This movie is pure evil, like its title, it made me laugh and cry all at once! BEST commercial movie I've seen in my life with an amazing cast and performance backed by an awesome story about "IRS" your own life.
By the way, the directors are the DANIELS, who directed the famous music Turn Down for What, no wonder they have so much similarity in styles, hahaha! Big ups!!
Funniest movie I have seen in years. There is no way Dr Strange In the Multiverse of Madness is going to do multiverse better.
Yeah, there's plot holes. But the movie is so damned funny you just don't care. When they first explained how the multiverse thing worked my reaction was "Really? Is that all?". But it just got better and better and better.
There's periods of the movie you're struggling to breathe you're laughing so hard, and others that are just slow, deep, and sad. It's heartbreaking and hilarious. Slow and a thousand miles per hour. Nothing happening and more happening than you can possibly keep track of at once.
This movie is, without a doubt, brilliant.
Too silly for my enjoyment. Tried to send a message, but apparently pressed the wrong button.
Probably the most overrated movie of 2022.
I do not usually write reviews, as I generally find ratings etc. on Trakt to be somewhat accurate. However, I found this movie to just be insanely overrated. The movie tries way too hard to be grand and funny, but is neither.
This is a masterpiece. This movie should be studied, re-watched, and maybe even worshipped. (Okay, maybe not worshipped, but something close to that.)
I've been a long-time fan of absurdist comedy, and this movie was the first I'd seen that was able to perfectly marry that with such an endearing, human story.
For me the whole movie was about the insanity it is to be human. The chaos, the uncertainty, the not knowing fucking anything, and all the feelings that come with those things. I'm pretty much an optimistic nihilist myself, and this movie felt basically like scripture to me. Even at the end of the film, when she says that nothing matters, you still can feel as a viewer, after seeing all of that, that things matter only as much as you want them to.
I've never thought a movie that had a scene with someone wielding two massive, bloody dildos could also make me feel so at peace with the state of all of our existences.
I think that's what I find so delightful and welcoming about this movie and how they made it: the perfect way they joined absurdity and each individual human's desire to find "meaning" in their life.
Overall I think I learned that searching for meaning in one's life isn't necessarily the best way to go about actually finding it. It feels like the movie made a strong argument for the idea of only finding meaning when you've stopped looking for it and have embraced the chaos, absurdity, infinite complexity, and even humor of it all.
I loved this movie from beginning to end. I can’t say enough about it. I will say it now makes me feel super small
not a good movie. i didn,t like the concept of multiverse switching
[9.1/10] The universe is bewildering. Our tiny, ape-like brains aren’t meant to hold the whole of existence within them. The sheer volume of possibilities, of points along the path where our lives could diverge, of the alternate selves that exist for want of a nail, is overwhelming.
Everything Everywhere All at Once embraces that as a theme, an aesthetic, and an ethos. The film interrogates that feeling of aimlessness and powerlessness underneath an ever-shifting and seemingly indifferent firmament. It uses a raft of sharp choices in rapid-fire editing, creative use of colored lights and repeating symbols, and other split-screen effects to visually convey the controlled chaos of our choices and the consequences that ripple out from them. It deploys a surreal sense of humor and visuals to capture the unimaginable swath of possibilities that lay before us, with an undercurrent of sincerity that makes it okay to both laugh and feel. And it tells a story of one woman confronting not just her own life, but all the lives she might have lived, and her relationship with her father, her husband, and her daughter, caught up in the multiversal mania that somehow puts all three into stark relief.
In that, it is a triumph. Somehow, writer-directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert combine the reality-questioning kung-fu bent of The Matrix (which receives more than a few clear homages), with the dada-ist existentialism of Rick and Morty, with stylistic flourishes and genre-bending mash-ups a la Quentin Tarantino, with the outre introspection of Charlie Kaufman’s filmography, with a recent strain of intergenerational understanding flicks like Turning Red and Encanto (not to mention another hilarious Pixar homage). This combination of styles and influences never feels ungainly, but instead calls to the diversity and multiplicity of experiences and relationships that are the beating heart of the film from start to finish.
All those grand choices might not have worked without a conveyor belt of tremendous performances all around. Michelle Yeoh has to wear a ton of different hats as Evelyn, the curt and unyielding matriarch of the Wang family who finds herself expanding her mind as she slips into the multiverse, and Yeoh is up for all of it. No persona, no matter how intimate or outsized, is too much for her, and she inhabits both the sharp-elbowed matriarch who regrets the missteps that have led her to a life of challenges, and the more open-hearted mother, wife, and daughter who comes to see the wonderful connections in her life that give that existence meaning despite the struggles.
Ke Huy Quan is the heart of the picture as Waymond, Evelyn’s husband who seems meek and meager at first, but whose kindness turns out to be the strength that turns everything around, even outside of his badass Morpheus-like alternate role in the story. His sympathy and earnestness prove to be the most touching part of the film, and Quan sells it like gangbusters. The legendary James Hong is still a powerhouse at age 93, giving a layered performance as Gong Gong, Evelyn’s disapproving father and avatar of the generational mistakes that stand in the way of a family’s happiness. Jamie Lee Curtis shines as Deirdre, a prickly IRS inspector whose audits plague the Wang family, which make her that much more impactful as an interdimensional bruiser, but who has depths and a sense of understanding of her own which lends to the empathetic nature of the film.
And yet, the true counterpoint to Yeoh’s outstanding performance is Stephanie Hsu as Joy, Evelyn’s daughter and, alternatively, Jobu Tupaki, the multiverse menace who the gang of verse-jumpers is fighting against. The script calls on everyone to play dual roles here, and Hsu soars as both the put-upon daughter in an immigrant family who struggles to feel accepted by a parent who doesn’t understand them, and as the nihilistic big bad ready to embrace the lack of destiny as a reason to abhor the notion of caring about anything. And yet, it’s the resolution of the two, the child who feels lost without her mother’s embrace, and the being on a higher plane of existence reckoning with unmooring “discoveries” and the harsh truths of the universe that elevates the role and the performance. Hsu is piercing in how she communicates both these ideas and the sentiments that erupt in her character as both evolve.
Along the way, Everything Everywhere All at Once is a stylistic tour de force. A magnum opus of editing, the film’s creative team blends a variety of aesthetics, aspect ratios, mediums, props, costumes, and persona into one complete, but kaleidoscopic whole. There’s a unity of theme and craft here, where the audience shares the characters’ experience of bouncing through these different worlds, experiencing the same rush of images and emotions Evelyn does, while light, sound, and plot combine to make these questions of grand philosophy something you can reach out and grab, even as it inevitably falls through your fingers.
Oh, and if that weren’t enough, the movie is also action-packed and hilarious. The Daniels and their team put together some truly inventive fight scenes, which turn fanny packs into deadly weapons, sign-spinning into a martial art, and other everyday objects into fuel for calamitous combat. The fights and fisticuffs are matched in ingenuity with the film’s loony sense of humor. The ability to swirl through different realms results in absurdity after absurdity, from a dimension of hot dog fingers, to Randy Newman-voiced raccoon puppeteering a chef a la Ratatouille, to a pair of rocks with googly eyes dialoguing about the infinite mysteries of the universe.
Yet again, it’s when the creative team combines these disparate, superlative elements that the movie truly shines. The fight scenes are that much more inventive and exciting when the film’s villain turns a pair of floppy dildos into her means of attack. The ridiculousness of humans with big dangly hotdogs for fingers somehow has that much more force when the movie pivots toward taking the idea seriously, examining the beauty that would emerge even in such a silly realm. And the rock conversation is a low key highlight of the film, an avant garde representation of peace apart from chaos, and a desire to be unbound from expectations but bound to each other in even the most esoteric of circumstances.
Therein lies the film’s key message. It acknowledges the unbearable weight of a universe full of choices that is too big for any of us to fully comprehend. In the wake of such a psychic burden, it presents two choices.
On the one hand, you can embrace nihilism. You can decide that nothing matters and so there’s no point to those decisions. It tantalizes the viewer with the relief of that, than in a world where choices are irrelevant, none of your mistakes and regrets amount to anything worth worrying about. As realized through Jobu Topaki and the amusing conceit of a bagel that is truly “with everything”, that way lies a callous drift toward self-immolation, a denial of any value in persisting where human beings are, in any flavor, still small, stupid pieces of shit.
But it lands on a realistic but uplifting alternative -- that in a world with innumerable, dizzying choices and potential paths before us, there is still value is kindness, in acceptance, in connection with those we love, in the familial and communal bonds that support us and give our lives meaning even when we’re just “doing laundry” and taxes. That is the comfort amid the existential quandary -- not the absence of meaning, but the places where we find it in our bonds with one another, who validate the people we are and fill in the parts of ourselves that are missing and calling out for someone else. The images of embrace between mother and daughter, of a whole family holding back a child from the abyss, sell the idea like nothing else.
There’s a fashionable worry of late that somewhere along the line we ended up in “the darkest timeline.” At some point, choices were made that left the universe in a state of being off, more divided, more subject to painful events and catastrophic perils both personal and global. We are ever more aware of discoveries that make it easy to feel small and powerless within such waves, incapable of restoring our own lives, and the universe we inhabit, to what we hoped for from each.
And still, in the gobsmacking array of possibilities and different routes our existence could take, Everything Everywhere All at Once affirms that which matters even when nothing else matters: the urge to be with those we love even when nothing makes sense, the impulse toward kindness that makes the world a brighter place even when it seems bathed in darkness, and the bonds of family, acceptance that cut through the whirlwind of causality and overwhelming possibility that seems to swirl around us constantly and, in the end, provide us a rock to hold onto.
Boring AF, not funny at all, no script, terribly story line, silly jokes... the list goes on.
The most overrated movie of the last years by far.
How people managed to watch more than half of it? It's crazy
Good but overhyped , confusing and too long
The writers for this film are genius. Punto. I haven't laughed like this in a long time and yet it was so moving and deep and so silly and stupid at the same time. The acting is incredible. The scenes and effects were well executed. It was perfect.
A glorious movie in many ways. The ending leaves a bit to be desired, but other than that - a superb cinematic experience.
I hope to see it at the cinema again, but there are vanishingly few screenings for such a big film so I fear I won't get the chance.
This was a hell of a ride. Did absolutely not expect this. I was prepared for another mediocre movie ora failure but got surprised by this movie.
Wow, such a great movie. It was a little confusing in parts but then it all came together. Had the laughs, had the feels, had everything to make it a great movie. Definitely a big recommend from me. Can't wait to watch it again.
98 I Everything Everywhere All at Once is truly a masterpiece. One of the best films ever made recently. The filmmakers behind this film know what they're doing, and not only the directors. But still, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert are two names for us to remember. Their previous film, Swiss Army Man is also as absurd and amazing as Everything Everywhere All at Once. Even though their films felt not for general audiences because of how they did the storytelling for their films, it is still worth checking.
This film would remind us of another amazing quirky film by Edgar Wright, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. It has its similarity, especially in the editing of the film. Just like Edgar Wright's film, there are split audiences reaction, the one who enjoy it and the one who hates it. That is the beauty of cinema, we could do whatever we want with our creativity and sometimes our way of thinking does not match with other people. Some people would understand the concept of the film and some people would not accept the concept because of how unusual it is. So many Japanese films do this with their high creative level. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert did the same and no one would stop them.
Everything Everywhere All at Once is hilarious, dramatic, emotional, and thrilling at the same time. How they presented the story, could mix our feeling when watching this film. Let's say there is a scene in this film, people would understand or feel the scene in various ways. Some people would think it funny and some people would think it serious. How they blend elements into one scene creates a new way for audiences to grasp the moment. Subjectivity played the biggest factor at that moment. After watching this film people could discuss and think about the different focuses of the story. Everything all at once in one moment is a simple way to describe each moment of this film.
Everything Everywhere All at Once has formulaic characters that contain a conservative mother, a lovable father, and a rebellious daughter. Their family dynamic is influenced by their Chinese culture blended in with western cultures that sometimes did not match. It is even better with the multiverse concept that this film brought which tells it in a new way. This film also brought the generational problems into its main story to a deeper philosophical level. It made us question our previous decisions, past, universe, and life purpose. How two generations understand the same matter differently in this film made us think what is the wiser way to take?
The main focus of this film is how children understand the concept of the world they live in. How do they see morality through their parent's actions? How does it affect their behavior when they are becoming future parents. The only way to quit that butterfly effect is to let it go. The lost concept of morality that Joy experienced made her an irrational and unpredictable person. Nothing matters for her. But, nothing matters for Evelyn either. They differently react to that fact. When Evelyn let it go (her father's conservatism), she can understand how to make Joy a joy again. This review ended with what Evelyn said to her father, "It's okay if you can't be proud of me. Because I finally am."
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Rating: 97.96
Plot
P1: 1.5
P2: 2.0
P3: 2.0
P4: 2.0
Director: Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
Favorite Characters
1.9: Waymond Wang
1.8: Jobu Tupaki
1.7: Evelyn Wang
1.6: Joy Wang
1.4: Deirdre Beaubeirdre
1.3: Gong Gong
Score Meaning
0.0 - 0.1 - 0.2 - 0.3 - 0.4 : Terrible
0.5 - 0.6 - 0.7 - 0.8 : Bad
0.9 - 1.0 - 1.1 - 1.2 : Average
1.3 - 1.4 - 1.5 - 1.6 : Good
1.7 - 1.8 - 1.9 - 2.0 : Great
Absolutely worth watching, it's a good movie but extremely overhyped.
Probably my new favourite movie of all time
There are plot holes, there are plot holes. It's a comedy masquerading/parodying movies with actual philosophical meaning. The only philosophical question in this movie revolved around high school nihilism - but that too was a setup for the absurdism of the movie.
It absolutely has some pacing issues, and there are some crass scenes that confuse and detract in a way that feels forced.
For what it is, it is great, but that is also its ceiling.
3 Thoughts After Watching ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’:
What a RIDE. I loved it. It was an onslaught of absurdity and randomness. I’m still processing it. And I don’t quite get everything just yet. But, at the very least, it was a masterful work of art. I’ve never seen anything like it.
It’s insane how something so ridiculous can be so moving. There’s a lot to unpack here. Beautiful messages about the choices we make, the complicated relationships with those we love, and the extraordinary things in living a simple life.
It’s gonna be a while before I eat another hot dog.
Did you all give high ratings to make a point? Half way through the movie I could not keep my eyes open. Seriously... 8.7 / 10 in IMDB. Crazy!
You know this is Cinema when the movie makes you cry over rocks.
The Matrix meets Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind…meets Ratatouille?
Sorry, 6 out of 10. I don't know what I've watched.
Don't get me wrong, The actors were great and I love parallel worlds/timeline stories which I dissect for others to understand. But this one? It was as if a newbie writer wrote a story with all the genres in the world and jammed it into a 2-hour movie with a lot of unnecessary sexual scenes.
The constant switching between universes were also very distracting. It is understandable, the idea is there, but they used it excessively. It is fine if done in novels but totally not in a live-action (or animation) show.
The comedy. Was it really necessary to add that genre? All the comedy scenes were funny but the tone of the story, the plot, it doesn't fit at all. The excessive use of comedy not only was a distraction but it killed the movie.
It started as science fiction, turned into sex fights, became a comedy, then a teenage drama.
It was fun at first. Then it dragged on and eventually "what is the show about again?"
Man, I feel like I must be one of the only people who didn't like this movie. Everything Everywhere All at Once is a fitting name for it because that's what this movie throws at you and for me it just didn't work. It's for the most part a tale of finding family across the multiverse which I think could've worked fine on its own. Instead, it's got this scifi "jumping" element where in order to switch multiverses you have to do a "statistically improbable action". So you go from artsy shots and the protagonist discussing divorce with her husband to some guy sitting on a buttplug in an office or a universe where people have fingers made of hotdogs. I only laughed once or twice during the movie; the overall tone wasn't comedic and the "wacky" bits were quite tame compared to what's been done in Rick and Morty to much greater effect. You're also constantly jumping around, martial arts gets thrown in...it's all a bit incoherent.
I would rate Eternal Sunshine higher for emotional time travel, About Time higher for romantic time travel, Rick and Morty higher for comedic time travel, The Butterfly Effect higher for thought-provoking time travel...in summary; this movie is not more than the sum of its parts; it's more like the average of its parts and each part isn't as strong as it could be on its own.
Wow. Such diversification. And please, keep the multiverse movies coming, we haven't had enough.
Disregarding the hypocrisy and lack of creativity, this movie was all over the place. A lot of chit chat with no point, childish, haven't laughed or even grinned throughout the movie so have no idea what the "funniest movie I've seen this year" comments are about.
Overhyped Hollywood BS.
Amazing. Stunning. Wildly imaginative. A visual and emotional journey I never expected. Seriously one of the best films I have seen in a long time. The primary cast were absolutely perfect and I’m happy Yeoh has this vehicle.
What a waste of time... overhyped movie...
I don't get where everybody likes this movie. dumbest movie ever watched
This movie is random. And that's not a positive. There is no thought behind the multiverse aspect and there is no consistency behind how it works. They just do whatever. The jokes in this are so infantile that I had to check if this was really written by adults. Breaks the overall more serious tone of the movie and is mostly out of place. The main couple was good, but the daughter was horrible. She and some other supporting actors felt really fake. The trailer was promising, the movie was one big letdown. The original idea was probably good, but they should have worked on it more before making this movie.
"Just be a rock."
The only thing I knew going into Everything Everywhere All at Once was that it starred Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis. I didn't expect it to be this kind of awesome film that ended up hitting me in the feelings bone and that Jamie Lee Curtis would play a IRS agent.
What I also didn't expect was that I would see a awesome fight with someone using a fanny pack as a weapon, that Michelle Yeoh would fight two guys trying to stick something up their asses to power up and that sausages as fingers will never be useful.
Anyway Daniel Scheinert and Dan Kwan's film is just such a unique one. It is deep, it has loads of action, humor and drama. Even though it is over two hours long time flies, which is always an amazing sign. Everything Everywhere All at Once is maybe one of my favorite movies released over the last 5 years.
And let me end it with discussing Michelle Yeoh. This really might be her best performance and it shows her range. From her starring with Jackie Chan and jumping a motorcycle upon a moving train to her being in a film like Memoirs of a Geisha to films like with wire-fu like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to starring in a Marvel Cinematic Universe film and even in big blockbusters like the next three Avatar movies. Her range is huge and she's one of my favorites. Hopefully she'll get a nomination nod with her performance in this epic film.
If you're looking for one of 2022's best, this is it.
Far too long, completely overdone. By the end, you are just wishing it will be over.
I’ve been eating films for a while and people ask me why I never give 10 out of 10. I now have an answer, I was waiting for this film. It is the best film I’ve ever seen, it reaffirmed my love for cinema and made me very happy.
10/10
Quite messy script and boring at times. Some funny parts but overly silly. Acting was ok. Watched in a cinema, wifey has been tricked by fake rating in IMDB and rotten tomatoes (she didn't see only a couple of hundreds score and half were 10)
It has its sweet moments but I've read "best thing I saw in the past decade", "best movie I've ever seen" and things like that and this is definitely not the case.
Moreover, I've watched things that I immediately considered masterpieces and yet I would never write something like the aforementioned - which makes me think that most of those shiny reviews were coming from overexcitable viewers.
At times too frenetic, at times too lost in its own weirdness and quirkyness. It plays out a bombing of emotions like other movies place explosions or Ryan Reynolds places wits, one every 3 seconds and I feel it's like the new target for the average 5-sec-attention-span-casual-viewer.
Like a kid in front of fireworks, eyes wide open in front of a videogame-styled movie, that viewer gets hyperstymulated and thinks he/she has never seen anything like that.
Swiss Army Man had the same basic weirdness, it was as deep as this one and yet it had no "Best. Movie. Ever." reviews. Why? No multiverse, no videogame-ish feel, no word of mouth hype that makes you feel so so cool and intellectual for liking this.
One of the worst movies I've ever watched. Inception inside inception and outside inception with multiverse crap and a bit of matrix like skill uploading, and all this to go over the relationship of a mother with a her daughter.
Awesome, an instant classic.
A24 and the Daniels made a more entertaining movie than the studio system has been able to put out in years.
How are these action sequences so well helmed with a budget of only 25 million? Did they get the Daredevil crew or something? It’s insane.
Great acting, imaginative, really well edited (it takes a few minutes to adjust to its pacing, but its a smooth ride from there on), funny, stylish, moving, and it manages to blend many film genres in fascinating ways.
It also gets surprisingly substantive and profound in the second half, but that shouldn’t be too surprising considering that it’s A24 (it’s hard to imagine that they’d finance this without the second half).
This is destined to be one for the books, it’s going to be remembered for a long time.
9.5/10
Enjoyable but massively massively overrated.
My, my, my, my, my. What a boring, annoying mess with the loooooongest ending in movie history.
An absurd film full of heart and humor. Amazing action, brilliant setpieces, and a strong core message that's expertly delivered raise it above the crowd. GOAT for me!
This movie is Super wild, both in good and bad ways.
Pros
+Characters were all really great and enjoyable
+A lot of the humor was very funny
+Action sequences were fun and intriguing
+Major emotional impact on the important scenes
+I love the idea of raising the stakes of small, personal issues by showing other possibilities and life paths. The whole general idea of the story is really cool
+the lighting and cinematography was top notch
+Music was pretty good
Cons
-MANY of the scenes felt like a waste of time, a good example is how they kept going back to that fucking hot dog finger world. There just is so many moments where it felt like they could have sped it up
-A lot of the bigger gags were just fucking dumb. I know you aren't going to hit on every joke but sticking by the hot dog finger thing and raccoon thing and many of the other more prominent gags was something that should've been ironed out before the script reached approval
-the villain's motivation and origin made zero sense and the alpha versions of people also somewhat had this problem what she wanted to show her mom that everything sucked and was pointless? because she saw every one of her own possibilities and got overwhelmed? That's so inconsistent with how her character acts throughout the movie To me it felt like this part was determined by some cheugy millennial who posts memes about life sucking
-Along with spending too much time on these weird gag universes there wasn't nearly enough time spent on the two most important other universes the one where Evelyn stays behind and becomes a kung fu movie star while Waymond becomes a successful business man and the one where Evelyn becomes a singer to please her father both of these possibilities have such great implications in respect to the main universe's drama. They tapped into them a little but more could have been done.
Altogether I think it is a decent movie but it has the potential to be so much better.
A truly sensational film! The utter definition of a must-watch.
'Everything Everywhere All at Once' is impressive from every single viewpoint. I had heard murmurs of it being a great film, yet it still managed to completely smash my expectations. This 2022 release features a superb cast, a fascinating story and some top notch visuals. The editing and pacing, in particular, are brilliant.
The onscreen talent are all fantastic, but Michelle Yeoh is still the absolute standout from this. What a performance! I could watch her in this role over and over and over. With that said, Ke Huy Quan (welcome back!) is awesome as well, as are Stephanie Hsu, James Hong and Jamie Lee Curtis. Everyone plays their part very, very well.
All of the humour lands, with some parts being truly funny. It also manages to show supremely enjoyable action alongside a highly meaningful side too. In short: EEAAO is outstanding - you must see it if you get the opportunity!
Raccacoonie :eyes:
Maybe the greatest film ever made? probably yeah.
If it wins an Oscar, it's not worth watching. This is always true.
I don't understand how this won. Really, it's total nonsense, no flow, no story, nothing... just a bunch of nonsense, totally disconnected...
How is this a great movie?? I mean almost every other movie this year was better. A man called Otto - should easily have won...
Performances were great, and actors did a good job, but as a movie, this is pants.
They forgot the principle that “less is more”
Totally weak sauce.. I don't get the hype. What is it about this utter mess of a movie, film goers like?! Even reading positive reviews, doesn't help me feel better, for time wasted watching Everything Everywhere All At Once!!
Rating: 0/10
super disappointed in this movie. Michelle Yeoh is one of my favorite actresses and the main cast is great in anything and everything else they could possibly be in. this however is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I had to stop watching halfway through because it sucked that much but then decided to be fair on my review needed to finish it. the only parts worth watching are the rock scenes and the almost last scene of mother and daughter in the parking lot. the rest of it is garbage.
generally I love a combination of sci fi, moral to the story and weird twists but this goes too far for too long into the absurd and is so difficult to follow. it becomes tedious and remains tedious. the script sucks. the kung fu sucks. the storyline had potential, but they managed to make it suck. the cinematography lacked for what you would expect at this level of hype.
don't bother unless you need to fall asleep and want to have weird dreams. that's about all this garbage is good for.
giving it a 2, only because of Michelle Yeoh. otherwise it's an epic zero. just sucked,. over two hours of your life sucked into the abyss you're never getting back.
I think it's impossible to talk about everything that this movie makes us go through. It's shaped like a blockbuster but unlike most, it demands every single second of your attention to be able to enjoy it and to be able to feel every emotion that it's conveying. But if you devote your 100% attention, it rewards you wholeheartedly and then some. It held me from the start and never let go. I was mesmerized by every single thing that was happening in front of me. The action, the jokes, the concepts, the universes. But there was one thing that was bothering me in the first half: There's no way they can end this perfectly without telling us why all this is happening and above all, why her? Basically I was worried about the human aspect of the movie.
Turns out, they had thought about this way before they thought about all the crazy stuff. They nail the emotions way better than the other stuff. AND THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING. In a movie filled with crazy concepts and universes, it's always difficult to find the emotional core without making it look forced. But this one knows how to do it. Maybe because it was never lost in all this chaos. And that is the reason why you need to be glued to every frame and every dialogue.
Otherwise it's just random things happening for 140 minutes which can get very jarring. Maybe this explains why some have not liked it. It demands way more attention than maybe even a Nolan movie.
So original and stylish, an instant classic for sure! It mixes so many genres and so well the transition between them is perfect. The comedy is some of the best i've seen (especially from Jamie Lee Curtis' character) while the action is jaw-dropping. It's very silly at times but also knows when to get more serious and make you feel all sorts of emotions. The acting is oscar worthy i'm putting my money on Michelle Yeoh and Stephanie Hsu! The others were all great too.
Too long, too weird. I don't understand the hype.
truely a piece of garbage, i wish i never watched this
Couldn’t get past the first 15 minutes. Why does it have these high ratings?
I seriously do not understand all the high ratings. People are way too easily entertained. I mean, c’mon, there is no way a ballistic shield is going to act like a boomerang in ANY universe. If you’re going to do that, at least make it canonically plausible and flashy instead of using the worst CGI known to man to pull it off and giving absolutely zero explanation. Also, what’s with the super weird lesbian side plot they’ve got going on? Nothing against lesbians at all, but it feels like something an intern suggested that the writers just sorta went along with so they didn’t hurt his feelings. It’s poorly executed and just doesn’t fit with everything else they’ve got going on.
I’ve never been as disappointed in a movie as I am in EEAAO. This is a rare case of a movie with no redeeming qualities. None. Please don’t waste your time on this filth.
Honestly It was a long boring movie for me. It's the combination of Multiverse, Matrix and alittle bit of Inception, but with Chinese casts. I was just surprised by the high IMDb ranking. Maybe I'm stupid that didn't enjoyed the movie, or people really have a bad taste in movies these days.
This movie is just insane and I loved every minute of it. #Raccacoonie
Profoundly deep, genuinely moving, utterly hilarious, highly imaginative and a visual feast. Haven't laughed this hard, cried this much or thought so deeply about any film in 2022 Much less all in the same viewing. This was indeed everything, everywhere all at once.
Have you ever wanted to experience every movie genre all at once? Well, 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' does just that! It's like the filmmakers threw every idea they had into a blender and hit 'puree.'
One moment you're in a kung fu action scene, then suddenly you're in a sci-fi dimension, and before you know it, you're in the midst of a heart-wrenching drama.
But let's be real, the real star of the show is that Ratatouille joke. Who knew a single joke could be the foundation for an entire movie? It's like the movie is saying, 'Yeah, we know this is ridiculous, but just go with it.'
So if you're looking for a mind-boggling, genre-bending, and utterly ridiculous movie that somehow manages to make a Ratatouille joke work, 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' is the one for you. Buckle up and enjoy the ride, and don't forget to keep an ear out for that famous dish!
Someone please get me some weed, I think then I will be able to enjoy this 'oscar winner'.
I think we lasted 30 minutes before stoping this stupid movie
It was visually stunning, extremely creative and original, well acted, and also completely nonsensical. Just became too goofy and lost my interest. Yet another best picture nominee (possibly winner as this was written pre ceremony) that I don’t get at all.
Everything, everywhere, but will it just end already? Terrible. 1/10.
as someone with severe mommy issues i genuinely enjoyed sobbing my eyes out during this movie
ig the multiverse aspect was alright but everything else was just plain mediocre or boring
Complete piece of crap movie. The result of Hollywood running out of stories. Never seen a movie this bad. Even a 3/10 schoolmade blackmarket, no budget horror movie is more enjoyable.
Everyone giving this a high rating is either trying to be interesting “Oh look at me getting it!” or on a hero dose of acid.
This movie actually makes me not wanting to see any other movies just out of fear somebody tries to top this.
Seeing my favourite team losing a final is less painful.
Having said all that, I still feel I didn’t really make my point clear enough. The effort will never match the experience.
What the fuck did I just watch. I fell for the high rating movie trap, god damn it! The constant switching between Chinese & English was annoying as fuck. Pick a fucking language and stick with it. It’s not art when you switch language mid sentence, it’s called annoying your audience.
Pointless waste of time movie. If you don’t have anything to do for 2 hours, watch this movie.
This movie explores the dynamic between nihilism and existentialism so artfully. The story could have easily fallen into using the immigrant family and multiverse tropes to create something generic but satisfying. Instead they are used to allow dramatic extremes to really highlight a deeper universal message. I wanted to share Dan Harmon's take on the meaning of life below, I think it perfectly complements the message of the film.
"The knowledge that nothing matters, while accurate, gets you nowhere. The planet is dying. The sun is exploding. The universe is cooling. Nothing's going to matter. The further back you pull, the more that truth will endure. But, when you zoom in on earth, when you zoom in to a family, when you zoom into a human brain and a childhood and experience, you see all these things that matter.
We have this fleeting chance to participate in an illusion called: I love my girlfriend, I love my dog. How is that not better?
Knowing the truth that nothing matters can actually save you in those moments. Once you get through that terrifying treshold of accepting that, then every place is the center of the universe. And every moment is the most important moment. And everything is the meaning of life."
What a movie! This cinematography was revolutionary. I didn't think I would be so invested in something so weird and yet amazing.
nothing but an Awesome movie through and through !
This is why i love cinema. It truly is everything everywhere all at once. Did not know that something this brilliant could be creatively possible untill i saw it. Just watch this amazing piece of a art. It's a very very special movie. 10/10
Just a magnificent piece, beautiful, touching, hilarious and heartwarming. It represented the AAPI community in ways that Shang-Chi couldn't even dream of. I want to scream the praises of this movie from the rooftops. I can't wait to see it again.
It is truly everything, everywhere, all at once. It balances so many tones, so many genres, with not only deftness but passion. With respect and love to every one. I was sobbing at the big emotional moments, yes, cause they were utterly earned and stunning. But I was tearing up at the action scenes, had tears of laughter at the comedic, and just frequently stunned welling of the eyes at something so creative and full of love. This is a movie of a generation, a movie that undeniably carves its own spot in pop culture and will be remembered for decades to come. It sees us, it hears us, and it isn’t afraid to lay itself bare so that we can bare ourselves too.
And the cast… If it was possible for every member of a central cast to be a standout, this movie did it. James Hong, the character actor who knows exactly what to give every scene. Stephanie Hsu, pulling off a disaffected and wounded young woman in every sense of both words and never losing sight of the heart of a role that could’ve been drowned in overcomplication. Ke-Huy Quan, a straight up revelation, harkening back to Jackie Chan’s earnest goofiness as an action hero and being the beating, bleeding, but always loving heart of the film. He’ll tear you asunder with his crestfallen heartbreak and make your heart soar with his raw and unashamed tenderness, love and kindness pouring from his eyes and every line on his face. And Michelle Yeoh! The center of the movie, holding it all together, acing a role that easily could’ve been unlikable and instead making it one that is real, relatable, cautionary, aspirational, and more, all at once.
I don’t want to overhype this movie. It’s gotten a lot of hype. But it didn’t match that hype. It exceeded it. I could go on and on about the affectionate throwback to Hong Kong action flicks, the incredibly slick and artfully done meta element that actually enhances the film instead of take you out of it, the way that even in its most ridiculous and wild scenes it finds its way back to the heart and themes of the film so that you will cry at the most wonderfully silly contexts. But what can I say that this movie doesn’t? I left that theater grinning, tears in my eyes, still light on my feet. I got in my car laughing and saying ‘holy shit’ to myself. The whole drive home I could think of nothing else. I think that’ll be the case for some time. Not to become a cinema person, but this? This is cinema, babe. This is everything. Everywhere. All at once.
I want to see this so much
THE REAL MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS
Today is my birthday. I watched this movie with my long distance partner, each at our house while on screen with each other by Duo. He proposed a movie together for my birthday and I thought about this movie I`ve been wanting to watch for I don't know how many months. And I couldn't have hopped for something more appropiate for my mood.
My birthday had made me feel like shit all week. I started self h*rming two days before and today I was having quite an attack. I felt I was losing my mind. I was rock bottom. I had been feeling more s*c*dal than I've felt on a long time. And then...this movie saved me? I don´t know if I'd go that far. I don't know what to say to even made you understand the impact this movie just had on me. But think about this. I love movies. They were my greater love once, and they had became a source of pain. I went from watching 5 movies a day, 1000 movies a year, to watching one or two movies a week. Because I can't handle it anymore . I don't know the long term impact this movie will have on me, but I can tell you something. Right now, less than thirty minutes than finishing the movie, I'm shaking. On this speck of life, I love movies again. I rememebered what made me fell in love with cinema in the first place, and damn, does it feel good. I fell in love with movies because it made me realize I wasn't alone. It allowed me to connect with so many people. It allowed me to know my problems were universal. Honestly, none of this I´m writing makes sense. Because I can't tell, doesn´t matter how much I try, to show you how much my mood changed in 2 hours and 20. And again, I don't know howmuch this glow up will last, but then again, is all about all those specks of time where things made sense, right? Even if is for one minute, for one hour, for one night becase, at least, I won't k*ll myself tonight, and I don't know if I could say the same if I hadn't watch this movie.
This sucks.
I like the concept but the screenplay and the direction are awful.
The tone is completely off. Zany sci-fi comedy action. None of the elements are done well. And the humour, especially, falls flat. Lame joke after lame joke.
The fight scenes are unimpressive which isn’t good as there are so many of them. The performances are all annoying and tongue in cheek when they don’t need to be.
Just a long flashy bore.
I suppose the editing at least is up to standard.
3/10
I don’t understand the hype.
I laughed so hard I choked on my bagel and jumped universes.
This movie is over rated, much boring, from starting to the ending
There are probably more holes in this than there are in a bagel, but considering the imagination on display here, that doesn't really matter. An action comedy that hinges on the philisophical; this is a mind-bending delight.
Not as good as they say.
First hour is okay.
From sixty to ninety minutes it's great. You know when the good part is over because The End is going to appear on the screen. Kinda like the season two finale of OA- a show that also deals with parallel worlds (I hate the word "multiverse")
Last forty minutes are the most goddamn awful thing you've ever seen. It was excruciatingly painful to get done with those. Each second was a masterclass in cringiness, sappiness, and ultra boredom. Kinda like a Chinese blockbuster, only worse!
Garbage. Overrated and spoiled. Don't waste your time.
caricaturesque multiverse matrix parody, made to cook your brain to mush
I hit recommend button tryi figureout what the lightning bolt was for. I would not recommend. This was one of the worst movies, a colossal waste of time.
I watched this movie because many people recommended it, but from the beginning I'm just not into this movie, and finally stopped watching halfway. i can only give a rating of 2. such a lousy movie and yet so many people like it. I'm really surprised. the rating is divided into two categories, most people rate it 10, and the others rate it 1.
"Every rejection, every disappointment has led you here to this moment."
THIS! And THIS freaking movie!
Everything Everywhere All at Once? Nah, more like "Into the Multiverse of Madness".
Directors Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert once again deliver a chaotic overload of absolute creative insanity, which at times I couldn't believe what was happening, and yet, they can still manage to tell a compelling, deep, and moving story that we can find relatable with its profound message.
Not for one second is there a dull moment. One of the best of 2022.
I'm a bit surprised by how universal the praise is for this movie, and I say that as someone who enjoyed it quite a bit myself. It just strikes me as a film that would be a bit more divisive, as it feels like an unconventional amalgamation of genres that don't always have overlapping audiences. It is simultaneously an arthouse film, a kung fu film, a sci-fi film, and a family drama, with some slapstick-esque comedy thrown in for good measure (although that element could be lumped in with kung fu films, i.e. the comedy in old school Jackie Chan films). In any case, it seems modern audiences are more accepting of the experimental than I give them credit for.
All of that said, the film has a lot going for it, so maybe I shouldn't be that surprised. The biggest strength here is the acting. Without downplaying the performance of Michelle Yeoh, who was excellent, I was actually most impressed with Ke Huy Quan, whose seamless transition between the meek, thoughtful Waymond and the badass, kung fu, Alpha Waymond was consistently impressive and fun. Beyond the acting, the movie also benefits from the raw creativity that the premise injects. This creativity is at its best during the brief snippets of strange alternate universes and the clever action sequences. It also doesn't hurt that the action is very well shot. These days it's just nice to see action scenes that don't feel like a CGI fest.
Of course, with extreme creativity, there is always the risk of leaning too heavily on the quirky/weird. It's a very fine line to walk, and undoubtedly a subjective one. While I think this film generally stays on the right side of that line, there were still certain elements that didn't work for me, particularly with the "jump pad" gimmick where the characters need to do something incredibly random in order to leverage the skills of their alternate selves. Using randomness as a proxy for humor is a dangerous game. I also could have done without the hotdog finger universe.
Beneath all of the quirky, multiverse-spanning antics, the movie effectively explores Evelyn's relationships with her daughter and her husband, as well as with her own ambitions. While some of this exploration is a bit on the nose, the stellar acting and creative backdrop are enough to smooth over any such bumps. The weaving of strange alternate universes to help guide Evelyn to the realizations she needed leads to multiple heartstring tugging moments and memorably poignant dialogue.
Naaah wtf i just watch? Buttplugs dildos?? I didn’t like it
Somehow I ended up in an universe where people think this was funny, guess I got to pee myself.
But I'm no gamebreaker, so a 10.
A crazy, beautiful human experience :)
Manic story line .. funny n confusing on so many levels a good laugh
It took me forever to finish this. It took 5 sittings over several weeks, but I'm glad I finished it. It's not my cup of tea, just a bit too out there for my taste. But the point did come across and it was a sweet one. It started great imo, but was too long to stay enjoyable, but it wrapped up great, which made it a decent 6.3 I'd say. I get why it gets higher ratings, but it's just not for me (like pulp fiction, 'one of the greatest films ever created'). Might watch again with friends, but not by myself. The watched-box is checked now, well done me.
This is a masterpiece. The very first minutes you're totally lost and you feel like it's gonna be a total trash-cult movie where nonsense is the key, but damn... it does get a deep meaning and everything is just so beautiful and stunning to watch. I really loved this way more than I expected to, even after seeing it being critically aclaimed. Definitely one of my favorites for 2022!
A multiverse story, without Spiderman or Doctor Strange, that ends up being a fable about the importance of family.
Still an amazingly absurd movie that shows how important enjoying life can be. There's so much fun and action packed into the first part, and that all leads into the rest of the movie which is such an emotional rollercoaster. Amazing acting all around too.
its trash
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waymond is cute !!! i love him
this is my love letter to my mother.
Maybe I just don't like contemporary American films. This one did not appeal to me at all. I really wanted to like it, but nothing held my interest. Bad comedy, bad CG, bad Kung Fu. I do not get the hype.
An absolute waste of time from beginning to the end. Can’t remember when I saw something so incoherent and random on a screen last time.
Utter utter utter utter rubbish!
Shout by samtasiaBlockedParent2022-04-05T01:10:38Z
how could a film that bases an entire storyline around a Ratatouille joke not be absolutely fantastic?