The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Lonely Planet
Romance · Drama · 2024
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.
Movie details
Lonely Planet
“Sometimes you have to get lost to be found.”
2024 Romance · Drama 1h 36m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.1 / 10
Community rating
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.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Lonely Planet?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Morocco
Drama · 1930
Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Susannah Grant
Written by
Susannah Grant
Laura Dern
Katherine Loewe
Liam Hemsworth
Owen Brophy
Diana Silvers
Lily Kemp
Bellina Logan
Patricia
Sami Fekkak
Hamid
Gustav Dyekjær Giese
Gunnar Norgaard
Rachida Brakni
Fatema Benzakour
Court is in session
Put Lonely Planet on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.