US EditionReview: Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell’s Fantasy Romance, ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,’ Is a Big Blah Dud
Journey stars Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell as strangers connected by fate, featuring Seth Reiss's screenplay and Benjamin Loeb's acclaimed cinematography.
- This week, director Kogonada released his third feature, a high-concept yet emotionally simple film written by Seth Reiss and starring actress Margot Robbie and actor Colin Farrell.
- Director Kogonada built his reputation through critically incisive video essays and directing 'After Yang' , 'Columbus' , plus work on 'Pachinko' and the canceled 'The Acolyte' .
- The G.P.S. voice directs Sarah Myers and David Langley through magical doors, leading to flashbacks where Sarah is nineteen and David is fifteen.
- Reviewers praised the film's fluid visual style and credited cinematographer Benjamin Loeb for exquisitely composed shots, but critics argued Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell lack chemistry, making characters emotionally thin.
- Director Kogonada calls the story 'magic realism,' featuring whimsical elements like an eccentric agency staff and a rentable 1994 Saturn.
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Review: 'A Big Bold Beautiful Journey' is a traumatic, star-driven road trip that runs out of gas
The latest try-hard charmer from Kogonada stars Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell as two singletons steered to explore their trauma via rental car with magical GPS.
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The new film of this admired director had everything to seduce, but finally turns out to be boring.
REVIEW: ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ is big, bold and sappy
When you've made two small, exquisite movies that have delighted critics and won over discerning audiences, I guess you've earned the right to blow all that credit on a big-budget romantic fantasy. But, hoo boy, is "A Big Bold Beautiful Journey" a gamble - a rom-com with the "com" replaced by metaphysical meanderings through a couple's purple psychic memories.
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