Shortcomings

2023
R
1h 32m

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6.4/10

4.2K

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Scott Seiss, Ally Maki, Debby Ryan, Tavi Gevinson, Timothy Simons, Sonoya Mizuno, Justin H. Min, Jacob Batalon, and Sherry Cola in Shortcomings (2023)

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.

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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 id... Read allFollows 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.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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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

4.2K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 4 nominations total

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Trivia
Has four of the same cast members as Joy Ride (2023), which was released the same year. Both films star Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, Ronny Chieng and Timothy Simons.

Quotes
Alice: Just because I'm a hypocrite doesn't mean I'm wrong.

Connections
Featured in The Katie Phang Show: 08-13-2023 (2023)

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5/10

It was surprisingly boring

"Shotcomings"... Man, I've had bigger laughs watching paint dry. I mean, the previews had me thinking this was going to be the comedy of the year. Remember those? Hilarious. But the movie? A couple of chuckles here and there, but mostly crickets. And what was up with that plot? More like "What plot?" If movies had arcs, this one was stuck in the flatlands. Honestly, by the end, I was just sitting there thinking, "Did we really need this movie in our lives?" I guess I set my hopes too high. Thought I was in for a comedy feast but left feeling like I just had a light snack. Bit of a letdown, tbh.