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Shortcomings
Directed by
Randall Park
R
2023
1h 32m
Comedy
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Drama
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6.4
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Follows a trio of young, Bay Area urbanites - Ben Tanaka, Miko Hayashi and Alice Lee -as they navigate a range of interpersonal relationships while traversing the country in search of the ideal connection.
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Cast of Shortcomings
Justin H. Min
Ben Tagawa
Sherry Cola
Alice Lee
Ally Maki
Miko Higashi
Tavi Gevinson
Autumn
Debby Ryan
Sasha
Sonoya Mizuno
Meredith
Stephanie Hsu
Mrs. Wong
Ronny Chieng
Mr. Wong
Jacob Batalon
Gene
Timothy Simons
Leon Alexander
Theo Iyer
Jason
Scott Seiss
Lamont
Nikhaar Kishnani
Nina
Boran Anh
Mrs. Lee
David Niu
Mr. Lee
George Deihl Jr.
Martin
Melanie J. Newby
Max
Jess Nahikian
Esther
Adam Enright
Jeffrey
Daniel Hank
Danny
Mike Cabellon
Ramon
Sheldon Best
Zoa
Randall Park
Ji-hun
Adrian Tomine
Adrian
Shortcomings Ratings & Reviews
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Randall Park makes his solo feature debut as a director with Shortcomings, a sharply observed dramedy smartly adapted for the screen by Adrian Tomine.
Autostraddle
Drew Gregory
Where the film is less successful is in the writing of Ben's longtime girlfriend, Miko.
Vox
Alissa Wilkinson
Shortcomings takes some bruising blows at cultural expectations... it's also about growing up a little too late and having to reckon with your own rotten self. Oh, and it's hilarious.
RogerEbert.com
Nick Allen
An amiable comedy about an asshole, as directed by someone who has built an on-screen reputation of being a nice guy.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
"Shortcomings" has a few of its own. But it's also got enough idiosyncratic performances to recommend it.
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
The film turns into a rather unengaging mumblecore-like character study.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
The film has some thoughtful things to say about identity, attraction, ambition and moving on.
Austin Chronicle
Trace Sauveur
All of these characters' supposed shortcomings are more often relationship-ending defects. Ironically, this steadfast depiction of noxious people is what makes the movie appealing.
New York Times
Devika Girish
The movie is funny and touching, with a star-making performance by Min and a script full of lovely, self-aware little touches...
Boston Globe
Odie Henderson
Though it delves into some dark territory, "Shortcomings" has a light touch and is at times very funny.
indieWire
Proma Khosla
Shortcomings isn't revolutionary, but it's authentic, resonant, and laugh-out-loud funny. It opens with the notion that big-budget cheesy films from Asian creatives pave the way for riskier, less bankable projects, and then proves the importance of both.
San Francisco Chronicle
Brandon Yu
The shift certainly makes for a warmer indie flick with more heart and laughs. But it seems like there's an altogether darker and more daring film under the surface.
Rolling Stone
David Fear
A character study that takes the good, the bad, and the ugly of someone and gives them to you with a series of chasers to ease the burn.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
It's a hyper-talky and overly literate comedy which, if it has a shortcoming itself, is in its presentation of characters as stand-ins for beliefs or ideas rather than as living, breathing people.
RogerEbert.com
Robert Daniels
A wickedly funny, absorbing character study.
Los Angeles Times
Justin Chang
Tomine's compact, easily digestible story -- segmented here into even more easily digestible chapters, complete with cutesy pastel-hued title cards -- moves along pleasingly enough but hasn't been given the vigorous comic reimagination it cries out for.
AWFJ.org
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
What it lacks in subtext it makes up for in pure, dazzling energy; Shortcomings brings raw '90s indie romcom vibes to a contemporary story about race and sexuality
AARP Movies for Grownups
Thelma Adams
[A] quirky, breezy and occasionally biting Asian American rom-com.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Claudia Puig
An engaging and likable romantic comedy that doesn't follow the formula of a romantic comedy -- which is a good thing.
Autostraddle
Shelli Nicole
This movie feels too scared to say what it really wants to say... it's tiptoeing around desire, fetishism, hypocrisy, and disposability, and it's unnecessarily confusing.
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