Shortcomings

August. 04,2023      R
Rating:
6.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

When his girlfriend leaves for New York City on a 3-month-long internship, a strongly opinionated Berkeley arthouse movie theater manager begins exploring life as a bachelor.

Justin H. Min as  Ben Tagawa
Sherry Cola as  Alice Lee
Ally Maki as  Miko Higashi
Tavi Gevinson as  Autumn
Debby Ryan as  Sasha
Sonoya Mizuno as  Meredith
Stephanie Hsu as  Mrs. Wong
Ronny Chieng as  Mr. Wong
Jacob Batalon as  Gene
Timothy Simons as  Leon Alexander

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Reviews

Karry
2023/08/04

Best movie of this year hands down!

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2023/08/05

In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

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Nicole
2023/08/06

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

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Lela
2023/08/07

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

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