Sony Pictures Classics has unveiled the official trailer for an excellent indie comedy called Shortcomings, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.
It’s a fresh and surprisingly honest romantic comedy about the experiences of Asian Americans – told from an entirely different perspective.
The story follows 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 and seeking the ideal connection.
The film is directed by comedian/actor Randall Park, who is making his feature directorial debut. Park is best known for his roles in Ant-Man & The Wasp, Wandavision, and Five-Year Engagement.
It’s based on the graphic novel of the same name by Adrian Tomine. The film stars Justin H. Min as Ben, Sherry Cola as Alice, Ally Maki as Miko, Debby Ryan, Tavi Gevinson, Sonoya Mizuno, Jacob Batalon, and Timothy Simons. The screenplay is written by Adrian Tomine, and adapted from Tomine’s own graphic novel of the same name. Produced by Jennifer Berman, Lia Buman, Howard Cohen, Eric d’Arbeloff, Michael Golamco, Margot Hand, Hieu Ho, and Randall Park.
The official synopsis reads:
Ben (Justin H. Min), a struggling filmmaker, lives in Berkeley, California, with his girlfriend, Miko, who works for a local Asian American film festival. When he’s not managing an arthouse movie theater as his day job, Ben spends his free time obsessing over unavailable blonde women, watching Criterion Collection DVDs, and eating in diners with his best friend Alice, a queer grad student with her own serial dating habit. When Miko moves to New York for an internship, Ben is left to his own devices, and begins to explore what he thinks he might want.
Sony Classics debuts Shortcomings in select US theaters starting August 4th, 2023.
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