{"id":149328,"date":"2025-09-20T13:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T13:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/149328\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T13:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T13:17:10","slug":"a-big-bold-beautiful-journey-rotten-tomatoes-reviews-not-all-pretty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/149328\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A Big Bold Beautiful Journey\u2019 Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Not All Pretty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" top-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758374230_97_960x0.jpg\" alt=\"Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell in &quot;A Big Bold Beautiful Journey.&quot;\" data-height=\"770\" data-width=\"1202\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell in &#8220;A Big Bold Beautiful Journey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sony Pictures Entertainment\/Columbia Pictures<\/p>\n<p>Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell\u2019s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey is being met with harsh reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Kogonada (After Yang, The Acolyte), <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2025\/09\/19\/when-is-a-big-bold-beautiful-journey-coming-to-streaming\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2025\/09\/19\/when-is-a-big-bold-beautiful-journey-coming-to-streaming\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"A Big Bold Beautiful Journey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A Big Bold Beautiful Journey<\/a> opens Friday in theaters nationwide. The official summary for A Big Bold Beautiful Journey reads, \u201cSome doors bring you to your past. Some doors lead you to your future. And some doors change everything.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2025\/09\/19\/when-is-a-big-bold-beautiful-journey-coming-to-streaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"When Is \u2018A Big Bold Beautiful Journey\u2019 Coming To Streaming?\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2025\/09\/19\/when-is-a-big-bold-beautiful-journey-coming-to-streaming\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForbesWhen Is \u2018A Big Bold Beautiful Journey\u2019 Coming To Streaming?By Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSarah (<a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/margot-robbie\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/margot-robbie\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Robbie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Robbie<\/a>) and David (<a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/marcberman1\/2024\/10\/02\/colin-farrells-sugar-renewed-for-season-2-by-apple-tv\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/marcberman1\/2024\/10\/02\/colin-farrells-sugar-renewed-for-season-2-by-apple-tv\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Farrell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Farrell<\/a>) are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend\u2019s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on A Big Bold Beautiful Journey \u2013 a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live important moments from their respective pasts, illuminating how they got to where they are in the present\u2026and possibly getting a chance to alter their futures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rated R, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey also stars Kevin Kline, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Hamish Linklater, Lily Rabe, Jennifer Grant and the voice of Jodie Turner-Smith.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2025\/09\/19\/guillermo-del-toros-frankenstein-to-play-in-some-imax-theaters\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Guillermo Del Toro\u2019s \u2018Frankenstein\u2019 To Play In Some IMAX Theaters\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2025\/09\/19\/guillermo-del-toros-frankenstein-to-play-in-some-imax-theaters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForbesGuillermo Del Toro\u2019s \u2018Frankenstein\u2019 To Play In Some IMAX TheatersBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As of Friday, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey has earned a 39% \u201crotten\u201d rating from <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/a_big_bold_beautiful_journey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/a_big_bold_beautiful_journey\" aria-label=\"Rotten Tomatoes\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> critics based on 107 reviews. The RT Critics Consensus, audience summary and Popcornmeter score based on verified user ratings are still pending.<\/p>\n<p>What Are Individual Critics Saying About \u2018A Big Bold Beautiful Journey\u2019?<\/p>\n<p>Peter Howell of the Toronto Star is among the <a class=\"color-link\" href=\" https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/a_big_bold_beautiful_journey\/reviews?type=top_critics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/a_big_bold_beautiful_journey\/reviews?type=top_critics\" aria-label=\"top critics on RT\">top critics on RT<\/a> who gives the film a \u201crotten\u201d rating, writing in his review summary, \u201cA Big Bold Beautiful Journey sounds convoluted, that\u2019s because it is. But its biggest sin isn\u2019t confusion; it\u2019s indifference. The film is so enamored with its own premise that it never notices the magic dissipating with every [kilometer].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also giving A Big Bold Beautiful Journey a \u201crotten\u201d rating on RT is Brandon Yu of the New York Times, who writes, \u201cYou would think that for a movie with such a title there\u2019d be a bit more big lights and conventional grandiosity, but there\u2019s a formal limpness to the way it tugs at one\u2019s heartstrings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2025\/09\/13\/ralph-macchio-and-jackie-chans-karate-kid-legends-gets-netflix-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u2018Karate Kid: Legends\u2019 Gets Netflix Premiere Date\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2025\/09\/13\/ralph-macchio-and-jackie-chans-karate-kid-legends-gets-netflix-date\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forbes\u2018Karate Kid: Legends\u2019 Gets Netflix Premiere DateBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lou Thomas of Empire Magazine has some positive things to say about the film, but ultimately gives it a \u201crotten\u201d rating on RT, writing, \u201cThough occasionally inventive and affecting, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey is a tonal mess. Romantic and other emotional struggles depicted may ring true, but that and strong lead performances can\u2019t save the uneven whole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kritsy Puchko of Mashable used the title of the film to sum up her feelings about the movie on RT, writing, \u201cA Big Bold Beautiful Journey felt neither big, bold, or beautiful. Its journey is winding. Its message is earnest, and yet I was unmoved, even bored.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dan Jolin on Time Out is among the top critics on RT who gives A Big Bold Beautiful Journey a \u201cfresh\u201d rating, writing in his review summary, \u201cDespite an occasional burst of self-mocking glibness, this is a movie that isn\u2019t afraid of sincerity, and it brings a bit of silver-lining energy to our overcast world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2025\/09\/16\/the-fantastic-four-first-steps-gets-streaming-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u2018The Fantastic Four: First Steps\u2019 Gets Streaming Date\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2025\/09\/16\/the-fantastic-four-first-steps-gets-streaming-date\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forbes\u2018The Fantastic Four: First Steps\u2019 Gets Streaming DateBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ty Burr of the Washington Post also gives A Big Bold Beautiful Journey a \u201cfresh\u201d rating on RT, writing, \u201cLike many long-shot rolls of the dice, it\u2019s a movie that sometimes cuts to the core of human feeling and sometimes has an audience cringing at its achingly whimsical pretensions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thelma Adams of AARP for Grownups also gives A Big Bold Beautiful Journey a \u201cfresh\u201d review on RT, but has some reservations. Adams writes, \u201cBy turns painfully whimsical and deeply moving, it\u2019s one big beautiful mess that could have been bolder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rated R, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey opens Friday in theaters nationwide.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2025\/09\/18\/charlie-kirks-producer-urges-paramount-to-bring-back-south-park-episode\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Charlie Kirk&#039;s Producer Urges Paramount To Bring Back \u2018South Park\u2019 Episode\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/timlammers\/2025\/09\/18\/charlie-kirks-producer-urges-paramount-to-bring-back-south-park-episode\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForbesCharlie Kirk&#8217;s Producer Urges Paramount To Bring Back \u2018South Park\u2019 EpisodeBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell in &#8220;A Big Bold Beautiful Journey.&#8221; Sony Pictures Entertainment\/Columbia Pictures Margot Robbie and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[68660,68661,68665,68663,96,68664,2839,68667,68662,56,54,55,68666],"class_list":["post-149328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-a-big-bold-beautiful-journey-movie","tag-a-big-bold-beautiful-journey-reviews","tag-cast-of-a-big-bold-beautiful-journey","tag-colin-farrell-movies-and-tv-shows","tag-entertainment","tag-margot-robbie-movies","tag-movies","tag-robbie","tag-rotten-tomatoes-a-big-bold-beautiful-journey","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-what-is-a-big-bold-beautiful-journey-about"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}