Fans are eager to learn what happens in Netflix‘s Lonely Planet’s ending, and whether Laura Dern’s Katherine and Liam Hemsworth‘s Owen do end up together. Helmed by Susannah Grant, whose screenplay credits include 28 Days and The Soloist,

BOTTOM LINE It's more subtle and thoughtful than one might expect, and the actors bring it home.

Although the title suggests it, Lonely Planet is not some outer space sci fi adventure, not even remotely. Perhaps it could have been called something more evocative of its tried and true genre, but writer/director Susannah Grant has crafted a somewhat standard and certainly familiar romantic drama about two people facing up to new self-revelations