In the film "My father, the one who stays", Thu Quynh and Tran Nghia play mother and daughter.
In it, Thu Quynh's role is Lien - a mother haunted by the past, having lost a child, so her personality changes, she is selfish, abandons Nguyen and has an unstable mentality.
While Nguyen, played by Tran Nghia, is a quiet, emotional person.
In the latest episode, Lien and Nguyen had changes in their mother-son relationship. Accordingly, Lien had a nightmare, after waking up, she felt more sorry for her son and promised to change.
However, what makes the audience upset and frustrated is not that the screenwriter builds the characters of Lien and Nguyen, but the performance of both actors.
With Thu Quynh's Lien, she was criticized for always being blurred-eyed, having one-dimensional expressions, and acting awkwardly. The audience rated Thu Quynh as a talented actress. However, in this role of Lien, the actress is said to have lost her form and is not a breakthrough in acting.
Meanwhile, in Tran Nghia's role as Nguyen, viewers were tired and felt helpless when watching him. The reason Tran Nghia shows is that he is always a sad and sad person. It was Tran Nghia's chance-to-be face that made him criticized for failing when playing Nguyen.
On film forums, many audiences called on Thu Quynh and Tran Nghia to stop acting in Lien and Nguyen in the film even though this project is in the final stages.
"Never seen Thu Quynh act so bored in this film, crying and not giving up her breath, a forgettable role for the actress" - one viewer commented.
"Tran Nghia is so poor at acting, I don't understand why he was able to play the main role. His expression is lifeless and lifeless" - another audience evaluated Tran Nghia's role.
Many audiences believe that the performance of Thu Quynh and Tran Nghia is a minus point of the project "My father, the one who stayed". Because they have not done their roles well, it has led to the audience not fully enjoying the film.