Lonely Planet
Seen it?2024 | 96 min | Romance, Drama
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office flop and middling reviews (38% on Rotten Tomatoes), it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for romantics. If you loved Casablanca, start here.
- The mood
- Warm and romantic.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 36 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
At an idyllic writers retreat in Morocco, a newly single novelist finds an unexpected connection with a younger man who's reevaluating his life choices.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
38% on Rotten Tomatoes, 47 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.1 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 88K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Susannah Grant
- Laura DernKatherine Loewe
- Liam HemsworthOwen Brophy
- Diana SilversLily Kemp
- Bellina LoganPatricia
- Sami FekkakHamid
- Gustav Dyekjær GieseGunnar Norgaard
- Rachida BrakniFatema Benzakour
- Younès BoucifRafih Abdo
- Francesco MartinoLuca
- Ben YoucefBeverage Cart Salesman