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The Motel
“Out of Place in the Middle of Nowhere.”
63%
Movie
1h 15m
AI Analysis
The Motel (2005) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Motel (2005) — a movie tagged as Drama and Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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 … Our models also surface themes such as family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~75 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Motel 63% (15 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
63%
from 15 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2005-01-24
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- TMDB rating
- 6.3
- TMDB ID
- 20520
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What is The Motel about?
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 ... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for The Motel?
Yes. WatchMind publishes an AI analysis on this page — tone, pacing, audience fit, and community scores from TMDb metadata and recommendation models (not a chatbot). Scroll to the AI Analysis section or read the meta description summary.
How long is the movie The Motel?
The official runtime for The Motel is approximately 75 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
- J
Jeffrey Chyau
Ernest
Sung Kang
Sam
Jade Wu
Ahma Chin
Samantha Futerman
Christine
- A
Alexis Chang
Katie
- S
Stephen Chen
Gung Gung
- C
Conor J. White
Roy
- J
Jackson Budinger
Jess
Clint Jordan
Walter
Eleanor Hutchins
Gina
Ron Domingo
Hank
Jackie Nova
Shakira
- J
Jake Holbrook
Toby
- I
Ian Boyd
Jimmy
- G
Glen Brackenridge
Cheap Ass Naked Man
- C
Cheryl Campbell
Naked Woman
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