"Hoa Ngoai Duong" is considered an important "dance" in Zhao Liying's transformation from a top TV star to a big screen.
This is also an effort by director Phung Tieu Cuong to dominate the market with an all-female cast and a theme revolving around women - after his failures in box office revenue of the films "Chi Huu Van Tri Dao" and " Phi Thanhvat Nhiu 3".
The project currently earns more than 100 million yuan - a good figure compared to the investment capital of 15 million yuan. If we consider objectively, Zhao Liying's film made good profits and led the box office revenue for many days on the occasion of the recent Lunar New Year.
Most of "Hoa Ngoai Duong"'s achievements depend on Zhao Liying's reputation. However, the film still has weaknesses in the way it builds characters and content.
Feng Shaofeng showed concern for women through this project, but many film experts said that he did not really understand feminism. Feng Shaofeng has researched current issues of women, but when implementing the project, it was not enough to touch the hearts of the audience.
Phung Tieu Cuong is sensitive to the market when choosing the right topic that is interested in femininity, feminism, and fate of women on the sidelines. But the film handled so rationally, lacking emotion, making the journey of strange characters with female audiences - a group of people who should have the most sympathetic.
Although Trieu Le Dinh tried to portray a new character and image, the audience still could not sympathize with this character and the film. Zhao Liying only plays this character well and cannot be said to be in harmony with the role she plays.
