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Summary
Thirteen-year-old Ernest Chin lives and works at a sleazy hourly-rate motel on a strip of desolate suburban bi-way. Misunderstood by his family and blindly careening into puberty, Ernest befriends Sam Kim, a self-destructive yet charismatic Korean man who has checked in. Sam teaches the fatherless boy all the rites of manhood.
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- Directed by
- Michael Kang
- Written by
- Michael Kang, Ed Lin
- Produced by
- Miguel Arteta, Matthew Greenfield, Gina Kwon
- Music by
- Nathan Larson
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Facts
January 24, 2005 · 1 h 15 min · Strong Language
- Released
- January 24, 2005
- Runtime
- 1 h 15 min
- Content
- Strong Language
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Original language
- English
- Also spoken
- Chinese
- Made in
- United States
- Available in
- 1 country
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Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
Is The Motel worth watching?
63
DecentGoodWatch scoreOpinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 63 (IMDb 6.6, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, and Metacritic 70). Critics rate it higher (79 out of 100) than audiences (65).
Will The Motel make me laugh?
A touch
Not much for a comedy: the title analysis gives its humor 1 of 4.
Is The Motel plot-driven or character-driven?
CharactersPlot
Mostly character-driven: it leans on character depth (8 of 10) and pathos (7 of 10) more than on its plot.