SHORTCOMINGS – “Breezy, funny, and oh so irreverent”

shortcomings

RATING

DIRECTOR

Directed by: Randall Park (Directorial debut)

MAIN CAST

• Justin H. Min as Ben
• Sherry Cola as Alice
• Ally Maki as Miko
Debby Ryan as Sasha
• Tavi Gevinson as Autumn
Sonoya Mizuno as Meredith
Jacob Batalon as Gene
Timothy Simons as Leon

SYNOPSIS

It is based upon a comic of the same name

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.

REVIEW SUMMARY

Breezy, funny, and oh so irreverent, Randall Park’s Shortcomings makes for a wonderful character study with plenty of heart to go around. It also serves as quite the showcase for actor Justin H. Min as our lead character Ben. Here, Justin is witty and swoon worthy, but more importantly, real. With some self-absorbedness and Seinfeld-esque pettiness at play, the character is as flawed as he is likeable. In short, he’s refreshingly portrayed as, well, a real human. Of course, he’s not alone, as Ally Macki and Sherry Cola also bring the affable goods to the table. Now, the plethora of snappy dialogue and lack of “cinematic visuals” makes it all seem like a situational comedy made for television or streaming. Not necessarily a bad thing given the offbeat-ness of it all. In fact, if this was a TV series, I’d watch the heck out of it. And if it was a comic book, I’d read that too. Wait, what’s that…

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