Not unlike a typical Dave Gorman adventure, director Chris Waitt sets out with one simple question in mind; why do girls keep dumping him? And to find that answer, he employs an equally simple method of questioning; essentially, “why did you dump me?”
With his dishevelled appearance, lax time keeping, inconsistence employment and studenty flat, Waitt clearly doesn’t represent great material for a woman looking for a husband and family. He makes for a thoroughly entertaining host; his dry wit, offbeat charm and retro grunger appearance all explaining exactly how he attracts such an array of women in the first place.
Waitt is a harder character to judge than this suggests, often empathetic but still on occasions his own worst enemy. Admittedly the film suffers from moments that feel staged, but there remains enough awkward humour, unexpected sadness and truths about life to make A Complete History a near perfect potential last date movie.
