Everything Everywhere All at Once

Rock Evelyn and Rock Joy talking, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (2022)

There lies a magical no man’s land in between the genius, and the absurd. It opens doors to everything and could take you anywhere, especially if you do everything all at once — it can very well sink a promising idea, turning it into an incoherent, tragic mess.

I am so glad that was not the case with Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Evelyn sitting at home, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (2022)

EEOA “spoils” its premise with its title alone. Boy, is the idea ever ambitious and daunting — it is a picture about love, life, loss, and friendship, all catalyzed by time and circumstance. These motifs, so gently and yet confidently tackled by Kwan and Scheinert, contrast so heavily with the endearingly playful, brutally contemporary, perhaps borderline grotesque set pieces one can’t help but be in awe at how it all comes together on-screen.

Joy with a bottle of Organic Ketchup, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (2022)

The pop-cultural appeal of the movie cannot be understated — with rich (and hilarious) references and jokes sprinkled throughout the 140-minute runtime, it is a marvel of modern filmmaking: shrouding the insightful, thought-provoking themes with so much glitter and shine, and yet leaving just enough room for the audience to scoop it up at their own pace. Everything Everywhere All at Once is one pretty face among recently awarded movies, and for good reason too, since it has some serious brains to back it up.

Evelyn and Joy talking, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (2022)

In the incomprehensibly vast and bizarre multiverse, in which Evelyn found herself, there was one where this film was crafted, and by some miracle shared with us here, on our earth, and it teaches us to seize not only the day but the life we have with so much enthusiasm and genuine joy, the only thing left for us to do is — remember to breathe.