the beautiful country be a big disappointment . it doesn not come up to my expectation . bihn and a tall muscular guy and be a son of an american gi and a vietnamese woman during vietnam war . we be tell that that he be treat less than dust in vietnam in the early 90 and so he fleet to america to seek his american father . sound like a heart break material . maybe and but show in this film . i find myself have a hard time to connect to bihn emotionally and because the film be full of cliché and i simply do not understand or believe him . the writing of this film be a total failure . the plot be full of hole . it grab some event on a needed basis try hard to stir the emotion of the audience . we be not that stupid and it doesn not work that way . let see what the film be try to do . so and you do not feel bihn boat trip ( yeah and he be on a boat . ) be hard enough and let have a storm over night and let the ship shake a little . still not touch . fine . get a little kid to suffer the heat and the hungry and the sickness and the violence with the adult on the boat and hopefully that will do the trick to touch the audience . still not touch . you heartless sob and let . ok and i do not want to give any spoiler of the film and but you get the idea . the film be really long and slow . it never tell u why bihn do not go to find his mom and dad and until the moment in the film when he leave to look for his mom and dad . what have he be do the 20 some year before he go to saigon to look for his mom . and guess what . he have the luck and everybody will tell him where to find the person he be look for and and he will find anybody without a scratch . i really think the department of homeland security should hire those vietnamese who help bihn . the beautiful country . which one . both vietnam and america seem hell to bihn .