Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

allhellblimey I've known people like Chris...I mean, his personality, not his sex life. He's droll, witty occasionally, but has long bouts of silent staring, obviously in thought and you just want to say OUT WITH IT ALREADY, but I still like him because he's a weirdo like me. We like the same music, i.e. he used Beck's amazing 1st (or 2nd?) album songs and I like him just for that. Also, I imagine he'd be fun to take to a party because he'd be more socially awkward than me. He lives in a really messy environment like me and is a musician. However, he is not like me in the fact that he has dated a lot of women although I'm probably as attractive. He has insane guts to make a film like this while I probably never would. However, I have the ability to be witty, quick-minded and make people like me, while he just sits there and blankly stares all the time. Still, I think we could be friends because I don't think he's as big a narcissist as he makes out to be and we both take criticism fairly well...sometimes.

aidanbennett Normally i don't comment on films on this site because people get to caught up in the semantics of the film and forget all about what the film is. Let me start by saying i hate documentaries normally, because they are intrusive and they people who make them are normally assholes who don't know how to just leave it alone. This film however is a great self analytical journey exploring, life relationships and sex, the filmmaker puts himself in a very vulnerable position. The structure of the film is so solid, he begins with nothing and the pace is very slow, so you become aware of everything he is doing, analysing everything he is doing and thats where it truly shines because the pace quickens and the comedy kicks in. Most of it i believe has not been staged, well the emotional moments at least and a little bit of info for all those who complain about the "staged" moments....every documentary has been staged to make it seem more interesting, he just so happens to make it fit rather nicely and i don't give it a 9 very lightly as it has restored my faith in documentary filmmakers.

please-dont-make-indy-5 The premise of this documentary sounded funny. But it soon became clear that there's not much more than the main character goofing around with he's videocam. A womanizer and self-centered mama's boy, I don't know how women sees this character, but as a man I didn't felt any sympathy from him. So not for men, maybe some women find his character cute (as some clearly do in real life), but for rest of us there is not much to see. His gonzo-style methods trying to help himself is done before and funnier and the whole erection problem seemed very fake. At the end this film is just a another way to boost filmmaker's ego. Not funny as a comedy and not touching as a drama.

hey_treacle This documentary starts out interesting enough, the honesty of Waitt and the vicious rejections of his ex girlfriends are disarming and lead us to feel In tail empathy towards the thirty something film maker. From here on in though, as Waitt turns the film from a meditation on failed relationships to a discourse on his impotence, he himself becomes vulgar and comes across as an entirely obnoxious person. Furthermore Waitts interview technique comes across as cold bordering on ignorant and even passive aggressive.Its impossible to tell if this is a persona that the film maker dons to illicit frustrated responses from the participants he tracks down or if this is actually how Waitt is in reality. Its clear that by the time Chris Waitt is staggering the streets in a Viagra induced stupor asking as many girls as he can if they will sleep with him in the most uncharismatic manner that we have lost all empathy for him and completely understand the hostility shown to him at the start of the film. I found myself hoping that one of the girls approached on the street or one of the men with the girls would end up lumping him. Clearly Waitt feels that wielding a boom Mic a la Nick Broomfield gives him the right to be completely offensive. The stunt itself is pre empted by a childish and phony sequence in which Waitt takes six or seven Viagra pills while waiting for the first to kick in, feigning ignorance of what taking a large amount of Viagra might do.As stated Its clear that Chris Waitt has taken a Broomfield / Louis Theroux style approach to his material but he simply does not have the charm to pull it off. The aforementioned film makers are famous about making films about diverse subjects but in the process also making films that say a great deal about themselves and therefore making themselves the principle players in the unfolding drama. Here Waitt has got the balance horribly wrong, he is making a film about himself, so conversely it would have merited the final film to step back and be more objective and let others speak about him. But Throughout the film Waitt discredits the participants (calling one ex girlfriend a psychopath is one such example) and and is constantly pushing his own interpretation about himself. Its is all him and what he wants. This all makes for a very ugly spectacle, entirely self consumed and entirely cold and unflinching. When his behaviour gets notable bad at points in the film Waitt is quick to insert a validation and some ponderous music but it all feels very mechanical, like an inserted unsubtle disclaimer. The only part I did relate to was the end when Chris meets his ex who is now having a child, this seems to be the only time that the mask slips and we see Chris as a sympathetic character. It is a shame that this interview is edited to the point where it is just a very few exchanges between the pair before showing an emotional meltdown. but it is too little too late and the film fails under the weight of all that has gone previous and the final 'happy' ending and new relationship feels trite. disingenuous and unpleasant. What Nathan Barley might have made given a video camera. Gets only minimal marks for being polished.