Film Review: Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Release date
In Toronto and Vancouver on April 1 and expanding April 8
#whatonwhatsgood Express Review (by: Jovin Tardif)
That was fun. Where do I start?
Essentially 'Everything, Everywhere All at Once' is a story about a mother, Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh), who is overwhelmed. She is struggling to connect with her husband Waymond Wang (Ke Huy Quan), her daughter Joy Wang (Stephanie Hsu), and her strict father (James Hong). On top of that, she has financial issues with her business (laundromat) and feels all alone.
The family has to meet up with IRS agent Deirdre Beaubeirdra (Jamie Lee Curtis) to resolve their money troubles.
Once they are on the elevator at the IRS office, we are introduced to a multiverse through the character of Waymond. He is there to ask Evelyn to save the universe. She can explore different universes in order to fight back...universes with the lives she could have led.
Will Evelyn be able to fix things with her daughter and her husband? Can she conquer loneliness and love life once again? You will have to see it to find out.
I can't wait for you to watch it. It's quite unbelievable.
What a wacky film. The fight sequences are sensational. The story is very relatable. The cast is amazing. Please enjoy!
Directed by
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Written by
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Produced by
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Jonathan Wang
Starring
Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Wang
Stephanie Hsu as Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki
Ke Huy Quan as Waymond Wang
James Hong as Gong Gong
Jamie Lee Curtis as Deirdre Beaubeirdra
Jenny Slate as Big Nose
Harry Shum Jr. as Chad
Andy Le as Alpha Jumper - Bigger Trophy
Brian Le as Alpha Jumper - Trophy
Audrey Wasilewski as Alpha RV Officer
Sunita Mani as TV Musical - Queen
Daniel Scheinert as District Manager
Cinematography
Larkin Seiple
Edited by
Paul Rogers
Daniel Scheinert describes what the movie is about
"There's the family drama answer and the sci-fi answer and the philosophy answer”
Daniel Kwan describes Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
“We could say a million things about it, but the most simple, honest thing is it's about a mom learning to pay attention to her family in the chaos. The biggest seed that drove us through, that felt like a metaphor for what we're going through right now in society, is just this information overload, this stretching. People keep saying ‘empathy fatigue' set in with covid, but I feel like even before covid we were already there—there's too much to care about and everyone's lost the thread. That was the last key, turning this into a movie about empathy in the chaos.”
“I was like, man, if I could just make something half as fun as The Matrix is, but with our own stamp and our spirits, I would just die happy.”
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