A Tourist’s Guide To Love Review – Like An Ad
The 2023 Netflix movie “A Tourist’s Guide to Love” is more like a promotion for traveling, rather than a cinematic experience. It is brimming with cliched dialogues, such as “A tourist wants to escape life. A traveler wants to experience it.”
Directed by Steven K. Tsuchida, the movie stars Rachael Leigh Cook as Amanda Riley, an executive at a travel firm, who heads off to Vietnam to explore its tourist industry after breaking up with her long-time boyfriend. Scott Ly plays tour guide Sinh Thach, who teaches Amanda to abandon her tour books/guidebooks and explore his homeland through his eyes.
Apart from some breathtaking views of Vietnam, both natural and historical, “A Tourist’s Guide to Love” does not have much to offer. The entire story is shown in the trailer, making its 90-minute runtime feel boring and dragged out. The chemistry between Rachael Leigh Cook and Scott Ly is lukewarm, and their conversations seem too scripted. It would have been better to create a ten-minute travel advertisement instead.
Stream the film on Netflix.
