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A movie that asks you to be both patient and naïve (in a childish manner, so to speak).

Failing upon those, it might come as tedious and cheesy.

If both are embraced, it all feels like a beautiful poem on love and all other encompassing emotions.

It is not for people, who love action movie. The movie is really slow and try to express the change in teenager's emotion for their first love. In addition, the movie express the strong bond between brothers in family.

I just watched this movie. Such a great movie! Safe to say one of the best I've ever watched. It was so... authentic!

Personally, as a Vietnamese American, I admit I will be a little biased in reviewing this movie. At the same time, I don't usually write review so this review wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for this movie.

I love every single main character, namely Moon and the two brothers. Their relationship with the viewers and with each other develops very nicely throughout the movie. It was simple and genuine yet also very complex and emotional.

The images, the angles, the music, the CGI, basically all the artistic elements of this movie worked very well! Beautiful sceneries mixed in with authentic crises are what made this movie so mesmerizing. I was so glad I was able to watch the movie. Vietnamese film has definitely come a long way.

The movie is about two brothers, their love, jealousy and understanding. The movie takes you to journey of various emotions. It also touches your heart most of the time. The simplicity, beautiful landscapes and direction is amazing.

Such a beautiful movie, both aesthetically and content-wise. Movies featuring children as leads are usually enjoyable when the story looks and feels genuine and heartfelt, and this one ticks all the boxes. The relationship between the brothers, with all the conflicting feelings, the anguish of first love with the hesitations, misunderstandings and awkwardness. Moon is not the brightest, and she looked younger than Thieu, but I cannot tell with Asian children. She seemed much more comfortable with the younger brother. And although this is clearly Thieu's story, Tuong is the sweetest brother and friend you could ever hope to have.

I get the feeling that this is somewhat idealized, but it is 1989 in a rural part of Vietnam, and there are plenty of hardships that the families have to deal with. We see them through Thieu's eyes, but he is on the brink of maturity and he has left the magic world of fairy tales, which Tuong still believes in. There's folklore, magic and superstitions, making childhood an enchanted time. However, parents are quick to anger and corporal punishment. The movie blends it all together and despite some dragginess here and there it ties all loose threads at the end.