Movie
Shortcomings
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2023-08-04
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Topic Studios, Tango Entertainment, Roadside Attractions, Imminent Collision, Picture Films
- Country
- Canada, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Justin H. Min as Ben Tagawa
- Debby Ryan as Sasha
- Sherry Cola as Alice Lee
- Ally Maki as Miko Higashi
- Sonoya Mizuno as Meredith
- Stephanie Hsu as Mrs. Wong
- Ronny Chieng as Mr. Wong
- Jacob Batalon as Gene
- Timothy Simons as Leon Alexander
- Theo Iyer as Jason
- Scott Seiss as Lamont
- Nikhaar Kishnani as Nina
Crew
- Randall Park - Director
- Adrian Tomine - Screenplay
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