'Lonely Planet': 75 Thoughts I Had While Watching Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth in the Netflix Movie

It's a truth universally acknowledged that every true romantic comedy fan wants a “Laura Dern gets her groove back” vehicle, and that's exactly what Netflix has given us Lonely planeta new film from Erin Brockovich Screenwriter Susannah Grant, in which Dern plays a novelist who travels to Morocco on a writing vacation and meets a handsome young man named Liam Hemsworth (or whatever his name is in the film; I'll call him Liam Hemsworth). Romance fans from May to December, ahoy! Let’s dive in, shall we?

1. When a movie starts with that little “ding” you hear on a plane, it’s you knowledge is the protagonist Visit places.
2. Literally.
3. We are approaching Marrakech, Morocco!
4. A refreshing absence of the yellow filter of the Global South (so far).
5. Laura Dern! Every time I see her I hear her screaming “ISAIDTHANKYOOOOOOOU!” Big little lies in my head.
6. Sheep! On the street! Not as exciting as a Laura Dern sighting, but still pretty cool.
7. Oh no, Laura Dern's luggage got lost.
8. Not going to dinner on the first night of a press trip because you're tired very understandable, I have to say.
9. Just kidding! Please invite me to press trips anyway, media professionals!
10. Hey, it's Liam Hemsworth! With a friend! Who isn't Laura Dern!
11. The shirt he's wearing looks dangerously similar to a Henley shirt, although on second look I think it's just a polo.
12. Ooh, it sounds like Laura Dern is going through a bad divorce. Or maybe someone has already completed it? Anyway, some man is mad at her.
13. Let's get ours Eat, pray, love Come on, girlfriend!
14. Actually, maybe we can skip “pray.”
15. Diana Silvers as a love interest for everyone except Kaitlyn Dever makes me angry.
16. I have to say, though, that I like her striking highlights.
17. Wait, is Liam Hemsworth a writer too? Or is he just supporting his girlfriend in a strange way?
18. A man refusing an Ambien because he scheduled a call? No fun! Drop him!
19. I have no idea what this call is about, but I guess it's important.
20. Ooh, Liam and Laura are dating!
21. Wow, even their names sound good together.
22. An annoying reporter on a press trip? That is Me!
23. “I see your face in bed a lot,” followed by your girlfriend’s revelation? Come on, Liam!
24. That makes me think SATCSam Jones laments guys who are obsessed with telling you straight away that they have a girlfriend. We get it, dude!
25. My God, this village is picturesque.
26. Laura Dern was born to casually quote Flaubert in a film.
27. Liam has four sisters, so we know he's a good guy.
28. Sorry, my new puppy freaked out for the last four minutes, so I missed the context behind Laura and Liam's meet-cute, but things seem to be moving along quickly.
29. Ah, Liam's friend Diana Silvers is a big fan of Laura's novels. Interesting.
30. Laura, don't travel anywhere (especially a foreign country) if you can't stand a little screaming in the background!
31. Maybe I'm just complacent because I taught myself to write after the noise Real Housewives of Salt Lake Cityto be fair.
32. Ah, cool, Liam's job is… sort of coal mining.
33. “Clean coal,” LOL.
34. Writers, I implore you: Don't take your ex-brother boyfriend to a retreat because he will I'm really roasted by all the socialists.
35. Oh man, Laura lost one Farmhouse in their divorce?
36. Laura published her first book in college? Zadie Smith vibes!
37. Laura gutting Liam because he's clearly a former high school jock is so cathartic and hot for me.
38. I know Liam said, “How come you can't finish your book at home?” to Laura, but as someone who spends $40 every other weekday to “work” at my local all-day lesbian cafe “I see this as a personal attack.
39. Ooh, the time for a dramatic confession is almost averted!
40. In the most appropriate and respectful way I can say: Diana Silvers looks really good in a tank top.
41. By the way, Liam Hemsworth too.
42. “Come and find me when you’re in a better mood” is actually a very mature and devastating saying.
43. Liam angrily rides his motorcycle through the streets of Marrakech, as one does.
44. That's it, man! Check out local sports! Drink a local beer! Embrace the locals! Forget girls!
45. If you're in Morocco and (like Laura right now) refuses anything served from a tagine, you're just an idiot.
46. I don't care if you're full! Eat a bite of this harira!
47. I now want to lie on a float in a Moroccan pool.
48. I've never been on a writers' retreat; Are they like that?
49. I have to say that Liam Hemsworth's facial hair is perfect in this film.
50. Wow, really, Liam? Aren't your bosses in the extractive industry nice?
51. Oh, he's an eco-antagonist with a heart of gold who actually sides with the West Virginia miner. Cool :/
52. Laura is divorced from a sculptor? So Meryl coded.
53. This guy is really being a jerk to his girlfriend, Diana Silvers, who is just trying to have fun on her trip.
54. “You always find a way to ruin the things I look forward to” is a harsh way to think about your partner! Do better, cishet men.
55. Good for Diana for breaking up with him!
56. Laura is actually just listening to the whole breakup through her wall, isn't she?
57. Brother, you're going to “avoid” her, but you're not going to just go home so she can Strictly speaking Are you enjoying the retreat? I hate this man! Go get some clothes!
58. Ooh la la, scandalous shoulder kiss scene between Laura and Liam.
59. “I could fall in love with a child like you”?????? Damned.
60. Okay, Liam didn't like that.
61. Hannah Horvath's boyfriend called her “Kid,” and you didn’t hear her complain about it, man! Although maybe she should have?
62. Liam leaves to “explore.” Pooh.
63. He invites Laura!
64. Parasailing assembly!
65. Oh, that was other people parasailing. Our lovers just hold hands on the beach.
66. Sex scene!
67. A pretty good one too, if I may be so bold.
68. Feed each other olives? Indescribable.
69. “You know I love olives.” He already knows that about them?
70. I really don't care what happens to this man's coal deal.
71. Laura goes home 🙁
72. Alone 🙁 🙁
73. Solo Liam Surfside Shot 🙁 🙁 🙁
74. God help me, I love a last minute revival.
75. I wish Laura Dern's actual character Katherine Loewe's last name was pronounced “lo-WAY-vey.”