A Tourist's Guide to Love is a wonderfully shot, culture experiencing, kinda cute Rom Com. But it's incredibly cliché and cheesy, I guess what you'd expect from its title and being a Netflix movie. I just couldn't get past all the forced smiles on every sub-character's face and cheesy conversational lines. The only line I remember between the protagonists is my title " A Tourist wants to escape life, a Traveler Experiences it"...which is kinda cool.
Rachel Leigh Cook was my teen crush, she's still got it and a decent actress. But she did look a bit mature for this role.
I watched this with my wife as we just got back from Vietnam a week ago. We went to Hanoi, Da Nang, Hoi An, so there were many familiar scenes in this movie. We particularly enjoyed the market scene as it reminded us of our experience bargaining with the market ladies. Also the bikes are much worse IRL!
Ah, another point I liked was when Sinh mentions Westerners only think about the War, but that was only a tiny part of their History. Truly, there's so much more to Vietnam and I do think this movie does the country/tourism market justice.
Overall, great journey and setting and interesting scenes. Story and romance pretty average. Great having an Asian Male Lead and seeing Rachel Leigh Cook again. Just too cheesy.
Rachel Leigh Cook was my teen crush, she's still got it and a decent actress. But she did look a bit mature for this role.
I watched this with my wife as we just got back from Vietnam a week ago. We went to Hanoi, Da Nang, Hoi An, so there were many familiar scenes in this movie. We particularly enjoyed the market scene as it reminded us of our experience bargaining with the market ladies. Also the bikes are much worse IRL!
Ah, another point I liked was when Sinh mentions Westerners only think about the War, but that was only a tiny part of their History. Truly, there's so much more to Vietnam and I do think this movie does the country/tourism market justice.
Overall, great journey and setting and interesting scenes. Story and romance pretty average. Great having an Asian Male Lead and seeing Rachel Leigh Cook again. Just too cheesy.