‘Everything Everywhere All at Once‘ is a marvelous sci-fi comedy directed by Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Daniels, starring Michelle Yeoh. With Jamie Lee Curtis.
Get ready for a fantastic and surrealistic movie.
Plot
A Chinese-American woman (Michelle Yeoh) being audited by the Internal Revenue Service, and discovers that she must connect with multiverse versions of herself to prevent a powerful being from causing the destruction of them all.
Review of ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
There are movies that you instantly know that this is “the one”. It grabs you from the very beginning, and as a human being who has watched a few thousands of movies, you tell yourself: “this is going to be good.” You are aware of it during the opening credits, and gradually come to the longed for realization that humanity still has creativity.
Well, simply for that fact, it makes it worth the view. But the movie has even more to offer than the opening credits; it pleasantly surprises, as it takes you through a surreal whirlwind of mixed feelings. It is funny, tender, empathetic, and it knows how to make the most of what it has to do with (note that its is not Titanic that has been produced here, hence the means to make good for are far more limited). Let us use the metaphor of a washing machine: it as if your head is put into one and it is centrifuged (figuratively) spinning many times over, and the “ride” is so much that you would rather not get out of it. The multiverses it visits, which are the ones the movie enters, are enthralling.
It manages to maintain a narrative structure that follows a good rhythm, it knows how to swing and swirl, in funny twists and turns, making the viewing experience a pure joyride.
This is yet another move a la “because I am worth it”, and oh well, it certainly does live up to that slogan.
We recommend this movie for its originality and humorous and humane approach to weirdness.
It is a fabulous blend of genres in a multiverse that, by the looks of it, is going to give us many good ideas.
The Cast
Michelle Yeoh
Michelle Yeoh is a Malaysian actress known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997).
Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng was born on August 6, 1962 in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
She became known as Miss Malaysia and for a commercial alongside Jackie Chan. She did several martial arts movies like Yes, Madam! (1985) and Magnificent Warriors (1987)…
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis is an American actress known for films like Halloween (1978), the comedy classic A Fish Called Wanda (1988), True Lies (1994) and Freaky Friday (2003).
Jamie Lee Curtis was born on November 22, 1958 in Santa Mónica, California, United States. She is the daughter of the actors Tony Curtis (Some Like It Hot) and Janet Leigh (Psycho).
She made her film debut in a horror movie directed by John Carpenter, Halloween (1978), the first of slashers. She appeared in several sequels of this film. Her latest appearance in the the horror movie franchise is Halloween Ends (2022), which will debut in October 2022.
Movie Reviews
“A mind-melting masterpiece (…) There’s a lot of movie in this movie — a spiraling, sweeping, stunning descent into madness followed by a stirring call for healing, and for kindness.”
Jacob Hall: SlashFilm
“An emotional, philosophical, and deeply weird trip through the looking glass into the multiverse (…) Michelle Yeoh gives a virtuoso performance.”
Marya E. Gates: The Playlist
[It] is insanely imaginative and often a lot of fun. But at two hours-plus, it becomes unrelenting and wearisome.
David Rooney: The Hollywood Reporter