most of the time he never really found out what was wrong with him. He was a very dull person and you kinda knew right away why people dumped him. The whole movie you're hoping to find out the big question but no one really gave bug examples and it didn't seem to help him. I felt like this guys whole project was a waste of time. It was interesting early one but after awhile you just don't care anymore after you see what kind of person he is. Not the best documentary to watch about relationships but if you're lazy like him, you'll find women get tired of your shit pretty fast.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Chris Waitt

Director

Aleksandra Boyarskaya

Actor

Danielle McLeod

Actor

Olivia Trench

Actor

Chris Waitt

Writer

Peter Carlton

Executive Producer

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Philippa Hawker

The Age (Australia)

A sporadically entertaining portrayal of male humiliation and self-abnegation.

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 27, 2009

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Mike McCahill

Daily Telegraph (UK)

It's a display of gross bad faith both as documentarist and lover, and its subject probably deserves never to get laid again.

Jul 1, 2008

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

Pace is snappy, soundtrack full of good alt-rock cuts.

Feb 1, 2008

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Margaret Pomeranz

At the Movies (Australia)

It's to Waitt's credit that there are genuine moments of poignancy in the film as well as laughs and sheer astonishment.

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 27, 2009

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Julian Wood

FILMINK (Australia)

There's an occasional brief, fierce laugh born out of the absurdity of the situations. At other points, the women provide genuine insight into relationships. Thank god for their realism and sanity. Still, this feels like a short bloated into a feature.

Mar 20, 2009

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Louise Keller

Urban Cinefile

It's not as funny as the title suggests, but there's something endearing about this rough video diary in which filmmaker Chris Waitt takes a fly-on-the-wall approach to his past failures as a boyfriend.

Mar 14, 2009

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Synopsis

Chris Waitt tracks down all of the women from his romantic past to see why their relationships failed.

Director: Chris Waitt
Producer: Peter Carlton, Will Clarke, Lizzie Francke
Screenwriter: Chris Waitt
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Original Language: English (United Kingdom)
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Runtime: 1h 30m

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