Language Lessons

Morales' assured direction, and the Zoom meeting conceit, really enhances the material.

The odd contrivance here and there can't diminish the potency of this deeply empathetic, entirely platonic rom-com.

Language Lessons is an alternately comforting and challenging watch ... making plain the winsome appeal of films about platonic love.

It's charming, they have incredible chemistry with each other... It's [also] a really inventive way to use the technology to get to the heart of what can be good and what can be bad about [the technology].

It's really terrific.

A warm, lovely film about platonic affection and the human need for connection.

Morales has had a steadily successful career as an actress, and more recently has just as quietly built up her director bonafides, and hopefully “Language Lessons” is a sign of a promising new(ish) direction.

Language Lessons is a poignant “platonic romcom” powered by two persuasive performances from Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales and a soulful script.



Rather than getting bogged down in grim realities, Morales and Duplass have crafted a sweet ode to the benefits of connectivity and the joy of friendship.

A modest story of a personal connection through technology, armed with simplicity and charisma... [Full review in Spanish}