Những kẻ khờ (Vietnamese Series) [Fools]

Vietnam BL series have a long way to go both in terms of stories and direction that they are bringing to the audience. This 4 part series of almost an hour total length, could have been a powerful short story, but by unnecessarily dragging it as a mini series, it completely lost its charm on me. It's just the beginning of 2021, so I hope its time they will learn from the mistakes.

New guy in group Trieu, rebellious Thien and intelligent Thuy are three close friends. On their day of their school graduation, they decide to skip it and instead head to the beach primarily because Thuy gets nervous in crowds. Everything is going on fine, till Thien watches Trieu giving a kiss to Thuy. He then confesses to Trieu that he knew both the guys had feelings for each other but he tricked them so they could not confess their feelings for each other. Turns out Thien also liked Trieu, and hence he didn't want Trieu and Thuy to be together. But its too late now since Thuy has a girlfriend.The next day Thien leaves out of country to go abroad and study while Trieu is back on beach thinking of decisions and actions taken by all three of them.

The boys were alright looking but their acting and dialogue delivery were both terrible. The way they were talking, completely devoid of any expression, felt as if they have just memorized their lines and just speaking it out. In a circle where two guys like each other, but can't express their love while third guy years for one of the guys had some great potential; but this was just a drag. Even though it was barely an hour long, it felt I watched it for too long. In every episode they go back reliving some memories that shows they came to being friends, but overall the series was huge disappointment. I would blame bot the story and the director for this. Its time to up the game Vietnam. (3/10)

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