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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70VarietyCourtney HowardVarietyCourtney HowardFunny, poignant and simultaneously progressive and regressive, it may not add up to five-star escapism, but it’s a jovial jaunt worth taking.
- 67IndieWireSamantha BergesonIndieWireSamantha BergesonA Tourist’s Guide to Love is a road map for how to love adventure abroad, with dashes of Vietnamese trivia and spiritual facts along the way.
- 63RogerEbert.comChristy LemireRogerEbert.comChristy LemireA Tourist’s Guide to Love is as harmless as its blandly forgettable title would suggest. It’s not quite a Movie to Fold Laundry To, because the scenery is quite lovely, so you’ll actually want to pay attention. But it is a pleasant escape if you’re seeking lazy Saturday afternoon viewing.
- 60Screen RantFerdosa AbdiScreen RantFerdosa AbdiA Tourist's Guide to Love is not remarkable, but its simplicity and familiarity are comfortable and, most importantly, entertaining.
- 50Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayThough the movie’s leads are undeniably charming, director Steven K. Tsuchida and screenwriter Eirene Tran Donohue don’t give them much to do that hasn’t been done many times before. What does distinguish their film is its setting
- 49Paste MagazineTara BennettPaste MagazineTara BennettIf Eirene Donohue’s script gave us more scenes to really get to know Amanda and Sinh as fully formed people, maybe A Tourist’s Guide to Love could have been memorable. But there’s really no chemistry, heat, or wit between Cook and Ly.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreA Tourist’s Guide to Love is a lovely Vietnamese travelogue in search of a romantic comedy that would transform the trip into a movie.
- 30The New York TimesElisabeth VincentelliThe New York TimesElisabeth VincentelliA rom-com that so scrupulously fulfills every cliché of the genre, it might as well have been devised by ChatGPT.