Unfortunately this film ends up on the long list of forgettable Netflix romances.

| Feb 9, 2025

A romance set at a retreat in Morocco where being lonely becomes a pathway to a new life.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 26, 2024

It's just the two of them talking, and talking, and talking... and more talking. It wore me down.

| Nov 4, 2024

This movie is smart enough to be about something deeper... It goes on way too long, but it sort of moved me.

| Nov 4, 2024

Without its scenic backdrop and charismatic leads, this movie would have likely been as forgettable as its premise.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 24, 2024

Lonely Planet isn’t steamy like The Idea Of You or zany like A Family Affair, but it has a vibes-over-plot appeal that carries over to its central romance.

| Original Score: B- | Oct 22, 2024

Has less feeling and insight about escape and feeling found than one listen to Taylor Swift’s “Getaway Car.”

| Original Score: D+ | Oct 20, 2024

There’s no nuance rewarding the attentive audience, no subtleties to entice repeat viewing. Even Laura Dern, for all her talent and charm, can only do so much with a character and story about as dynamic as reading a phone book.

| Oct 18, 2024

Dern is spiky and magnetic in a role that has "Julia Roberts" written all over it; Hemsworth adds warmth; and the Morocco locations that the pair saunter through are stunning.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2024

This lethargic romantic drama forces chemistry where there is none and, worse, sells out its aspirationally cool, intelligent female protagonist with an endgame that she — and the luminous Laura Dern — hardly deserves.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 18, 2024

The quickest way to curing writer’s block may just be to get yourself a Hemsworth, but despite some nice scenes between the leads, the writing here does nothing to differentiate itself from most of the generic having-a-good-time love affairs seen recently

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 17, 2024

Despite gorgeous actors, an enticing location, and an interesting idea to set this film at a writer's retreat for global literati, there's a surprising lack of passion in the package as a whole.

| Oct 16, 2024

It can be watched effortlessly and is a great plan for a quiet Saturday afternoon, but its dramatic progression is that of a healthy and resting heart's electrocardiogram. And that's not what we ask of a romantic movie.

| Oct 16, 2024

It's more subtle and thoughtful than one might expect, and the actors bring it home.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 15, 2024

The individual performances from Dern and Hemsworth are solid and they bring what they can to their age-gap love story. But it’s such a low-temperature romance with their characters better suited as drinking buddies than new-found lovers.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 15, 2024

In Lonely Planet, the flayed cadaver of When Harry Met Sally is grafted to the freshly disinterred remains of Sofia Coppola’s Lost In Translation and sent shambling out into the world.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 14, 2024

This slightly flimsy, but just-good-enough romance is all about modest investments and modest returns.

| Oct 14, 2024

Although it features appealing elements such as an exotic setting and a promising premise, those looking for a deeper reflection on relationships may be left unsatisfied. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5/10 | Oct 14, 2024

A strangely insipid experience for a setup that, on paper at least, had potential.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 14, 2024

Hemsworth and Dern won't go down in history as the next hit screen couple, but they have a pleasant give and take together and will catch the audience by surprise.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Oct 14, 2024