You hope for these characters, and that hope carries the film. full review

Though it's not without virtues, "The Loneliest Planet" may try the patience of even the most dedicated lovers of art film. full review

Why expend more energy on the film than its makers did? full review

Loktev has written and directed with a haunting emphasis on the shortcomings of some interpersonal communication. full review

I can't deny that her scheme is dramatically effective, though I left the movie more conscious of the scheme than the drama. full review

All of this grows tiresome. full review

The Loneliest Planet is not a perfect work of art, but it gets at something powerful: the way that life can turn us around in a flash, without warning. full review

Unfortunately, Loktev's dry approach to establishing the couple's relationship means its abrupt collapse causes little emotional impact. full review

Shot on location by cinematographer Inti Briones, "Planet" is a piece of art even without Bernal and Furstenberg, who are like moving portraits of themselves in this film. full review

It is gripping and haunting, but also coy and elusive. full review

Though the film moves as slowly as its hikers, it demands, and deserves, to be watched closely. full review

The Loneliest Planet does have a quiet power, which is amplified by the movie's rugged landscape. full review

The film delivers in unexpected ways, and then ponders what it means. full review

Every scene shift contributes vital information about what it means to guide or be guided over foreign territory, both emotional and physical. full review

Within a scantily plotted, novella-style narrative (the movie is an adaptation of a short story by Tom Bissell), single shots become story events that mere mention would spoil. full review

If you are willing to subject yourself to an experience that is outside the norm of what a traditional movie is supposed to do, then you may come away with fertile soil for some fruitful discussion. full review

[A] slow-burning, distinctive second feature from Russian-born, Colorado-raised writer/director Julia Loktev. full review

Julia Loktev's marvelous, slow-burning follow-up to her minimalist thriller Day Night Day Night somehow manages to be both audacious and subtle. full review

Loktev's staging of the crucial moment is expert; her look at the aftermath is poignant and nuanced, culminating in a nocturnal sequence that condenses a world of bitter and incommensurable experience into a single shot. full review