Three and a half years ago a review of Seth Reiss‘s “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,” a BlackListed screenplay, appeared on Scriptshadow.

The unnamed reviewer called it “500 Days of Summer meets La La Land meets Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind meets A Christmas Carol.”

Incomplete, misleading synopsis: “At the behest or suggestion of a magical GPS app built into a 1996 VW Passat, two thirtysomething strangers who’ve attended the same wedding — Margot Robbie‘s Sarah and Colin Farrell‘s David — embark on a Christmas Carol-like memory odyssey (okay, call it a ‘big, bold, and beautiful journey’ if you want) in which they both relive failed relationships and romantic encounters from their respective pasts.”

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (Sony, 9.19.25) is opening too early in “the season” to warrant serious intrigue or confidence. It costars Kevin Kline, Lily Rabe, Jodie Turner-Smith, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Billy Magnussen and Sarah Gadon.

This could be a commercial breakout for Kogonada, the South Korean-born, American-raised director (Columbus, After Yang).