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This is FRESH AIR. In the new romantic fantasy film "A Big Bold Beautiful Journey," Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie play two lonely strangers who wind up traveling together in a rental car with a magical GPS. The movie, which also features Kevin Kline and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, was directed by Korean American filmmaker Kogonada, who previously made the independent dramas "Columbus" and "After Yang." Our film critic Justin Chang has this review.

JUSTIN CHANG, BYLINE: I have a real affection for stories in which ordinary-looking doors show up in the middle of nowhere and become portals to another realm or dimension. It could be the wardrobe that leads to the wintry woods of Narnia, or the doors that form an elaborate teleportation network in films like "Monsters, Inc." or

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