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

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

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

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

| Original Score: 3/4 | 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

Dern does her best with the script she’s given, but she and Liam Hemsworth have no chemistry.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 12, 2024

Lonely Planet isn’t concerned with delving into anything beneath the surface. It’s a serviceable travelogue romance starring two likable actors.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 11, 2024

Neither dull enough to be painful nor fun enough to be engaging, it's simply too bland to make much of an impression at all.

| Oct 11, 2024

While many of the picture’s finer details are in desperate need of ironing out, the wrinkles within these two characters’ lives are compelling enough.

| Oct 11, 2024

What would this have looked like without all that plodding plotting? Definitely sexier, definitely more fun. Smarter, too.

| Original Score: C+ | Oct 11, 2024

It’s better, more grounded and self-aware than expected, enough to overcome the cliches and occasionally clunky dialogue. It’s a mostly enjoyable addition to the welcome sub-genre about 40-plus, desiring women as considered, desirable subjects.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 11, 2024

The movie also flirts with xenophobia... But “Lonely Planet” will not be remembered for either of those elements. It will be for showing that Laura Dern, unequivocally and in every regard, can still get it.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 11, 2024

Grant’s follow-up to her feature debut “Catch and Release” underwhelms in many respects.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 11, 2024

The story isn’t so hot. At least the leads are. That’s not enough to make Lonely Planet a good film, but it might be enough to get through all 94 minutes without clicking on something else instead. Maybe.

| Oct 11, 2024

Beautiful people in beautiful places can be fun to look at, but you need more than just a pretty face to keep your interest over the long term (or a feature-length film).

| Oct 11, 2024