Losing Control is a 2011 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Valerie Weiss. Losing Control was released theatrically on March 23, 2012 in New York City and expanded to more cities on March 30, 2012. The film won Best Director at the 2011 Feel Good Film Festival, Connie Clair Spirit Award for Top Female Filmmaker of 2011 at The Chicago Comedy Film Festival and First Honorable Mention for the Christopher Wetzel Independent Film Comedy Award.
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Plot
A female scientist wants proof that her boyfriend is "the one."
Cast
Miranda Kent as Samantha
Reid Scott as Ben
Kathleen Robertson as Leslie
Theo Alexander as Maurizio
Steve Howey as Terry
John Billingsley as Prof. Straub
Sumalee Montano as Breanna Lee
Bitsie Tulloch as Trudy
Alanna Ubach as Alora
Neil Hopkins as Scott Foote
Lin Shaye as Dolores
Ben Weber as Dr. Rudy Mann
Jamison Yang as Chen Wa
Barry Gordon as Frank
Elise Jackson as Vivienne
Sam Ball as Tantric Sam
True Bella Pinci as Little Samantha
Critical reception
The film received mixed reviews. On the website metacritic, the film received a 33 out of 100, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.
From Calum Marsh, in Slant Magazine:
. The film, in its defense, is far too vacuous to be accused of having any kind of agenda—it just happens to get its politics wrong along with everything else. We're told that Losing Control is "loosely based on Weiss's own experiences," but it would be more accurate to say that it's heavily based on Weiss's own experiences watching terrible movies.
From John Anderson, in Variety:
You can't lose what you never had, and while "Losing Control" is a thoroughly likable, playful comedy, there's never a sense that writer-director Valerie Weiss is in total command of film's tone, pacing or comic content, which is considerable.
From Steven Rea in The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Losing Control nicely mixes comedic absurdity with weightier career vs. commitment themes.