Everything Everywhere All At Once stars Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Quan Wang, Stephanie Hsu as Joy Wang, Ke Huy Quan as Waymond Wang, James Hong as Gong Gong and Jamie Lee Curtis as Deirdre Beaubeirdre. It is directed and written by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. The cinematography is by Larkin Seiple, and the editing is by Paul Rogers. The runtime is of 140 minutes.
The IMDb synopsis reads, “An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, in which she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led.”
Everything Everywhere All At Once Review Contains No Spoilers
In Everything Everywhere All At Once, we meet Evelyn Quan Wang, a Chinese immigrant in America, her husband Waymong Wang, daughter Joy Wang and father, Gong Gong. Evelyn runs a small laundromat business and has a hard time with taxes, and doesn’t share a good rapport with her daughter. What seems a normal day in Evelyn’s life turns out to be full of madness.
Something happens that gives her a peek into her life in different realities or universes. However, in every universe, she has to fight a threat to stop the destruction of every world. Will Evelyn, a woman, struggling to make her life better, succeed in helping herself and others?
Multiverse is a vast and interesting concept, and so far, we have seen it in Riverdale and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The series and the movie didn’t impress us much with their stories. Here comes Everything Everywhere All At Once that gets the madness and the genre of multiverse right!
The movie is divided into 3 chapters – Everything, Everywhere and All At Once. Chapter 1 (Everything) has a chaotic start, and the chaos keeps growing until it stops. Directors Daniels has taken a good time to explain their multiverse concept, which is quite complicated. In every reality, even though Evelyn lives a different life, the outcome, in the end, is the same.
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The movie tells us that no matter what choices we make in life, even if we turn our what-ifs of one life true in another, fate will stay the same in the end. The first chapter also has an overwhelming tone, as it’s the longest and has too much going on, but it is packed with many silly and laughable moments.
The fast-paced scenes of watching Yeoh do martial arts, which she probably thinks is her best life, are fun to watch. Actors Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis, are incredible in chapter one.
Chapter 2, Everywhere, is where the madness intensifies. Here, we not only witness the madness of the multiverse at its best but it is packed with lots of absurdity and movie references. We also see the black hole of Daniels’ world – an everything bagel. Even if the plot gets intense and dragged sometimes, it doesn’t get tedious.
In Chapter 2, Michelle Yeoh keeps up her A game persistent. But Stephanie Hsu leaves a great impression with her performance, cool make-up and outfits.
In the end, Everything Everywhere All At Once pulls off a Brahmastra. It tells us that no matter what universe you are in, it is love that resolves every issue for everyone. No power is greater than the power of love. With an emotionally-driven third act, the movie leaves a smile on your face.
Everything Everywhere All At Once Review: Final Thoughts
Overall, Everything Everywhere All At Once is what Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness should’ve been. Despite not having a grand budget like the MCU movie, the Michelle Yeoh starrer gets the concept of multiverse right with an entertaining and heartfelt plot. The performances and action sequences are top-notch. It’s worth your time.
The movie is releasing in India on September 16. Book your tickets here.
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