80
Little White Lies by Iana Murray
Operating on a grander scale, Kogonada still retains his singular, warm sensibility – and if you can succumb to the film’s heart-on-its-sleeve sentimentality, it’s a journey worth taking.
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
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- Ireland,
- United States
- 2025
- · 109m
Director
Kogonada
Cast
Colin Farrell,
Margot Robbie,
Kevin Kline,
Phoebe Waller-Bridge,
Lily Rabe,
Hamish Linklater,
Jodie Turner-Smith,
Chloe East,
Jennifer Grant,
Billy Magnussen
Genre
Romance,
Fantasy,
Drama
Sarah and David are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live important moments from their respective pasts, illuminating how they got to where they are in the present... and possibly getting a chance to alter their futures.
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80
Little White Lies by Iana Murray
Operating on a grander scale, Kogonada still retains his singular, warm sensibility – and if you can succumb to the film’s heart-on-its-sleeve sentimentality, it’s a journey worth taking.
75
LarsenOnFilm by Josh Larsen
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey won’t work for everyone, but hearts of a certain shape may treasure it.
75
Boston Globe by Mark Feeney
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey — which sounds like a Boy Scout jamboree presided over by Donald Trump — is a very traditional movie masquerading as a very odd movie. What helps make it a good movie is how well it (mostly) maintains a balance between tradition and oddity.
75
The Film Stage by Conor O'Donnell
Kogonada delightfully exploits the simple joy of beautiful people falling in love on screen. He deploys his trademark empathy as a means of encouragement: Go with it, be open, and maybe this will make you feel something lovely if you let it.
75
The Film Stage by Conor O'Donnell
Kogonada delightfully exploits the simple joy of beautiful people falling in love on screen. He deploys his trademark empathy as a means of encouragement: Go with it, be open, and maybe this will make you feel something lovely if you let it.
75
Boston Globe by Mark Feeney
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey — which sounds like a Boy Scout jamboree presided over by Donald Trump — is a very traditional movie masquerading as a very odd movie. What helps make it a good movie is how well it (mostly) maintains a balance between tradition and oddity.
75
LarsenOnFilm by Josh Larsen
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey won’t work for everyone, but hearts of a certain shape may treasure it.
65
Paste Magazine by Tara Bennett
Although the premise teeters on being twee, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey mostly works because its self-awareness keeps it from devolving into cliche … until it doesn’t.
65
Paste Magazine by Tara Bennett
Although the premise teeters on being twee, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey mostly works because its self-awareness keeps it from devolving into cliche … until it doesn’t.
63
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
Kogonada's direction crafts a variety of visually arresting—though not ostentatious—set pieces. Yet somehow, it doesn’t all come together. The whimsical magic evident early on grows stale. The movie’s tone is herky-jerky and never settles. And the ending feels undercooked and unearned.
63
RogerEbert.com by Matt Zoller Seitz
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey illustrates a principle endorsed by many legendary directors: Casting the right leads will get you ninety percent of the way to success.
63
The Seattle Times by Gemma Wilson
When everything’s clicking, there are moments of real beauty and introspection to be found here.
63
The Seattle Times by Gemma Wilson
When everything’s clicking, there are moments of real beauty and introspection to be found here.
63
RogerEbert.com by Matt Zoller Seitz
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey illustrates a principle endorsed by many legendary directors: Casting the right leads will get you ninety percent of the way to success.
63
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
Kogonada's direction crafts a variety of visually arresting—though not ostentatious—set pieces. Yet somehow, it doesn’t all come together. The whimsical magic evident early on grows stale. The movie’s tone is herky-jerky and never settles. And the ending feels undercooked and unearned.
60
Collider by Ross Bonaime
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey tries to be too big and too bold, when it’s the smaller moments in which this film becomes a beautiful journey.
60
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
The unreality of the film never quite equates to dishonesty about what exactly happens when two people not in the first flush of youth decide to be in love, but it takes an effort of will to suspend disbelief and submit to a well-intentioned fantasy.
60
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
The unreality of the film never quite equates to dishonesty about what exactly happens when two people not in the first flush of youth decide to be in love, but it takes an effort of will to suspend disbelief and submit to a well-intentioned fantasy.
60
Collider by Ross Bonaime
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey tries to be too big and too bold, when it’s the smaller moments in which this film becomes a beautiful journey.
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