91-Second Movie Review: Everything Everywhere All At Once

“Everything Everywhere All At Once” is an incredibly complex film that capitalizes on pop culture’s resurging fascination with the multiverse to tell a deeply personal story about a woman who feels like her life is going nowhere. This movie is – for lack of a better term – crazy. To put its craziness into perspective, the directing duo behind the film (known to many as The Daniels) got their big break directing the music video to DJ Snake’s “Turn Down For What”.

Because of the film’s main plot, this’ll likely be compared to the multiverse concepts we’ve been exposed to recently from superhero action blockbusters that mainly explore the large-scale possibilities of the multiverse with astronomical budgets for giant explosions and elaborate effects. And, don’t get me wrong, they’re some of my favourite kinds of movies. But what impressed me about this film is that The Daniels managed to encompass all of that with a fraction of the budget and simultaneously give us an intimate tale of finding hope and happiness amongst despair.

Now, back to the craziness for a second. This is some of the most frenetic and turbulent filmmaking I’ve seen on screen in the last several years. It’s a mix of breath-taking visuals, intense action and fight choreography and bizarre humour, all anchored by a masterful performance from Michelle Yeoh.

Despite its rather long runtime, the film never stops moving. And because of its frantic nature, I never really felt myself bored at any point during my watch.

“Everything Everywhere All At Once” is pretty brilliantly layered and can be enjoyed on many levels. It has everything including exciting action, hilariously-absurd comedy and a whole lot of heart. It created memorable moments pretty much everywhere amongst its different multiverse settings. And it manages to connect with people in different ways all at once.