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.
At his day job managing an arthouse movie theater, Ben hires Autumn, a young white woman, as a ticket seller.
Miko confronts him at their apartment about pornography she found on his computer, which confirms her suspicions that he has a sexual preference for white women.
Returning to Meredith's, Ben apologizes to her and Alice for causing their fight and announces that he is leaving the city earlier than planned.
While he at first runs towards Miko and Leon's apartment, he sees the happy couple in a café together, so he relents and returns to Berkeley.
In March 2021, it was announced Randall Park would direct the film from a screenplay by Adrian Tomine, based upon his graphic novel of the same name, with Roadside Attractions set to produce.
[3] In August 2022, Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Debby Ryan, Tavi Gevinson, Sonoya Mizuno, Jacob Batalon, and Timothy Simons joined the cast of the film, with principal photography concluding in New York City.
"[11] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 67 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.