Review: ‘A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey’ Takes a Pratfall into Cinematic Purgatory

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The first time I saw the trailer for A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey I kept waiting for a punchline that never came, or perhaps Rod Serling’s voice to cut in and explain that we’ve crossed over into the Twilight Zone . Nothing about it sounded like a real movie — the title, the premise, the fact that somehow Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell deemed it worth their time, that Kogonada ( After Yang , Columbus ) was directing it. Seth Reiss ( The Menu ) writing it was the only element that made much sense at all. He seems like a “big ideas” kind of guy who’s probably excellent in a room, but in terms of actual execution of those ideas

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