BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

sbeviltwin This film is a quiet, thoughtful and engaging look at a cross-section of modern Vietnam...It takes us through the lives of several people in a careful and moving way, but it avoids being sappy or sentimental by being honest.This film is beautifully written and filmed. Sometimes sad, sometimes (oddly and fleetingly) humorous, sometimes bittersweet, often poignant, this movie reminds us to take chances and to seek out and clarify the threads of connections between us all.You will enjoy this film if you are patient and observant. There is a real balance in this film between accessing the viewers' emotions (without imposing on them) while still providing intellectual stimulation and food for thought on many issues. Reminders of American influences are everywhere in the film, but are not overtly stated. Instead, they form the backdrop to tell a series of stories. I particularly enjoyed wondering how each story might connect to other or if they even would.Remarkable. Enjoyable.

Claudio Carvalho In the contemporary Ho Chi Minh, former Saigon, Kien An (Ngoc Hiep Nguyen) is a worker hired to gather and sell lotus for her master, Professor Dao (Manh Cuong Tran). Dao was a handsome poet, who is dying of leprosy. He lost his fingers, and Kien offers herself to write his poetries for him. Hai (Don Duong) is a tricycle-taxi driver, who falls in love for the expensive hooker Lan (Diep Bui). Woody is a homeless little child, working as street peddler of watches, cigarette lighters and other minor goods, who has his wallet stolen. He believes that the thief is James Hager (Harvey Keitel), a former marine who is looking for his daughter with a Vietnamese woman during the war. These three parallel bitter and beautiful stories present in a metaphoric view, the transition of the political and economical system of Vietnam. Professor Dao represents the traditional system, the communism, rotten and dying. Lan is a metaphoric view of the transition to the capitalism, corrupted, aimed and unattainable for most of the poor population. Woody and the little girl represent the next generations of excluded of the new wild system, fighting for the survival and having no perspective in life. James Hager would be the return of the American interests in Vietnam. I am intrigued with the title of this film: "Three Seasons". The lotus means the spring, the hard rain means the winter; the fallen leaves, the autumn. Where is the summer and why is it missing? "Three Seasons" is a highly recommended movie, open to the most different interpretations by the viewers. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "Três Estações" ("Three Seasons")

drdancm-2 My opinion is quite the opposite of a prior viewer Brian Orndorf. He asks rhetorically "Maybe I missed something?" In my opinion he certainly has.I caught only the last 1/3 of this movie but I was riveted to my seat within 2 minutes of viewing. Here's what I loved about this movie.1 Beautiful cinematography. I especially liked the visions of dark rainy streets among other things. Every scene has a poetic flow. In short the photography is superb2 The poetry and songs are lovely and work perfectly with the cinematography, and the individual stories that gradually unfold in time3 The film conveys the gentleness of the Vietnamese culture as well as the harsh poverty and the widening gulf between the "have's and have nots" a characteristic not unique to this regionI'm certainly looking forward to seeing this wonderful movie in its entirety and recommend it to any sensitive viewers. If you enjoy movies like King of Masks, Central Station, City of Lost Children, Hotel Splendide, Red Lantern, Eat Drink Man Woman, etc. you will probably like this movie. If you don't like this genre then don't waste you time and stick with the usual mass market Hollywood drivel.

aj_barros Excellent direction, photography, music and a very touching story. In our affluent western society we tend to forget who we are and where we come from. "Three seasons" is like a little bit of fresh air in a closed room, a new window where there was none. "Life as it is", that's the words that pop into my head. People should see it, with an open heart and with an open mind.