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The Motel

2006, Movie, NR, 76 mins

The Motel: Review

First-time filmmaker Michael Kang's marvelously assured feature debut is a subtle adaptation of Ed Lin's acclaimed novel Waylaid, about a chubby, 13-year-old Chinese-American (played here by Jeffrey Chyau) who lives in his immigrant mother's slightly seedy rural motel with his kid sister (Alexis Chang) and their elderly grandfather (Stephen Chen). The boy's life changes when a good-looking, sharp-dressed Korean-American guest (Sung Kang) moves into room 15, and teaches him a few lessons about adult life. Read the complete review for The Motel

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Ernest (Jeffrey Chyau) at the front desk of THE MOTEL, written and directed by Michael Kang. Photo: Jonathan Grassi 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 American man who has checked in. Sam teaches the fatherless boy all the rites of manhood.
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Length: 02:02
Posted: 7/23/2009

THE MOTEL

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THE MOTEL

The Motel movie trailer - starring Sung Kang, Jeffrey Chyau, Jade Wu, Samantha Futerman, Alexis Chang. Directed by Michael Kang. Theatrical Release Date: 6/28/2006 Genre: Comedy Rating: Not Rated
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Length: 02:09
Posted: 3/16/2008

The Motel - Trailer

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The Motel - Trailer

A 13-year-old boy (Jeffrey Chyau) who lives and works at a crummy strip motel learns the lessons of puberty and life with the help of some of the motel's unusual guests in this Sundance hit.
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Posted: 12/19/2009