Shortcomings (2023)

Directed by

Randall Park

Genre

comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 90 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three friends in the San Francisco Bay Area are trying to figure out their lives and what they want. They eventually end up in New York City, where each of them has to face where their lives might be heading.

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What happens

Shortcomings is a 2023 American comedy-drama film directed and produced by Randall Park (in his feature directorial debut), from a screenplay by Adrian Tomine, based upon his comic of the same name. It stars Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Tavi Gevinson, Debby Ryan, Sonoya Mizuno, Jacob Batalon, and Timothy Simons. The plot follows San Francisco Bay Area residents Ben, Miko, and Alice as they search for their niches and eventually find themselves in New York City, where they discover their future paths. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2023, and was released theatrically in the United States on August 4, 2023, by Sony Pictures Classics. It generally received positive reception from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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