Losing Control

Losing Control is a 2011 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Valerie Weiss about a female scientist who wants proof that her boyfriend is "the one." Losing Control was released theatrically on March 23, 2012 in New York City and will expand to more cities on March 30, 2012. The film won Best Director at the 2011 Feel Good Film Festival,[1] Connie Clair Spirit Award for Top Female Filmmaker of 2011 at The Chicago Comedy Film Festival[2] and First Honorable Mention for the Christopher Wetzel Independent Film Comedy Award.[3]

For other uses, see Losing Control (disambiguation).
Losing Control
Theatrical release poster
Directed byValerie Weiss
Written byValerie Weiss
Produced byRobert A. Johnson
Matthew Medlin
Alyssa Weisberg
Valerie Weiss
CinematographyJamie Urman
Edited byRobin Katz
Music byJohn Swihart
Production
company
Ph.D. Productions
Release date
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cast

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews. On the website metacritic, which assigns normalized scores to reviews, the film received a 33 out of 100, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

From Steven Rea in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

Losing Control nicely mixes comedic absurdity with weightier career vs. commitment themes.[7]

References
  1. Walford, Justina (August 23, 2011). "The 2011 Feel Good Film Festival Announces Award Winners" (PDF) (Press release). Feel Good Film Festival. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 15, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  2. Best Director Award Presented to Valerie Weiss for film Losing Control from Feel Good Film Festival Archived 2015-10-18 at the Wayback Machine, House Lights Media Partners, Sept, 6, 2011
  3. "Losing Control". www.siskelfilmcenter.org. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  4. "Losing Control". metacritic.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  5. "Losing Control - Film Review - Slant Magazine". slantmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  6. "Losing Control". Variety. Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2012-07-27.
  7. "'Losing Control': Career v. commitment, wrapped in comic absurdity - Philly". philly.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
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