Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure
Failure's turbulent rise, addiction-fueled collapse, and hard-won return become a candid portrait of artistic endurance.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- reflective
- melancholic
- cathartic
- music deep dive
- concert preparation
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film documents Failure's origins, downfall, and later rebirth as a unified career reckoning.
The plot explicitly connects Failure's promising rise and derailment to drug addiction.
The documentary's structure extends from Failure's late-1990s flameout to the band's rebirth.
Ken Andrews, Greg Edwards, and Kellii Scott appear as themselves, alongside musical and cultural commentators.
Films like Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure, and why
Sound City
shares a music documentary format, artist-focused interviews, and a reflective account of creative ambition and career aftermath
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
shares a rise-and-fall music biography structure, melancholic tone, and focus on the personal cost of artistic recognition
Searching for Sugar Man
shares a documentary investigation of an overlooked musical career, combining failure, rediscovery, and emotional uplift
The History of the Eagles
shares a long-form rock-band portrait centered on artistic legacy, internal struggle, and musical history
Movie Details
- Director
- Ken Andrews
- Release Date
- 2025-06-26
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rating
- 5.5 / 10 (2)
Cast
- Ken Andrews
- Greg Edwards
- Kellii Scott
- David Dastmalchian
- Margaret Cho
- Hayley Williams
- Jason Schwartzman
- Tommy Lee
- Maynard James Keenan
- Butch Vig
Common questions
- What is Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure about?
- Failure's turbulent rise, addiction-fueled collapse, and hard-won return become a candid portrait of artistic endurance.
- What is Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure.
- Which films are like Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure?
- Films with a similar feel include Sound City, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Searching for Sugar Man, and The History of the Eagles.
- How long is Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure?
- Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure runs 117 minutes.
