‘How are they allowed to make this?’ Netflix viewers rip into new rom-com branding it a ‘painful waste of stunning cast’ [Video]

NETFLIX viewers have ripped into a brand new rom-com, despite its A-list cast.

Users took to social media in droves as they slammed the new production from the global streamer, calling it a ‘painful waste’.

Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth star in the brand new film, Lonely Planet.

It follows a newly-single writer Katherine Loewe (Dern) who embarks on a trip to Morocco.

She treats herself to a stunning writers retreat in Marrakesh where she is met with a surprise.

A connection forms between herself and the much younger Owen Brophy (Hemsworth).

He’s also on his own personal journey as he is stuck re-evaluating his life.

But despite a string of recent successes with romantic comedies, it seems this new film has fallen flat with fans.

The star names in …