Better Luck Tomorrow
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Justin Lin
Jasmine Kim
Jaime Serene Kelly
Jennifer Martinez
Nate Petre
Christopher Monjoy
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Everyone knows a guy like Ben--the perfect Asian American high school teen. He's an extremely intelligent perfectionist, an overachiever whose tunnel vision will lead to nothing less than graduation at the top of his class and acceptance to the best Ivy league University. Ben lives in an upper-middle class conservative L.A. suburb. As he struggles to achieve social acceptance in high school, we discover his darker side. Along with his two friends Virgil and Virgil's cousin Hal, Ben leads a double life of mischief and petty crimes that alleviate the pressures of perfection and only become worse when he meets up with Daric, the senior valedictorian who is also a time bomb ready to explode. With Daric at the helm, this gang of misfits band together to form a suburban gang who tumble into a downward spiral of excitement, excess and lurking danger.
Director
Justin Lin
Cast
Jasmine Kim
Jaime Serene Kelly
Jennifer Martinez
Nate Petre
Christopher Monjoy
Sandy Maeshiro
Selina Traylor
Brandon De Leva
David Kan
Chris Good
Hari Mehta
Angie Nguyen
Marsi Reyna
Teri Wong
Britt Datin
Brett Nagatani
Kenny Anderson
Jonathan Oller
Juliet Wong
Jesus Mandujano
Kristin Arnaud
Justin Saka
Vincent Vega
Daniel A Calvo
Jennifer Wu
Brian J. Bilek
Quynh Trieu
Ambyr Haberman
Michelle Counterman
Kristal Bird
Emmie Hsu
Lyssa Omori
David Hughes
Lela Lee
Laurie Sim
Azusa Oda
Joseph Jaldon
Jessie S Marion
Jeremy Leibowitz
Eric Tandoc
Bruno Oliver
Matt Gilliam
Crystal Keith
David Laurence
Vincent Estopare
Hieu Ho
Michael Ai
Jeff Russell
Jesse Mandapat
Ashley Arai
Nicole Morihiro
Matt Ochoa
Cindy Yoshiyama
J. J. Bennett
Christopher Francis
Kelly Harrington
Ruth Kwon
Ina Burke
Noel Lopez
Antonio Torres
Renee Clock
Mary Ann Boice
Nic Kim
James Isaac Barry
Vincent Charles
Jannette Huynh
Aaron Takahashi
Samantha Guzzi
Sangeeta Kantak
Lisa Chi-fin Yen
Ryan Adams
Andrew Bergman
Sharon Dang
Christina Lee
Steve Kim
Nicholas Newell
Kymberly Aoki
Laura Salerno
Nanette Matoba
Patrick Chavis
Kim Ng
Sarah Kim
Laura Esposito
Robert Doland
Shirley Anderson
Ronald Dross
Armi G. Manibog
Brian Stannard
Sandra Mealey
Tamanna Rahman
Jasmine Severe
Scott Mcshane
Jason Tobin
Kenneth Prieto
Ariadne Shaffer
Jonathan Uyloan
Amy Deming
Joe Hernandez-kolski
Shane Kualapai
Michael Lai
Aaron Rodgers
Alden Villaverde
Justin Bragado
Chiemi Mori
Natalie Ryan
Pauline Kanako Kamiyama
Tiffany Wang
Melissa Hild
Jesse Bustos
Gregory Leibowitz
Lily Hu
Dawn Mcelligott
Valerie Belandres
Marina G. Marquez
Jamie M. Rodriguez
Aiko Harman
Donna Tina Charles
Carlo Expiritu
Melissa Lubaszka
Amber Garcia
Mark Arbitrario
Robert Zepeda
Walter Butler
Georlyn Igma
Amanda Garcia
Smita Satiani
Marc Montecillo
Dan Smith
Justin Lee
Khi-min Jung
Brandon Bain
Brett Palmer
Jane Park
Elaine Chu
Stephanie Lifton
Adrian Yee
Danny Gonzalez
Gerardo Rodriguez
Dominique Ricks
Rodd Rezvani
Marc Vodelis
Jeff Yee
Karin Anna Cheung
Anthony Khounani
Obby Okinaka
Megan Wright
Evan J Leong
Justin Conde
Ashley Potter
Katrina Prentice
Breanda Rodriguez
Ralph Santos
B.j. Mcdonnell
Jessica Chamberlain
Collin Kahey
Chris Diaz
Vicente Corrales
Katie Mcsweeney
Stephanie Noel Little
Farah Alvin
Rudy Bagnera
Regina Norman
Joseph Barro
A. J. Green
Rick Cortes
Fabian Marquez
Maria A. Loza
Kristen Stinson
Joey Barro
Justin Murphy
Daniel R Bonneau
Chad Young
Anthony Moore
Christine Madarang
Paul Eschardies
Aaron Morgan
Misako Mori
Nia Edwards
Ashley Towery
Jason Reyes
Ben Soonthornwacharin
Heather Dillard
Mark Baluyot
Erin Dominy
Cary Gillespie
Cidilly Balliarsa
Jordan Aguilar
Rosy Shoor
Vicky Lee
Micaela D'egidio
Kelli Kakita
Jessica Ashley Tice
Ryan Cadiz
Khalil Semaan
Andrew Rodriguez
Araya Warapirom
Samantha Mccrocklin
Angie Nagel
Nari Eunice Kim
Crew
Howard A Anderson
Julie Asato
Julie Asato
Prudence Baird
Steve Barnett
Tim Bindel
Tim Bindel
Winston Bogart
Ben Boodman
Walter Butler
Cindy L. Caddel
Massimo Cechini
Donna Tina Charles
Donna Tina Charles
Donna Tina Charles
Vincent Charles
Curtis Choy
Amy Cochet
Patrice Cochet
Michael Cole
Sharon Dang
Sharon Dang
Paul Davidson
Josh Diamond
Josh Diamond
Greg Le Duc
Tamara Feist
Robin Felix
Ernesto M Foronda
Ernesto M Foronda
Ernesto M Foronda
Ernesto M Foronda
Marni Gittleman
Michael J Gonzales
Bill Goren
Alex Gruzdev
John Guzman
Yoojung Han
Bryan Hayes
Steve Herr
Steve Herr
Cindy Jo Hinkleman
Monette Holderer
Joan Huang
Lorri Jakubuv
Joel Juarez
Michael Kaneko
Sung Kang
Jaime Serene Kelly
Brian Kline
Scott Kujawa
Brady Lahr
Robin Larsen
James Lay
James Lay
James Lay
Quentin Lee
Kara Leigh
Evan J Leong
Evan J Leong
Sandy Lieu
Irvin Lin
Justin Lin
Justin Lin
Justin Lin
Guy Livneh
Daric Loo
Deeya Loram
Todd Malta
Michael Manshel
Errina Mappaseng
Alex Marquez
Alex Marquez
Fabian Marquez
Fabian Marquez
Fabian Marquez
Fabian Marquez
Fabian Marquez
Mato
B.j. Mcdonnell
Kevin Mclaughlin
Nicole Morihiro
Ryan Murphy
Ryan Murphy
Bill Otto
Sheri S. Ozeki
Rick Partlow
Pat Pinson
Troy Craig Poon
Jon Patrick Prince
Fred Raskin
Andy Rosenthal
Ron Ruizicka
John Sanacore
Jennifer Schmitz
Kimberly Shoaps
Nathan Silvester
Scott Silvey
Angela Song
Beverly Sotelo
Gustavo Spoliansky
Brian Stannard
Aaron Takahashi
Michael Tiratira
Remi Tournois
Alex Ullrich
Karen Weintraub
Sean M Wolpin
Derek Wong
Juliet Wong
Jennifer Wu
Peter Yang
Peter Yang
Stanley Yung
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States April 11, 2003
Released in United States January 2002
Released in United States on Video September 30, 2003
Released in United States Spring April 11, 2003
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Dramatic Competition) in Park City, Utah January 10-20, 2002.
MTV Films acquired North American distribution rights at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival for a reported figure of just under $1 million. Deal marks the first-ever acquisition of an Asian-American film from Sundance.
Released in United States January 2002 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Dramatic Competition) in Park City, Utah January 10-20, 2002.)
Limited Release in United States April 11, 2003
Released in United States Spring April 11, 2003
Released in United States on Video September 30, 2003
