바카라A Tourist바카라s Guide To Love바카라: Cast & Crew
Director: Steven K. Tsuchida
Cast: Rachael Leigh Cook, Scott Ly, Missi Pyle, Ben Feldman
Available On: Netflix
Duration: 1 Hour 34 Minutes
바카라A Tourist바카라s Guide To Love바카라: Story
Amanda Riley (), a travel industry professional, undertakes a covert mission to gain insight into Vietnam's tourism sector after her five-year relationship with John () ends unexpectedly. Will she be able to experience a new leash of life in Vietnam? Will she end up falling in love with the country? Or will she end up falling in love with someone special? Will she have one of those holiday romances and get her heart broken again? Will the old flame crop up unannounced and try to woo her back again? Or will he be dumb enough to totally overlook her feelings? Well, to know all that, you바카라ll have to watch the movie.
바카라A Tourist바카라s Guide To Love바카라: Performances
Rachael Leigh Cook has been doing so many romcoms that her performance has become so very repetitive that you wish she chose some other genre. The character arc that the role is set in isn바카라t very different from any of the previous romcoms that she has done. Don바카라t get me wrong, she isn바카라t bad. It바카라s just that there is nothing new on offer, and you know exactly every step of the way.
Scott Ly is funny, good looking and to say the least, handsome. Considering it바카라s a romcom, these 3 are more than enough to make him work for the audiences. His character however is so flat and doesn바카라t have any tone besides being a happy-go-lucky person. His character is a ball of mush, to be honest, and Scott Ly has managed to pull that off decently without much trouble.
Ben Feldman stands out in a short and sweet performance. While there isn바카라t much to do in his character, at least he manages to bring in the awkward laughs and the uncomfortable silences in a romcom, which gives the story its much-needed depth.
The rest of the supporting cast have so less of screen time that they hardly ever deserve a mention. There바카라s no stand-out breakthrough performance from anyone.
바카라A Tourist바카라s Guide To Love바카라: Script, Direction & Technical Aspects
Eirene Tran Donohue바카라s writing is so predictable that you can guess what바카라s going to be thrown at you from a mile ahead. There is nothing new which you haven바카라t seen before. Just setting up the story in Vietnam doesn바카라t make the story dramatically change its colours. It바카라s the weakest link in the entire film. The dialogues however are noteworthy and create a necessary impact. The one where Scott Ly explains the difference between a tourist and a traveller is sure to stay with you for life.
Steven K. Tsuchida바카라s direction tries to bring in a bit of cognizance to the semblance of a story that we have at hand. Making sure that the casting was regionally perfect made his direction come out perfectly. To add to that, the way he has managed to keep the story from sagging down in the middle is commendable, otherwise romcoms like these with a predictable storyline, always tend to get too boring in the middle with their emotional and long speeches. Also, adding the names of the cities in between the scenes so as to present the story as chapters was also a good move. It gave the layman's audience a structure of what to expect from that Vietnamese city.
Jon Keng바카라s cinematography is pretty much the only good thing about this movie. Keng has managed to explore Vietnam from the eyes of a localite. Not picking up the popular touristy spots was a demand of the film, and Keng made sure that the off-beat locations that he picked were equally good-looking and exotic. His camerawork draws you towards Vietnam and makes you want to take a trip to the South Asian country right about now. The way he has shown a clear demarcation between the cities and the countryside helps the viewer understand the varied lifestyles of the people in Vietnam.
Lauren Connelly바카라s editing is crisp. She managed to not let the story drag for too long and gave every city on the route just about equal importance. That made it easier for the viewer to stick on till the very end.
Jina Hyojin An and Shirley Song바카라s music and background score are other highlights of the film. If you바카라re blind, just by listening to the background score you can get a feeling about the locales. The background score is that good. It helps to transport you to Vietnam. Songs like 바카라Falling Into Place바카라, 바카라Changes바카라 and 바카라Heart Light바카라 stick on with you after the film gets over.
바카라A Tourist바카라s Guide To Love바카라: Can Kids Watch It?
Yes
Outlook바카라s Verdict
바카라A Tourist바카라s Guide To Love바카라 is a predictable romcom which will leave you with a feeling of a warm hug. There is nothing in the storyline that you wouldn바카라t see coming in from a mile ahead. The story is old and dilapidated, and it just seems like setting it in Vietnam was the only difference the makers could think of. It바카라s an old wine in a new bottle and that too a very cheap one. If you바카라re into mushy romcoms, you might be able to sit through this hour-and-a-half-long film as it바카라s a feel-good film with nothing new to offer. At best, it바카라s a Passable One Time Watch. I am going with 2 stars.
