Netflix’s top 10 chart strikes gold again. Their new movie at the top of the charts called “Lonely Planet” balances heartbreak and self-discovery throughout. This new movie focuses on non-traditional relationships, making it fresh and new to watchers. Taking place in present day, this movie is a fun watch that is easy to connect with. In Morocco, viewers see what happens when a work trip turns into a life-changing trip for all.

“Lonely Planet” takes the audience down the path of heartbreak and new beginnings showing the highs and lows. The film shows how old romance is out the window and new romance is here to stay. As the work trip goes on, Owen and Katherine focus on what they both truly want. The film offers a new look to romance and the journey of sadness, anger, self-discovery and acceptance. Throughout “Lonely Planet,” it captures the highs and lows of a well developed romantic relationships.

First, from observation, the plot started off strong to watchers especially in the fact that there were very experienced romance actors in the cast. Beginning with Owen and Lily arriving in the beautiful land of Morocco, they found love in something other than each other. When Katherine arrives in Morocco for a much needed break away, I resonate with her because she truly needed to just get away and rest her mind. She arrived in hopes to relieve her writer’s block. Katherine needed to interact with other people on the work trip as well whether she liked it or not. She ran into Owen not on purpose or looking for anything, but they found each other.

I am so happy that the directors rope in the setting of Morocco because it was so beautiful and different. When Katherine and Owen went into town and their car broke down on the way back, we got a closer look at the well-developed setting.

Second, there were many conversation worthy moments of the characters and strengths in the film. The first one that truly stood out to me was Katherine’s journey to become independent. After Katherine went through her divorce, she needed to find herself again. I felt a big part of her doing this was when he went to Morocco alone and the biggest part being she enjoyed it. Owen needed to adapt to others meaning he needed to get out of his constant work bubble that he was in. He really got help with this by bonding what Katherine heavily with life experiences. One of the things I felt Katherine needed out of this trip was wisdom. Not so much gaining more of it, but giving it out to others like she did with Owen. The way he resonated with it in turn helped Katherine in ways I do not think she knew she needed. Owen needed to grow as a person. He was so developed in his work life he needed to grow in his personal emotional life. One of the larger steps he took to do this was finally ending thing with Lily, which was a positive thing in my perspective. Katherine needed to come back and be resilient. the entire reason Katherine went to Morocco in the first place was to finish her book she was writing. When her book she was working on for two years was stolen, Katherine had to learn how to cope with that.

Consequently, with positives, there are also weaknesses that are important to analyze. With being strong and developed, it was very predictable. There were some details that were different, yes. But the guy always gets the girl, and this is exactly what happened in this story. The characters were entertaining, but there were some questions about them. The lack of depth into the characters was a loss in my opinion. We only knew about Katherine’s divorce and Owen’s addiction to his job outside of the present setting in the story. There were very quick conflicts. The conflicts presented in the story were major, but very brief in my opinion the quick make-ups between characters was boring. The biggest weakness in my opinion was the resolution. After Katherine’s book was stolen, the falling action afterward was very abrupt and rushed.

Viewers can also see the weaknesses of the characters. The first one being in interest to Owen. Owen had a very underdeveloped backstory. He seemed to only be present for Katherine, which was very one-sided in my opinion. Deeper into Katherine’s character, she did not seem very vulnerable throughout the movie. This in turn created boring conflicts. For example, one of the major conflicts was when she got her book stolen. I felt that Katherine was not as emotional as she should have been; the dialogue was very lacking. Owen too needed to grow more. In my opinion, Owen’s relationship with Katherine very well could have intended to reveal a new side of Owen. But I does not feel like in the end, he fully developed as a character. Lastly, Katherine’s focus was scattered throughout the movie. Katherine’s focus inconsistently focuses fully on her book to Owen.

“Lonely Planet” is a non-traditional romantic-comedy. Because of this, it makes it a new and exciting watch. Throughout the storytelling, you see a beautiful setting in Morocco and the intriguing conflicts amongst characters, and they see how the conflicts in their past impact their conflicts with each other. Whether you are interested in romantic comedies or not, “Lonely Planet” will keep viewers biting their nails until the end.