![]() ![]() From the attractiveness of the cast to the chic-yet-normcore costuming right through to Santiago Gonzalez’s bright, easy-on-the-eye cinematography and a cleverly curated, hip soundtrack, “Shortcomings” has an aesthetic that is much closer to “Always Be My Maybe” than it is to, say, “Ghost World.” ![]() But in the transition from page to screen, some of the rawer edges of the comic seem to have been sanded down. A fresh-faced, funny directorial debut from the ever-engaging Park, who starred in “Fresh off the Boat” and “Always Be My Maybe,” which he also co-wrote, it is adapted by Adrian Tomine from his graphic novel of the same name. “Shortcomings,” in its way, is also quite the event. ![]()
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