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.
Unfortunately the movie The Motel is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Writing | Michael Kang | Writer |
| Directing | Michael Kang | Director |
| Writing | Ed Lin | Novel |
| Production | Miguel Arteta | Producer |
| Art | Shane Valentino | Art Direction |
| Production | Esther Shapiro | Executive Producer |
| Art | Ernesto Solo | Production Design |
| Production | Eden J. Shapiro | Executive Producer |
| Production | George Huey | Co-Executive Producer |
| Editing | David Leonard | Editor |
| Production | Gina Kwon | Producer |
| Production | Karin Chien | Producer |
| Production | Matthew Greenfield | Producer |
| Editing | Colleen Sharp | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sarah Beers | Costume Design |
| Production | Richard Alan Shapiro | Executive Producer |
| Production | Susan Shopmaker | Casting |
| Sound | Nathan Larson | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Lisa Leone | Director of Photography |
