"If movies were given scores as figure skaters are, fantasy would start with a high rating for technical difficulty. The landings of the genre are hard to stick, because fantasy, by definition, isn't rooted in experience. No one has lived on a distant planet, in the far future, or any place where dragons or wizards rule-so, kudos to anyone who can make such realms feel truly lived in. "A Big Bold Beautiful Journey," directed by Kogonada and written by Seth Reiss,"
"booted. Lo and behold, he notices a sign conveniently affixed to a wall, advertising "The Car Rental Agency," as if it were the city's only one. The agency is housed in a vast, nearly empty building, where a pair of eccentric employees-a cashier (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) and a mechanic (Kevin Kline)-have only one kind of car to rent, a 1994 Saturn."
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey frames fantasy as technically difficult but emotionally grounded. David Langley, a single man, gets his car ticketed and discovers a mysterious car rental agency offering only a 1994 Saturn. Eccentric employees push him to add a supplementary GPS whose interactive, seemingly sentient voice guides him into a transformative adventure. David meets Sarah Myers at a wedding; both drive Saturns from the same agency and share a destiny complicated by past romantic disappointments. The film blends extreme fantastical premise with ordinary realities, using supernatural assistance to help characters reconsider and appreciate their lives.
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