Viet and Nam
Strand Releasing | Release Date: March 28, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
83
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsMar 28, 2025
Việt and Nam only initially looks like something that you might expect to find on John Waters’ Best of the Year list. Soon enough the movie becomes a gentle romance about loving the dead. Read full review
90
The New YorkerJustin ChangApr 4, 2025
Việt and Nam is a series of excavations, and, for all its gentle cadences—a shot of jungle leaves rustling in the wind about approximates the story’s rhythm—it seems to unearth new mysteries and paradoxes by the minute. Read full review
90
The New York TimesLisa KennedyMar 27, 2025
Quy treats the love affair between Viet and Nam with exquisite tenderness. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeOct 8, 2024
In exploring how the ruptures of the past map themselves onto relationships in the present, [Quy] elegantly approaches a familiar theme: how war reverberates throughout generations, imposing on witnesses and their successors. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineEric HendersonSep 6, 2024
Truong Minh Quy’s new queer romance-cum-sociohistorical lament mines beauty from both collective desolation and individual endurance. Read full review
83
The Film StageLuke HicksNov 1, 2024
Minh Quý’s slow-cinema sensibilities are nothing short of spellbinding, the trance of rumination within reason enough to seek it out. And if that’s not enough, go for the best final shot of the year: a breath-stealing beauty that will leave you frozen in your seat even after the credits are over. Read full review
83
IndieWireJosh Slater-WilliamsJun 5, 2024
While a degree of naturalism does still make its way into many slow-burn scenes, Quy’s filmmaking largely favors expressionism. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawAug 5, 2025
Viet and Nam is a film that first feels opaque and elusive, and yet it becomes drenched with emotion. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesManuel BetancourtApr 7, 2025
Việt and Nam is both simple and cryptic. Its spellbinding pleasures reward a patient audience who’ll be swayed (and may well swoon) over its hypnotic wonders. Read full review
80
Screen DailyJohn BerraJun 10, 2024
Viet And Nam may studiously occupy a certain world cinema niche, but Truong’s flourishes ensure that it offers a richly personal blend of the authentic and the abstract. Read full review
60
The Film VerdictClarence TsuiJun 10, 2024
While the film is filled with shimmering images aplenty – including a literally sparkling trompe d’oeil – the director falls short of using the texture of his 16mm film stock to its full potential. The same could be said of his characters, who could do with more thoughtful fleshing out, while their slow-burning relationships generate more a sense of lethargy than melancholy. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonApr 24, 2025
While “Viet and Nam” is filled from beginning to end with outstanding visuals and thought-provoking ideas, it is perhaps too lethargic and, at a little over two hours, overlong. Yet there is still much to enjoy. Read full review
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