Randall Park’s directorial debut features a whiny cinephile who mistreats his girlfriend, best friend, and even himself. Is that enough to entertain?
faces is the one any movie with a purposefully irritating lead has: All of the other characters are far more interesting than the man with whom we spend so much of the runtime. Alice, who flirts with every waitress and goes to house parties on the regular, is a far more engaging character than Ben. Even Autumn, who is currently working on an art installation featuring photos of her pee, presents as an intriguing youngster with a creative flair.
“Listen, I know you’re going to want to blame this on society or on my sexuality or on your race or whatever,” Sasha tells Ben. “But one day, I hope you’ll understand that this really is just about you.” Ben doesn’t understand at all, which finally leads to some movement in his character arc. Instead, he tries to reconcile with Miko by traveling to New York, where Alice has since moved as well. Miko is now dating an older white guy, Leon , which sends Ben into a spiral over the fetishization of Asian women, the idea that Miko might just be sleeping with Leon because he’s an artist, and his own self-deprecation.
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