Shortcomings (2023, D: Randall Park) S: Min, Cola, Maki, Ryan, Batalon
06-14-23 | 01:41 PM
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Shortcomings (2023, D: Randall Park) S: Min, Cola, Maki, Ryan, Batalon
Directed by: Randall Park
Written by: Adrian Tomine
Starring: Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Debby Ryan, Tavi Gevinson, Sonoya Mizuno, Jacob Batalon, Timothy Simons
Ben, a struggling filmmaker, lives in Berkeley, California, with his girlfriend, Miko, who works for a local Asian American film festival. When he’s not managing an arthouse movie theater as his day job, Ben spends his time obsessing over unavailable blonde women, watching Criterion Collection DVDs, and eating in diners with his best friend Alice, a queer grad student with a serial dating habit. When Miko moves to New York for an internship, Ben is left to his own devices, and begins to explore what he thinks he might want.
Sony Classics debuts Shortcomings in select US theaters starting August 4th, 2023.
Written by: Adrian Tomine
Starring: Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Debby Ryan, Tavi Gevinson, Sonoya Mizuno, Jacob Batalon, Timothy Simons
Ben, a struggling filmmaker, lives in Berkeley, California, with his girlfriend, Miko, who works for a local Asian American film festival. When he’s not managing an arthouse movie theater as his day job, Ben spends his time obsessing over unavailable blonde women, watching Criterion Collection DVDs, and eating in diners with his best friend Alice, a queer grad student with a serial dating habit. When Miko moves to New York for an internship, Ben is left to his own devices, and begins to explore what he thinks he might want.
Sony Classics debuts Shortcomings in select US theaters starting August 4th, 2023.
Reviews: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shortcomings_2023
08-02-23 | 02:08 PM
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Re: Shortcomings (2023, D: Randall Park) S: Min, Cola, Maki, Ryan, Batalon
This is out on Friday.
08-02-23 | 02:19 PM
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Re: Shortcomings (2023, D: Randall Park) S: Min, Cola, Maki, Ryan, Batalon
Hoping to see this over the weekend!
08-04-23 | 08:32 PM
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Re: Shortcomings (2023, D: Randall Park) S: Min, Cola, Maki, Ryan, Batalon
I thought this was fantastic, one of the most enjoyable movies I've seen this year. The lead guy is written and performed perfectly, in that he's a total jerk, but the movie is self-aware of this fact so he isn't hateable, but an interesting character. The dynamic between all the character pairings is filled with insightful observations about the way people are.
It's based on a story serialized in the comic Optic Nerve, which was one of best written "alternative" comics. The stories were more literary than cartoonish. I highly recommend the series. The writer/artist Adrian Tomine is credited with writing the screenplay, and it's a great adaptation. He gives it a slightly different structure better suited for a 90 minute film, and very clevery updates elements of the story (the first issue with Shortcomings was published 19 years ago). He even has a funny cameo as one of the theatre employees.
After Blackberry, this is my favorite movie of the year so far.
It's based on a story serialized in the comic Optic Nerve, which was one of best written "alternative" comics. The stories were more literary than cartoonish. I highly recommend the series. The writer/artist Adrian Tomine is credited with writing the screenplay, and it's a great adaptation. He gives it a slightly different structure better suited for a 90 minute film, and very clevery updates elements of the story (the first issue with Shortcomings was published 19 years ago). He even has a funny cameo as one of the theatre employees.
After Blackberry, this is my favorite movie of the year so far.
08-05-23 | 05:45 AM
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01-04-24 | 11:50 AM
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Re: Shortcomings (2023, D: Randall Park) S: Min, Cola, Maki, Ryan, Batalon
This will be on Netflix February 1.
01-04-24 | 11:56 AM
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I hope people check this out, it's a terrific movie.
02-12-24 | 09:55 AM
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Re: Shortcomings (2023, D: Randall Park) S: Min, Cola, Maki, Ryan, Batalon
This is on Netflix
Not a big rom-com fan but this was not bad.
Not a big rom-com fan but this was not bad.
