Shortcomings
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: August 4, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
18
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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60
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangAug 4, 2023
As a director, Park stages his scenes with an unadorned flatness that strives to approximate the humdrum workaday poetry of Tomine’s comic-book frames but sometimes allows too much dead air to coalesce around the jokes and arguments. Read full review
60
The New York TimesDevika GirishAug 3, 2023
The movie is funny and touching, with a star-making performance by Min and a script full of lovely, self-aware little touches . . . But it’s shot like a sitcom — flat, shiny, perfunctory — and structured like one, too, with quip-heavy vignettes that resolve in pat conclusions. Read full review
60
Screen RantTatiana HullenderFeb 3, 2023
With the help of a fantastic ensemble, including a short but impactful appearance by Veep's Timothy Simons, Shortcomings will have audiences thinking as well as laughing after the credits roll. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleBrandon YuAug 4, 2023
The film, written by Tomine, remains largely faithful to the book, which was already filled with caustic dialogue primed for a slacker movie. Yet there’s a sense that Tomine’s world has become sanitized in translation. Read full review
50
ColliderTherese LacsonFeb 9, 2023
While Park injects his own joie de vivre to his on-screen performances as an actor, there is a distinct lackluster quality to Shortcomings in its biggest moments. It feels, at times, generic. The story, penned by Tomine, still holds the same feelings for me as the graphic novel, which is to say that at least they provoke thought, but Park’s own style feels far from refined. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerJan 28, 2023
It’s more like the kind of standard Sundance-bound dramedy we’ve seen lots of times before, albeit with a charming cast and some sharp bits of commentary on race, identity and gender that come courtesy of screenwriter Adrian Tomine, who adapted his 2007 graphic novel of the same title. Read full review
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