Everything Everywhere All At Once

Everything Everywhere All At Once turned into an unlikely hit last year, then went on to win 7 Oscars just a few months ago. That means it was time for us to cover it because we always review the winner of Best Picture at some point later that summer. Actually, we talked a lot in this episode about many different Oscars shows and we jumped around a lot regarding the plot...which is fitting for a movie about the multiverse. The Daniels' frenetic sci-fi, comedy, action-adventure family drama is a mash-up of jokes, pathos, horror, sincerity and lots of outright silliness. Michelle Yeoh and Stephanie Hsu make a terrific mother/daughter combination, while Hsu's alter ego is one of the best villains in recent years. Kwan & Scheinert's 2nd film uses those stars (along with Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan) to explore a slew of ideas...and references many different forms of entertainment in doing that exploring. Still, considering some people have compared this to a Tik Tok video, EEAAO is a fairly simple story about love, family and acceptance. There's a lot of glitz and craziness, but it's basically just a family fighting to connect and stay together, rather than tearing each other apart...or tearing other versions of each other apart. So try to wrap your head around the idea of infinite universes but also just be a rock as the 525th Have You Ever Seen tries to get to the bottom of one of the craziest experiences we've had at the movies in quite a while.

Well, Actually: Martin McDonagh HAS won an Oscar, but it was for Best Live Action Short Film in 2006, not for any of his nominations for writing, directing or producing.

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