#Lost in blue rom movie

I love that we have an Asian romantic male lead in this film, especially a dreamboat like Ly. But after Ly gamely emerges from the water like some sexy Poseidon – a callback to that Ursula Andress moment in Dr No, though many might be more familiar with Daniel Craig’s attempt – the sparks between the two start to fly. Cook and Ly do take a while to warm up on screen together, and initially, I wasn’t sure they would have enough chemistry to keep the viewer entertained. There’s some banter, some measure of attraction, and we immediately know what’s in store. When she arrives in Vietnam, she meets Sinh (Scott Ly), the travel guide in charge of the tour. A broken-hearted woman using travel to heal is a tale as old as time, but I don’t think this movie’s aspiring for any originality awards so that’s fine. Devastated, Amanda decides to accept her boss’ suggestion that she take a trip to Vietnam, and sleuth out the local travel company they’re thinking of buying out.

Amanda thinks he’s about to pop the question, but what he actually does is propose a hiatus from their relationship as he’s moving to Ohio for work.

#Lost in blue rom movie

While there are familiar and cliché tropes at play, there’s enough good stuff to make this an enjoyable watch.Īmanda starts the movie excited about the possibility of getting engaged to her boyfriend of five years, John (Ben Feldman). I will absolutely never recommend Love in the Villa, but A Tourist’s Guide to Love is a different breed of fish. There was Love in the Villa last year, which had the leads swanning about in Verona, and this year, Rachael Leigh Cook’s Amanda Riley is eat-pray-loving her way through Vietnam. Netflix rom-coms are basically all travelogues at this point.