Song of the South was acted with average good level (for me). Anyways, a Bravo for An. There are many funny, plein and somehow rude talks, which are true for countryside residents in old times

Especially, the film color was really true and either do costumes. Scenes of Western markets emphasized the poverty back in the day clearly

The beauty of Western Vietnam and the childhood of kids growing up there were described naturally. There were also various profound lines about family and patriotism

However, its flow is not coherent enough. Therefore, I feel like I was only impressed just by some lines or stunning sets. Moreover, the adventurous life of An was somehow limitedly expressed.

I just finished watching Dat Rung Phuong Nam or Song of the South from Netflix. Wow! What an Incredible movie and I'm so glad I found it just casually browsing Netflix. Very compelling story and plot! Excellent acting from all the actors and actresses, young and old. The main child actor An is excellent and so is Anh Ut! He's so cute and funny. You'll experiencing the culture, tradition and see the beautiful countryside of Vietnam! This movie has it all from family, love, humor, friendship, war, patriotism! I laughed and I cried. Love it so much! I can't wait to watch Part 2! Highly recommend it, you'll enjoy it!

The director announced that the film was inspired by the story Dat Rung Phuong Nam by writer Doan Gioi. However, after watching the film, I felt the film was very boring and had no depth in content. The characters in the movie acted very poorly, their expressions remained blank. The child actor who plays An can only cry and scream. In the original work, the character Ut Luc Lam only played a supporting role, but in the film the director turned it into a main role. The battle scenes also look very fake, not real at all. I think the movie is only worthy of being a webdrama shown on Youtube, not worthy of people spending money to go to the theater to enjoy it.