It’s a truth universally acknowledged that any true romantic comedy fan must need a Laura Dern vehicle that gets their groove back, and that’s exactly what Netflix has delivered to us with lonely planeta new film from Erin Brockovitch screenwriter Susannah Grant who cast Dern as a novelist who goes to Morocco for a writer’s retreat and meets a handsome young man named Liam Hemsworth (or whatever his name is in the film; I’ll l (call Liam Hemsworth). Fans of romance from May to December, oh! Let’s go, okay?
- When a film begins with that little “ding” you hear on an airplane, we know the protagonist is go places.
- Literally.
- We are approaching Marrakech, Morocco!
- A refreshing lack of the yellow Global South filter (so far).
- Laura Dern! Every time I see her I hear her screaming “ISAIDTHANKYOOOOOOOU” on Big little lies in my head.
- Sheep! On the road! Not as exciting as a Laura Dern sighting, but still pretty cool.
- Oh no, Laura Dern’s luggage got lost.
- Not going to dinner the first night on a press trip because you’re tired is very relevant, I must say.
- I’m kidding ! Please always invite me on press trips, media powers that be!
- Hey, it’s Liam Hemsworth! With a friend! Who is not Laura Dern!
- The shirt he’s wearing looks dangerously like a henley, although upon second inspection I think it’s just a polo shirt.
- Ooh, looks like Laura Dern is going through a bad divorce. Or perhaps he has already concluded one? Anyway, a man is angry with her.
- Let’s take our Eat, pray, love Come on, girlfriend!
- In fact, maybe we could skip “praying.”
- Diana Silvers is everyone’s sweetheart, but Kaitlyn Dever blows my mind.
- I do like her big highlights though, I have to say.
- Wait, is Liam Hemsworth also a writer? Or just weird support for his girlfriend?
- A man who refuses an Ambien because he has a scheduled call? No fun! Ditch him!
- I have no idea what this call is for, but I assume it’s important.
- Ooh, Liam and Laura meet!
- Wow, even their names sound good together.
- A boring journalist on a press trip? It is Me!
- “I often see your face in bed,” followed by the girlfriend’s reveal? Come on, Liam!
- This makes me think of SATCIt’s Sam Jones lamenting guys who are obsessed with letting you know they have a girlfriend right away. We get it, man!
- My goodness, this village is picturesque.
- Laura Dern was born to casually quote Flaubert in film.
- Liam has four sisters, so we know he’s a good guy.
- Sorry, my brand new puppy has been freaking out for the last four minutes, so I missed the context behind Laura and Liam’s meet cute, but things seem to be progressing quickly.
- Ah, Liam’s girlfriend, Diana Silvers, is a big fan of Laura’s novels. Interesting.
- Laura, don’t travel anywhere (especially not to a foreign country) if you can’t stand a little bit of screaming in the background!
- Maybe I’m just complacent because I trained myself to write amidst the din of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake Cityto be fair.
- Ah, cool, Liam’s job is… coal mining, one way or another.
- “Clean coal”, MDR.
- Writers, I implore you: don’t take your extraction boyfriend into retirement, because he will get properly roasted by all the socialists.
- Oh man, Laura lost one farm in his divorce?
- Laura published her first book in college? Zadie Smith vibes!
- Laura eviscerating Liam because he’s clearly an ex-high school jock brother is so cathartic and searing for me.
- I know Liam was like, “How come you can’t finish your book at home?” to Laura, but as someone who spends $40 every other day of the week to “work” at my local all-day lesbian cafe, I take this as a personal attack.
- Ooh, the dramatic confession moment was almost avoided!
- In the most appropriate and respectful way possible, may I say: Diana Silvers looks really good in a tank top.
- Liam Hemsworth too, by the way.
- “Come find me when you’re in a better mood” is actually a very mature and devastating phrase to say.
- Liam angrily rides his motorbike through the streets of Marrakech, as one does.
- That’s how it is, man! Watch local sports! Drink a local beer! Kiss the local guys! Forget the girls!
- If you’re in Morocco and (like Laura right now) refuse anything that comes from a tagine, you’re simply an idiot.
- I don’t care if you’re full! Take a bite of this harira!
- I want to lie on a float in a Moroccan pool right now.
- In fact, I’ve never been to a writer’s retreat; Is that how they are?
- Liam Hemsworth’s facial hair is perfectly calibrated in this film, I must say.
- Wow, really, Liam? Your bosses in the natural resource extraction sector aren’t nice?
- Oh, he’s an eco-antagonist with a heart of gold who’s actually on the side of the West Virginia coal miner. Cool :/
- Laura is divorced from a sculptor? So coded by Meryl.
- This guy is really kind of an asshole to his girlfriend Diana Silvers, who is just trying to have fun on her trip.
- “You always find a way to ruin the things I’m passionate about” is a brutal way to feel about your partner! Do better, cishet men.
- Good for Diana for breaking up with him!
- Laura really listens to their whole breakup through her wall, huh?
- Bro, you’re going to “stay out of her way” but not just go home so she can In fact enjoy retirement? I hate this man! Go break something!
- Ooh la la, scandalous Laura/Liam shoulder kiss scene.
- “I could fall in love with a child like you”?????? Condemn.
- Okay, Liam didn’t like it.
- Hannah Horvath’s boyfriend called her “kid”, and you didn’t hear him complain about it, man! But maybe she should have?
- Liam leaves to “do a little exploring.” Ugh.
- He invites Laura!
- Parasailing setup!
- Oh, it was other people parasailing. Our lovers hold hands on the beach.
- Sex scene!
- A very good one too, if I may be so bold.
- Feed each other olives? Amazing.
- “You know I love an olive.” He already knows that about her?
- I really don’t care what happens with this man’s coal contract.
- Laura comes home 🙁
- Alone 🙁 🙁
- Solo Liam surf plan 🙁 🙁 🙁
- God help me, I love last minute thrills.
- I wish Laura Dern’s current character Katherine Loewe’s last name was pronounced lo-WAY-vey.