Losing Control

Name: Losing Control
Genre: Comedy
Released: March 23, 2012
Rating: 33

2012

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House Lights Media Partners | Release Date: March 23, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: Losing Control is a romantic comedy about scientist, Samantha, who wants proof that her boyfriend, Ben, is "the one". She decides to perform a "control experiment" for her relationship - to see other people and collect "dating data." When Sam discovers that outside sources may be meddling with her data - and also with Ben - she must takeLosing Control is a romantic comedy about scientist, Samantha, who wants proof that her boyfriend, Ben, is "the one". She decides to perform a "control experiment" for her relationship - to see other people and collect "dating data." When Sam discovers that outside sources may be meddling with her data - and also with Ben - she must take control of things once and for all. But her life may be harder to chart than she thought, and she may need to trust more than her facts and figures...(House Lights Media)… Expand

Director: Valerie Weiss

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

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Mark Olsen

Apr 13, 2012

Losing Control has a vague cheerfulness but no real snap or insight, with Weiss apparently thinking that using scientific terminology to discuss relationships is witty rather than contrived. Perhaps investigating something new would have better served Weiss than simply looking to her own experiences, exploring rather than settling. Read full review

Wesley Morris

Apr 5, 2012

This is a manic hour and a half. It's full of pushy, grabby, assertive, borderline obnoxious characters, not all of whom went to Harvard. Read full review

Benjamin Mercer

Mar 20, 2012

The blue rom-com then takes a frenzied late turn into espionage territory, an attempt to gather momentum that only makes the film more tiresome. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Mar 22, 2012

There are rare flashes of successful humor, as when the film deals with the behavior of jerks and a flustered cabby, but these are not likely to be replicated in the lab. If you want to enjoy watching a confused scientist grappling with life choices, stick with "The Nutty Professor." Read full review

John Anderson

Mar 24, 2012

Some of Weiss' funniest material gets lost between episodes of outright silliness; to paraphrase Mark Twain's assessment of Richard Wagner, the film is smarter than it looks. Read full review

Alison Willmore

Mar 28, 2012

As onscreen professions go, it'd be a nice change of pace, were Miranda Kent not the least credible scientist since Denise Richards donned short shorts to play Dr. Christmas Jones. Read full review

Calum Marsh

Mar 19, 2012

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. Read full review

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Mims

Mar 23, 2012

I reviewed Losing Control for Technology Review, here: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/27670/?p1=blogs

Here's an exerpt: If you've ever done time in a lab, or if your geeky tendencies extend to over-analyzing your love life, you're probably going to like the new indy flimI reviewed Losing Control for Technology Review, here: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/27670/?p1=blogs

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If you've ever done time in a lab, or if your geeky tendencies extend to over-analyzing your love life, you're probably going to like the new indy flim Losing Control, a romantic comedy that revolves around an obsessive-compulsive molecular biologist played by Miranda Kent.

It's hardly surprising that Losing Control was written and directed by someone who earned a Ph.D. in biophysics from Harvard Medical School. (That Valerie Weiss did so while simultaneously serving as filmmaker-in-residence at the university's Dudley Film Program is all kinds of surprising.)

This being a romantic comedy, the plot of Losing Control is paper-thin, and there were times when the film felt a little less than Hollywood perfect. But for me, that only added to its charm. Maybe it was the little touches that drew me in. In one scene, the protagonist is forced to move her experiments to her kitchen, where she uses a salad spinner as a centrifuge. Yes, I know that a salad spinner couldn't possibly have any utility as a centrifuge -- the point is that the film devotes any screen time to centrifugation at all.… Expand

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