Release Date
August 4, 2023 (Limited)
Director
Randall Park
Writer
Adrian Tomine
Cast
Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Debby Ryan, Tavi Gevinson, Sonoya Mizuno, Jacob Batalon, Timothy Simons
Studio
Running Time
92 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for language throughout, sexual material and brief nudity
Ben, 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 time obsessing over unavailable blonde women, watching Criterion Collection DVDs, and eating in diners with his best friend Alice, a queer grad student with a serial dating habit. When Miko moves to New York for an internship, Ben is... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Shortcomings. We all have them. I mean, I don’t. But most of us do. But Ben really has them. He’s obsessed with old boring films no one, especially his girlfriend, enjoys. He manages a movie theater that’s about to shut down. He lusts after his weird but attractive female employee. He’s also sort of a shithead.
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