A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

David's drive to a friend's wedding is derailed when his car is clamped. He discovers a Car Rental Company offering only a 1994 Saturn SL with a sentient GPS, which seems to beckon him toward something bigger. The car becomes a ticket to a surreal journey that blurs the line between fantasy and reality.

On the road to the wedding, David meets Sarah, a woman clearly uninterested in marriage and traditional commitments. The GPS nudges them to take a detour toward something bigger than themselves, and they reluctantly become travel companions. As doors begin to appear at odd moments, their journey starts to unfold.

They stop at a hidden door in the woods that opens to a lighthouse in Canada that David once visited. The surreal detour forces them to confront memories from the past as they step through the doorway. When they return to the car, the journey resumes with a renewed sense of possibility.

Back inside the car, they reach Sarah's favorite art museum through its back entrance. Inside, they wander through paintings she cherished with her late mother, letting memory and loss mingle with the present. The detour deepens their emotional resonance as Sarah reflects on what she has lost.

Sarah recalls a road trip with her estranged father and confesses a fear of hurting people. David shares his quiet, enduring wish to be a husband and father. Their vulnerability during the ride tightens the bond between them as the road continues.

A greenhouse door opens to David's high school, where he relives a day as a fifteen-year-old star of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, with Sarah and his parents in the audience. He confesses his feelings for a co-star, but the moment shifts when Sarah joins the musical number and the auditorium erupts in song. The moment feels as if the world itself is cheering them on.

In a theater-in-the-dark moment, a door opens to a hospital, turning their journey into a meditation on guilt and responsibility. Sarah confronts guilt over sleeping with her college professor instead of her mother, who died while she watched from a hospital bed. Meanwhile, David consoles his anxious father who fears the premature birth of his own son.

Back in the car, David reveals that his mother briefly left the family when he was a child, underscoring how fragile life can be. Sarah changes clothes in the backseat as she opens up about her past. Their mutual disclosures deepen their emotional connection as the road winds on.

They reach a mountain overlook and imagine what could have happened if they had attended the wedding together. They share a kiss as the planet stretches out beneath them, a moment that feels magical yet fragile. It offers a glimpse of a life that might be possible, if destiny allowed.

A roadside billboard door opens to a cafe where both confront their romantic failings. David confronts his former fiancée about ending their engagement, while Sarah confronts an ex-boyfriend she walked away from. The exchanges crystallize the tension between fantasy and the reality they must face.

On the road again, they collide with a deer and manage to escape unharmed, but the car is destroyed. The crash serves as a blunt reminder that the dreamlike journey is temporary and fragile. They must reckon with the end of their dream-drenched ride as the car can no longer function.

They spend a quiet night at the Timely Inn while the car is being repaired. Both revisit their childhoods—David comforts his fifteen-year-old self, and Sarah relives a joyful night with her mother. David jokes with the cashier and mechanic about matching customers with soulmates, a bittersweet moment as the journey nears its end.

Fate pulls Sarah back to David's life. She arrives at his doorstep and confesses that she loves him. They walk through a doorway together toward a future that feels both wonderfully possible and deeply earned.