Everything Everywhere All at Once

 

Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022

• Director: Daniels
• Based on the novel: no
• Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Kwan, James Hong, Tallie Medel, Jennie Slate
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Michelle Yeoh – Last Christmas, Sunshine, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Tomorrow Never Dies
• Jamie Lee Curtis – Knives Out, Veronica Mars, A Fish Called Wanda
• James Hong – The Day the Earth Stood Still, Blade Runner, Bound for Glory, many TV series
• Jennie Slate – Venom
• Why? The title and the rave reviews
• Seen: 20 January 2023 

       Evelyn (Yeoh) runs a laundromat with her husband Waymond (Kwan) who is filing for divorce (or maybe she’s filling for divorce). She’s stressed and frazzled, and the laundromat is being audited by an IRS accountant (Curtis). And then Waymond whisks her off to a parallel universe, saying only she can save everything. Only she might not be the right Evelyn. Only she must be because she’s so bad at everything.

       I have never tripped on LSD, but I imagine it might be something like this. And I have seen many weird films, but this could well be the weirdest. But it’s funny. And so refreshing to see a middle-aged non-Caucasian woman star in an absurd adventurous sci fi film. Another plus: Curtis is almost unrecognisable in this, possibly her best role ever.

       Fascinating, fun, wild, ridiculous, imaginative and visually exciting, it’s only minus is that it’s too long.      

4 * of 5