In one of the best jokes early on, Evelyn is told she's the Chosen One not because she is special but because she is, literally, living the worst of all possible lives of the multiverse of Evelyns (then again the pinata Evelyn didn't look like an upgrade). Evelyn is a character paralyzed by the disappointment of her life's choices, the malaise that has settled in, and the nagging feeling that things could have and should have been better.
It's based on all the paths the protagonist never took, and each allows her confirmation of what her life could have been, often more glamorous or exciting or initially appealing. Multiverses are definitely all the rage right now as they present nostalgic cash-grabs and cameos galore, but Everything Everywhere is a multiverse that is personal and specific. Then, at the IRS agency, Waymond's body is taken over by another Waymond, Alpha Waymond, who informs Evelyn that she is the key to saving a universe of universes, and she'll have to tap into her alternate selves and their abilities to battle the evil destroyer, Jobu Tupaki, who wants to destroy all existence, and who also happens to be an alternate universe version of Joy.
Then there's Joy (Stephanie Hsu), Evelyn and Waymond's twenty-something daughter, who wants to bring her girlfriend to dinner but mom still doesn't accept her daughter's queerness and uses the excuse of Gong Gong's generational disapproval. Evelyn's disapproving father, Gong Gong (James Hong, still so great even into his 90s), has moved from China to live with the family, and he was never a fan of Waymond, looking down on his daughter for marrying the man. They're under audit by a dogged IRS agent (Jamie Lee Curtis). She and her husband, Waymond (Ke Huy Quan), own a floundering coin-operated laundromat.
ANYPLACE ANYWHERE ANYTIME MOVIE
I'll try my best not to sound like a simpering moron while I try to explain why this movie is so thoroughly outstanding.Įvelyn (Michelle Yeaoh) is a middle-aged Chinese immigrant who is taking stock of her disappointing life. I am thankful that the Danirels are making their movies on their terms, and two movies into what I hope is a long and uncompromising career, I can tell that both of these gentlemen deserve all the accolades and plaudits they have coming. I'm throwing out a lot of adjectives and adverbs to describe the experience of this movie and that's because it filled me with such sheer wonder and divine happiness. This is the kind of movie you celebrate for simply existing, something so marvelously different but so assured, complex but accessible, and deliriously, amazingly creative. It's a wonder that something this bizarre, this wild, this juvenile, this ambitious, and this specific in vision could find its way through the dream-killing factory that is Hollywood moviemaking. Everything Everywhere (my preferred shorthand from here) is a miracle of a movie. Everything Everywhere All At Once is, to be pithy, a whole lot of movie. It's been six long years for a follow-up but it sure has been worth it. If these men can make the farting corpse of Harry Potter not just one of the weirdest movies of 2016, not just one of the best films of that year, but also one of the most insightful toward the human condition, then these men can do anything. They have earned a lifetime pass from me. We don't need more giant franchise movies seeing success, we need more of whatever the hell this is.Įven after only two movies, I would trust the directing duo Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) with any movie. If you're going to see one movie this year please make it this one and then tell your friends to see it too. It makes you want to love yourself and those around you just a little more, if not at least giving them a chance. "Everything, Everywhere, All at once" is so fresh, zany and bizarre yet holds an audience's heart so closely with its themes that its authenticity is unquestionable.
I also want to talk about the hints of HK cinema in it, where a lot of scenes feel inspired by Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow sensibilities but feel driven so much further with complex character stories that not only make you weep but laugh with joy. While simultaneously blasting the audience with powerful themes of self-discovery and familial relationships.
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At its core is a heartfelt dramedy set on the premise of a high concept modern sci fi full of quirky visual style and well choreographed martial arts. This is the type of filmmaking that truly hits all the right notes for me.
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