15 Reasons Why You Should Definitely Watch "Everything Everywhere All At Once"

Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis, the multiverse — all at once!

Everything Everywhere All at Once is a beautiful and bizarre film filled with fanny packs, frankfurters, martial arts, and a whole lot more.

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Here are 15 reasons why you should do yourself a favour and go see this incredible movie!

🚨 This post contains minor spoilers, including general plot outlines and stills. 🚨

1. The movie 100% lives up to the name.

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While the title doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, Everything Everywhere All at Once is a super-accurate description of the movie. Not only do we encounter multiple versions of every character and countless overlapping realities, but it also made me feel every type of emotion, all at once. 

2. It's genuinely hilarious.

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There's not much you can do to prepare for this film — in fact, it's probably best if you try not to! Hopefully, it will make you laugh, though. Even the gist of the film is hilarious: A woman who cannot get her taxes done gets caught up in a multidimensional war in which she is a crucial element. There's definitely an absurdist angle to the film, but it also contains some spot-on and truly sidesplitting depictions of the mundanity of everyday life.

3. But it will also keep you on the edge of your seat.

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Everything Everywhere All at Once is certainly a funny film, but it's also not without tension or excitement. With the constant threat of multiverse enemies on her tail, Evelyn's personal battle with morality and the meaning(lessness) of life is more than enough to maintain a super-engaging atmosphere. 

4. And it's also super emotive.

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Evelyn herself is a flawed character (which she's reminded of over and over again), and her relationships with her father, daughter, and husband are examined in the film. After spending most of the movie with my head thrown back in laughter, I was not expecting to shed a tear at the end. The movie's creators managed to portray the troubled family dynamic really well, and they didn't sugarcoat a thing.

5. This is "the Daniels'" second feature film.

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The two directors — collectively known as "the Daniels" — have come a long way. In 2013, they were making a music video for DJ Snake's "Turn Down for What", and now they're on their second feature film, their first being Swiss Army Man in 2016. It's an exciting time for the duo, who, after the success of Everything Everywhere All at Once, are clearly on the rise!

6. We see lots and lots of Michelle Yeoh.

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Yeoh's turn as Evelyn is simply incredible. We see the multiverse through her various "nongoogly" eyes, and her performance somehow manages to hold everything together perfectly. This film is a bit of a cheat code, because we get so many different Michelle Yeoh performances all in one film!

7. Jamie Lee Curtis plays an IRS auditor cum wrestler, sort of.

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What a perfectly cast role! We get to watch Curtis as an IRS auditor, and Yeoh as a laundromat owner, battle it out both physically and via paperwork. Need I say more? 

8. It marks the return of Ke Huy Quan to acting.

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After taking a break from cinema that has lasted over 20 years, Ke Huy Quan returns to star alongside Yeoh, who he says is the reason for his comeback. Quan mentioned that watching Crazy Rich Asians convinced him to get back into acting. It's great to see him back in front of the camera and showcasing his amazing Tae Kwon Do skill!

9. The movie doesn't take itself too seriously.

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Despite the movie being about a threat to the physical integrity of the multiverse, this film is anything but boring! I love that it never takes itself too seriously; we don't need to know the technical mechanics of the multiverse — we just want chaos, silliness, and hot dogs!

10. It's a story of acceptance that deals with LGBT issues.

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Evelyn's relationship with her daughter Joy is strained because she cannot accept that Joy is gay. This storyline was thought up early in the creative process. The movie was initially meant to be a story about the generation gap between an immigrant mother and an internet-era-raised American daughter.

Dan Kwan, one of the directors, has shared that he was doing a lot of self-reflection when he started making the movie. "I was [thinking about] how I was raised, the types of people I was around, and how the Asian American community has a very particular way to deal with the tension that comes from a queer child coming out to their parents."

11. It has some epic, mind-bending action scenes.

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You can definitely spot the directors' love of Hong Kong cinema in this movie, as well as how they drew inspiration from the The Matrix film series in the bombastic fight sequences. Slow-motion flying kicks and powerful one-finger punches find their way into these spectacular scenes and are not out of place at all!

12. It really makes you think.

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You'd be forgiven for being a bit disoriented after the first half of the movie — I mean, we are dealing with the multiverse here, after all! During the latter half of the film, however, it begins a meditation upon some important ideas, particularly those pertaining to nihilism and optimism. We see how these ideologies interact with individual emotions, and Evelyn's shifting position between these two poles is vital to the movie. 

13. It also contains some really important lessons.

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Part of the film's beauty is that we get to see the characters learning how to be better people, and perhaps we may even learn how to be better ourselves as a consequence. As the Daniels mentioned, they wanted to play an "empathy game" with the audience through Evelyn's story, which really pulls at the ol' heartstrings towards the end!

14. The film stayed true to Kwan's upbringing.

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The film follows a family of Chinese immigrants — a cultural background that Kwan knows a thing or two about — and the dialogue mixes English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and blended Chinese dialects. The director decided to stay true to his upbringing by combining these languages in the script, even though he thought it might confuse some viewers.

15. Finally, the whole film is essentially a love letter to Yeoh!

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Daniel Scheinert has said of the film, "it was never a conscious thing that our movie be a love letter to Michelle Yeoh. It just happened because we love her." Similarly, Kwan has commented that the homage came about by accident: "We created a love letter to Michelle Yeoh in which we gave her that space to grow, which is what real love is, right?"

You can watch the trailer here:

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So, what are you waiting for? Everything Everywhere All at Once is out in UK cinemas from tomorrow! Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.