The Motel Critic Reviews
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Like the best independent films, The Motel realizes that life is made up of minor pleasures and tiny epiphanies, not sweeping character arcs or big dramatic moments.Read the full review
Michael Kang's small, perfectly observed portrait of Ernest Chin (Jeffrey Chyau), a Chinese-American boy who lives and works in a dingy downscale motel operated by his mother, captures the glum desperation of inhabiting the biological limbo of early adolescence.Read the full review
Kang balances the uproariously comic with the profoundly sad, and the two tones amplify each other with subtlety.Read the full review
Pleasant and surprisingly hard-edged coming-of-age indie film.Read the full review
A well-worn coming-of-age tale enlivened by pungent detail and a sharp visual sense.Read the full review
The Motel offers a fresh take on characters and conventions, and compels interest with shrewd, sympathy-inspiring storytelling.Read the full review
Indie coming-of-age dramas are not exactly an endangered species, but Michael Kang's debut drama is an admirably intelligent and modest example of the genre.Read the full review
