First Morning

Drove from LA to OC to watch this movie--I regret it. A long cliché with horrible acting.

Buoi Sang Dau Nam is one of those rare films that really capture the human experience of the aftermath of the Vietnam War from a Vietnamese perspective. It won Best Film at San Diego Asian Film Festival and got a standing ovation at UC Davis Asian American Film Festival.

Victor Vu's First Morning is an outstanding drama detailing the struggles of a young Vietnamese girl and her family as they flee communist Vietnam in search of a new life in the United States. Although she projects as excessively boring in the beginning, Kathleen Luong (Linh) is very convincing in her role and the viewer soon discovers the hidden reasons behind her shy and timid character.

In short, this is a tragic film about the great price the Vietnamese Boat people had to pay for freedom. This price has meant broken families and broken lives.

Based on a high average rating I was quite looking forward to what turned out in reality to be an extraordinarily abysmal production. This movie presented cliché after cliché with unconvincing acting, unrealistic dialogue and no emotional hooks.