The Motel

Okay, I know I'm two years late on this, but that's what happens when you have a kid, your life as a single person who sleeps in, gets enough sleep, sleeps, watches movies in theaters, ends. But I did finally see this fantastic film by Michael Kang. From their myspace page:

Puberty sucks, and nobody knows it better than 13-year-old Ernest Chin (Jeffrey Chyau). Stuck at his own familys hourly-rate motel, young Ernest divides his time between taking orders from his overbearing mom, tending to whatever miscreants the motel may attract and longing for the girl of his dreams, 15 year old Christine (MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA'S Samantha Futerman). When charismatic Sam Kim (BETTER LUCK TOMORROWs Sung Kang) checks into the motel, fatherless Ernest is taken under his wing and hustled toward manhood, for better or worse. From the producers of ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW and THE GOOD GIRL, comes an unflinching portrait of adolescence as heartfelt and authentic as it is hilarious.

Well directed, written, and acted. Subtle, non-stereotypical as far as representations of Asians go, intelligent, funny. I loved it. Here's the trailer:

So if, like me, you're way behind on your movie watching, rent it or borrow it, it's worth seeing.