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Shortcomings

2023

Randall Park

Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Debby Ryan ...

6.1

121

Comedy. Romance. Drama A trio of young Bay Area urbanites--Ben Tanaka, Miko Hayashi, and Alice Kim--as they navigate a range of interpersonal relationships, traversing the country in search of the ideal connection.

	Media	Author	Review
		Damon Wise Deadline	"Heartwarming (...) [It] is a refreshing antidote to the horrors of the factory-farmed studio romcom, featuring a caustic male thirtysomething Asian-American lead"
		Poulomi Das The Playlist	" A perceptive comedy (...) The film may not yell it from the rooftops but its pleasures do run deep"
		Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"Park has put together a strong cast, and Min carries the lead role well (...) The direction otherwise doesn’t have much to distinguish it"
		Jessica Kiang Variety	"An amiable man-child comedy that riffs on Asian American representation"
		Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"Randall Park makes an auspicious debut behind the camera, with Justin H. Min delivering a breakout performance in front of it (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Proma Khosla IndieWire	"Most of all, it’s immersive (...) It’s a solid debut for Park"
		Chris Barsanti Slant	"The film manages the trick of presenting a frequently antisocial protagonist in a way that’s honest and unsparing (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Robert Daniels rogerebert.com	"Even when you expect 'Shortcomings' to land on a redemptive note, it surprises you. Park doesn’t pull the easy lever (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Therese Lacson Collider	"While the cast of Randall Park's directorial debut are solid, 'Shortcomings' isn't the biting commentary that it needs to be"
		Tatiana Hullender Screen Rant	"Park's debut aptly mines racial politics for humor (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		David Fear Rolling Stone	"What it feels like to us is a character study that takes the good, the bad, and the ugly of someone (...) The movie itself never comes up short"
		John Serba Decider	"[It] is a gem of a character study, and a pretty wily comedy to boot"
		M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut	"A hilarious and candid comedy that embraces our imperfections, self-inflicted wounds, and the holes we put ourselves in (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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