Review: A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

6 December, 2025 William Eguizabal 0 Comments 2 categories

Title: A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
MPA Rating: R
Director: Kogonada
Starring: Colin Farrell, Margot Robbie, Jodie Turner-Smith
Runtime:1 hr 49 mins

What It Is: David (Farrell) and Sarah (Robbie) are two strangers who have stumbled upon something truly strange. In need of a rental car to get to a wedding, they are given a 90s Saturn and told to follow the GPS. This GPS, voiced by Turner-Smith, is about to take them on a big, bold, beautiful journey if they choose to follow it. What they do not know is that if they take this path, neither of their lives will ever be the same again.

What We Think: God, I love Kogonada. Columbus was brilliant. After Yang, brilliant. He is three for three for me, and this one is brilliant too. Colin Farrell is on a ripper of a streak with his project selection. Margot Robbie continues to prove she is the it girl. They both give amazing performances.

This film has something that has been grossly absent from many modern movies: color. The colors pop, shine, and shimmer in the way they should. Blues as deep as water, reds sharp enough to cut. Obnoxious yellow wins the day, and everything feels alive. All of this is carried by a great script written by Seth Reiss. I loved this film. It is Kogonada’s most flawed work, yet also perhaps his most ambitious. Reiss’s script was a Black List darling, and in the hands of a filmmaker like Kogonada, what we get is something aspirational and unique.

Our Grade: B+, Everything here worked so well. Does it have some problems? Sure, but what it brings to the table is something truly fantastic. Kogonada continues to make movies like no one else, and for me that is a great thing. See this movie. It will likely fly under the radar, as Kogonada’s films tend to, but it should not. Featuring excellent performances from its two leads, this is a sleeper for 2025.