We quickly assume that Ben has a few problems to work out and aren’t surprised when Miko claims she has received word that she’s been given an internship in New York, something that she mentioned to Ben, but he’s obviously forgotten. When Alice flirts with their waitress, he can’t bring himself to be a good wingman or even a good friend. candidate Alice (Sherry Cola), he complains, “I keep getting aftershock cringes.” But Ben reveals himself as being too self-involved. Chu’s 2018 adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s 2013 novel of the same name, “Crazy Rich Asians.” That film starred Constance Wu, Park’s co-star in “Fresh Off the Boat.”īen can barely bring his false face of compliments out when he meets the director, post-screening.

Yes, that’s a cheap shot at director Jon M. They’ve just viewed the ending scene of a film where a rich East Asian man is buying a hotel over the phone after his lady love has been insulted by the staff. Min), the manager of an old art house movie theater, is accompanying his well-to-do live-in girlfriend Miko (Ally Maki) to an API film festival. This threesome is a modern triangle of San Francisco area friends, none of whom I’d like to be friends with.

Under the direction of Randall Park, the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival as part of the US Dramatic Competition contenders.

Adrian Tomine has scripted his original graphic novel, “Shortcomings” into a low-key humorous romantic comedy of the same name that focuses on three thirty-something Asian American characters.

Shortcomings novel