Random Movie Review - Everything Everywhere All At Once

 

In a time when different companies and studios are exploring a multiverse, I'm a firm believer that we are indeed in one ourselves. I mean, it's entirely possible that there are different universes where history is either played out the same or a bit/dramatically different. Maybe the Nazis won the war in one universe, Covid wiped us all out in another, or people like Boris Johnson and Donald Trump never got the power that they somehow got by becoming political leaders in another. The possibilities are endless, and it's good that we now have a film that isn't based on anything in particular, nor restricted to what assets a certain studio has. No Oasis, Serververse, Arrowverse, Spider-Verse or Dark multiverse this time. Just a straight up multiverse with no pre-existing things. I know a lot of you may be thinking about whether I will be a bit creative with this review like so many others have done. It definitely is the sort of thing you can be very creative with the review, but it's not quite the same in a written review. So let's get to it, and please try to keep up:

Somewhere in America, a laundromat, owned and run by Chinese immigrant Evelyn Quan Wang (played by Michelle Yeoh) and her family, is getting audited by the IRS. At the same time, her husband Waymond (played by Ke Huy Quan despite looking very much like Jackie Chan) wants a divorce, her demanding father Gong Gong (played by James Hong) is visiting for Chinese New Year and her daughter Joy (played by Stephanie Hsu) wants Evelyn to accept her non-Chinese girlfriend (played by Tallie Medel). At the IRS office, a version of Waymond from another universe, takes over his body in an attempt to explain to Evelyn that the Joy of his universe, has gained powers that would make her a threat to the multiverse at large. As Evelyn learns of this, she is granted multiverse powers to be able to go to her body in other universes where she experiences her alternative lives and must stop the Joy that is slowly but steadily collapsing the multiverse.

This film, as fun as it is, is a very complex one. It explores the idea of a multiverse and how you could just simply go into your body of another universe, rather than have multiple versions of you in one universe. It's a pretty neat idea, and one that is actually quite original in a way. It's a great film that messes with the senses and kind of feels like and big old mindf**k. Awesome work, I have to say, but a shame I missed it at the cinema the first time around. Definitely one worth watching at the cinema or on a big screen for sure. 9/10