Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie’s New Rom-Com Looks Like a Mind-Bending Trip

The resurgence of the big-ticket romcom is well and truly under way amidst the wax and wane of the box office spectacle we usually cover here at io9. But sometimes a little movie magic comes along and makes even the most simple of meet-cute premises something surreal and mind bending–and that’s definitely the case in Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie‘s new movie, Big Bold Beautiful Journey. Directed by Kogonda, Big Bold Beautiful Journey follows two strangers, Sarah and David, who cross paths at a mutual friend’s wedding. Moving on from their brief connection, they suddenly find themselves thrust back into each other’s lives when the GPS system in David’s car suddenly gets a bit 2001: A Space Odyssey and asks David if, well, he wants to go on a big, bold, beautiful journey. But this isn’t a more whimsical Her situation going on here–a suddenly sentient car system is the least surreal thing David and Sarah find themselves facing, when they find a magical doorway that lets them journey t ... Read full article.