Film Review – A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (M)
Directed by: Kogonada
Starring: Colin Farrell, Margot Robbie
Review by: Julian Wright
David (Colin Farrell) and Sarah (Margot Robbie) are two strangers that meet at their mutual friends’ wedding.
They share a couple of meet-cute moments before finding themselves on a fantastical journey home together.
Some unplanned pit stops at a range of strangely positioned doorways, which when they enter, allows them the opportunity to relive and face key moments from their respective pasts.
Could these insights bring them closer together or drive them further apart?
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey takes a big bold swing in the way it tells its story.
This curious and existential film is certainly something we have not seen before, but it is at times fascinating and dream-like, then at other times, dances dangerously close to amateur performance art with a budget.
It starts off strong and endearingly quirky with a great sense of comedic timing, thanks in large part to a scene-stealing Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
The world we are plonked into is off kilter just enough to draw us in – and if you are up for the ride, you will likely be grandly rewarded.
For others, the sluggish pace and mind-bendy visuals could be detrimental to one’s enjoyment, particularly if they are expecting a traditional rom-com.
Farrell and Robbie are endlessly watchable – a pair of big screen beauties that an audience would follow blindly through any kind of journey – even one as unfulfilling as this.
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