The official synopsis from "Everything Everywhere All at Once" distributor A24 describes the movie as a "hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who can't seem to finish her taxes. " Grab a blanket and come enjoy a movie in a neighborhood park or playground! Everything Everywhere All at Once is one of the most exciting and enriching viewing experiences you will have this year. Even basic communication becomes an ordeal, highlighted by how Evelyn speaks Cantonese to her father, Mandarin to her husband, and Chinglish to her daughter Joy (Stephanie Hsu). It's inextricably tied to the COVID-19 pandemic, a time when sudden isolation left many of us asking some combination of the questions "What matters? "
Wheelchair Accessible. And the themes — the inherent meaninglessness of life, the weight of personal decisions, family conflict and generational trauma — couldn't be more fitting. It - I think it's changing a lot of lives in very, very, very subtle ways and maybe some very obvious ways. "Everything Everywhere All At Once". Cue a complicated journey of self-discovery and relationship repair. You two wrote a remarkable script. "We started making the connection of our work and absurdism, in a philosophical sense, when we did this short film called 'Interesting Ball, ''' explained Kwan. Without all three of them at the top of their game, the movie would end up being a fun but ultimately empty, multiverse trip like a certain MCU offering. And we later learn that the unassuming, polite Waymong wants a divorce. "A chick with drive who don't take no jive! We talked to the directing duo Daniels about how science and real life inspired the world building in "Everything Everywhere All At Once. " The two make appearances in recent action-comedy The Paper Tigers, about three middle-aged former martial arts prodigies who must avenge their sifu. Naturally, Daniels include callbacks: Quan repeats the "very funny" line he says often in Temple and, like Data, gets a lot of mileage out of a fanny pack.
This is my voice - other Daniel. Adjusted Score: 106808%. But no one who actually saw this movie would say that's what it's about. Yeoh calls the role "something I've been waiting for, for a long time. " All rights reserved. Critics Consensus: Disarmingly odd and thoroughly well-acted, Swiss Army Man offers adventurous viewers an experience as rewarding as it is impossible to categorize. And I'm wondering, like, when did you decide to include science a little bit - like, just a nugget - and when do you decide to just go for other things? Critics Consensus: A charming tale of a love affair that overcomes cultural taboos. And as she goes into her audit at the IRS, another obstacle arrives: the multiverse. Wil (Michelle Krusiec) is a lesbian, but she not dare tell her widowed mother, Hwei-lan (Joan Chen), or her very... [More]. Like, we've been reading all this climate apocalypse stuff because apparently global warming's pretty real. But the Daniels did have a second really good idea, and that was to put EEAAO back into theaters for a (very) limited time so that everyone who missed out last year can experience the movie in theaters, as intended. And so now as an adult, I feel like I'm atoning for my sins or atoning for the fact that I wasn't brave enough to actually chase after things I don't know how to do because that process is how, I think, on an individual level, like I grow.
SCHEINERT: Every time we tried to put the science into the movie, it was very humbling because it's hard - hard to get right and complicated and... SCHEINERT:.. inspiring. Critics Consensus: Mr. Nobody's narrative tangles may bedevil as much as they entertain, but its big ambitions and absorbing visuals make for an intriguing addition to director Jaco Van Dormael's filmography. The central conflict isn't a good guy-bad guy standoff (it's effectively "parents just don't understand"). In the event of heavy rain or extreme weather, the screening may be canceled. MICHELLE YEOH: (As Evelyn Wang) What's happening?
I'm glad we didn't, like, name everything 'cause then she might have watched it and been like, oh, never mind. However, the villain isn't really you; it's your realization of the absurd, and how arbitrary and meaningless this world is. For most thirty-somethings heading to a theater to watch this movie, the dramatis personae break down like this: The hero is your parent, but the villain is also your parent, until the villain becomes you. "I mean, I still don't understand it. Such references to other works are found throughout, including an unlikely one audiences will particularly enjoy. I'm glad... SCHEINERT:... An attorney... [More]. SCHEINERT: You know, my movie is a hit, so I feel huge and smart, so I don't relate to my movie anymore.
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi. Evelyn has a complicated (to say the least) relationship with her daughter, Joy (Stephanie Hsu). Showtimes and Tickets in Downtown Brooklyn, New York New York. "We shot the movie right before the pandemic and edited during lockdowns, " recalled Scheinert. EEAAO is going to be back in 1400 theaters nationwide tomorrow. The Daniels conceptualized the film during the 2016 presidential campaign and wrote it during President Donald Trump's time in office. KWAN: Can you sing that in the background? When your own life isn't going the way you want or you're stuck in a rut, it's all too easy to fantasise what you could have been doing. In 1962, journalist Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) and his wife move into a Hong Kong apartment, but Chow's... [More].
The Wangs become a literal and figurative microcosm of the multiverse and its dysfunction. But what makes the film particularly resonant is the ways in which it captures the tone of what it is like to exist right now.