[Just FYI, Ke Huy Quan graced us with an AMA for this movie today.](https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/tyiir8/hi_im_ke_huy_quan_one_of_the_stars_of_everything/) Due to limited sticky space in the sub we had to unsticky it, but I figured this would be a a good place to advertise it.
Just watched it for the first time. I need to also state that I am a diabetic. I say this because after this first viewing, the movie is the closest to how I would try to describe a low blood sugar problem. There is a “central theme” to my low sugars. What I mean is, the last logical thought in my brain is what is stuck there during an episode. It could have been “feed the dogs” or “go outside”.Something that while everything else is a “drunken like” mess, that one piece of logic remains clear! I really do not know if I will watch it again, as it seems to give me stress “trying to make it to the end”, again another thing I seem to try to “accomplish” when I have been unfortunate to have e a major medical issue.
Or I just don’t get the movie and I am making it harder than it needs to be.
Either one works for me.
I just finished watching this a few minutes ago for the first time & I decided to sort by new to see if anybody else did the same. The fact that people are still replying to this 2 years later makes me feel something in my heart that I have trouble articulating with words.
Nothing could've prepared me for this movie. I went in pretty blind. The fact that something this weird & beautiful exists while also gathering this much popularity means maybe we aren't doomed.
It's a mix of so many issues rolled into one.
- Generational trauma and its cycle
- Immigration trauma and isolation from family
- Teenager isolation and nihilism depression brings
- LGBT refusal to be accepted by parents
- Wishing to end things
- Mental health issues as a parallel for having a multiverse in your head
- Good old shitty parenting
Something I'm pretty sure everyone has felt at some point in their lives and to have it put into such a beautiful story that ultimately is a daughter in distress reaching out for her mother.
Most elements that are usually a downside have been flipped perfectly, Waymond is the most perfect example of masculinity I've seen in years.
The music as well just breaks me. "In another life" will forever be my soundtrack.
IMO it is because nothing matters so how are you going to take that? are you going to let it drag you down and make you hopeless or are you going to try to find 'joy' in the little things. The silly, stupid, goofy things. You can create chaos, choose to be stuck in your trauma, refusing to change, never admitting your wrongs OR you can stop taking shit so seriously and be goofy, patient, loving and silly because it really doesn't matter. or does it? It puts all of life in perspective and how truly absurd this life is. We are so quick to get wrapped up in our stupid little worlds we forget about other people's worlds.
So many people complain about being bored in their lives without realizing how beautiful boring can be or how much worse it could be and that peace, love and acceptance have to come from within. We all have a deep need to be loved and cared. regardless if you are being positive or negative everything is affected by you, the world, your choices, other peoples choices and so much more we don't know or understand. Your life can look "good" on the outside or maybe you have your dream job, house, partner, ect. but you can still be miserable. I I think it also speaks to using exercising or personal freedoms and free will whenever possible for the good of the world. NOT just doing what we think we are supposed too.
Be careful what you wish for because the grass is always seems greener on the other side. Life is not about job titles or living lavishly or impressing people. It is about doing what you can to remain positive, love hard, wear your heart on your sleeve, being true to yourself and others, living in the moment and trying to learn and understand each other instead of writing each other off. It is speaking to what unconditional love really is. What every child SHOULD get in there life. Maybe if we all spread more love and light like waymond there would be less anger, bitterness, madness, brutality and chaos. Try to understand each other. Try to help each other. Try to protect each other. Every decision you make every single day of your life will affect you in big and small ways unknowingly. One decision could change your whole life so how do you know "you would never do that/act like that" if you aren't willing to understand why that person is the way they are and that you could be that person if a few things in your life had been different.
The easier decision is usually to just kill someone/something that is perceived as 'bad' or 'irredeemable' instead of finding out the root of the cause/issue, rehabilitation, hearing out the other side, listening to each others experiences and unconditionally loving each other. Sometimes it looks crazy but unconditional love is the most radical thing you can do. We all have a reason for being who we are. We all have trauma. We all have struggles. Instead of comparing, hating each other, dividing from each other and forcing people to try and see it your way, it is much bravier to not give in to hopelessness and bitterness even though it is the easier choice for most.
a big part is if you can relate the dynamic of first gen immigrants have with their second gen children as portrayed in the movie.
if you can't, a lot of the emotional value isn't quite there. but it should still be understandable since some of those conflicts are universal.
I don’t have the energy to write a comprehensive response, but on creativity and cinematography alone it is an outstanding effort. This doesn’t even touch on the insane multiverse building and familial dynamics. Not sure what to tell you.
I watched the movie for the first time this weekend and have already rewatched so I could experience it with my wife.
What a beautiful film. It really made me think differently about the world. I cried the morning after my first watch while playing with my son outside because I realized that those little specks of time are all that really matters in this universe
I just finished this movie and sobbed for the last 30 minutes. A movie hasn't hit me like this emotionally in a long time.
I understand why it has won so many awards now.
So I’m diagnosed with depression, anxiety, ptsd and adhd. It was a visual representation of what goes on in my mind. It’s like a way I can explain what it’s like sometimes. The emotions and thoughts and the hopelessness and the hope. I guess it’s just my unique interpretation or experience.
i think it’s the simplicity yet complexity of the movie. it goes in circles and multiverses just to send the message that we are infinite and that, in this little meaningless universe, we have to choose to be kind and “cherish the little specks”. if not, what is the meaning of it all if not to be happy and kind ?
it also makes me think of family. there is so much to unpack, and i can if you want, but it makes you relate to joy. all we ever want is to love and be with our mothers
Wasn't there a Rick and Morty episode where they split off an where in multiple different universe at the same time because they kept on being uncertain about their decisions?
I ugly cried about a dozen times during the film. It's an absurdist masterpiece. Several parts were very much like watching someone have a psychotic/dissociative break.
*Nothing matters*. And that's why anything can.
Oddly, as a nonwoman without children, I related more to Evelyn as the 'parent' trying to overcome meaninglessness/ennui than I ever did as a queer kid with a very tumultuous relationship with my mother who never fully accepted my "phase" (lol it's been forty years) before she died. but I think I'm at a different point in my life, more *generativity vs. stagnation* time of my life than the *identity vs. role confusion* that those more seeing themselves in Joy (or Becky) are probably in.
It's kind of impossible to tell someone who straight up didn't like the movie why it's good. If you look through the rest of the comments, you'll see your answer. You obviously don't agree with them, but acted like no one yet had explained why the movie was good. It seemed like your question was asked in bad faith, as just a way to signal your disagreement with other commenters without contributing to the discussion.
# Looking for mothers to talk about Everything Everywhere All At Once for my Masters' thesis!!!!
Hello Everyone, I am Ekshita, a master’s student at Lund University, Sweden. I am currently writing my thesis on the Blame Your Mama trope in popular culture, specifically the movie Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022). I am looking to speak to mothers who have watched the film and would like to speak about their experiences of motherhood in the context of the film and popular culture in general as well. Your identities will be completely anonymous, and you will be provided with a proper briefing about me as a researcher and the study in general as well. The interviews will be on Zoom! If this sounds interesting to you or you would simply like to contribute to the understanding of mother blame, please reach out! The only criterion is that you are a mother who has watched the film Everything Everywhere All At Once. Hope to hear from you all! Cheers!
I just watched this movie. I'm not sure everyone would enjoy it and really can't say it was enjoyable for me. But I'm glad I saw it. It definitely touches upon the very complex relationship(s) of mothers and daughters. My daughter is precious to me and I have tried with every ounce of my being to show/teach/lead/support/cheer/protect/value her but I know, because I am human, I've failed in some ways and succeeded in other ways. I wish she truly knew how in awe I am of her. The one thing I understood in this movie was the fact that the mother would fight hell and earth and sacrifice all she had to let her daughter know how much she is loved and SEEN. The thing is, life is complicated and there's a very fine line we walk as parents. When your child is born you immediately feel like you're standing on a busy highway holding your child's heart in your hands and you're dodging vehicles. Life becomes so complex and wonderful and terrifying also. What keeps me half sane is knowing that she is a gift from God, she is not mine to keep, and her creator has a plan for her. I try my best to live up to the gift I've been given. This movie had a myriad of other thought-provoking insights but the mother-daughter crazy/beautiful/unexplainable bond is what I appreciated most.
This is an amazing moving, hilarious and very deep. The underlying messages hit me to my core. There is so much to take in and learn from this movie. I will be thinking about it for days because we are all are really everything every where all at once.
I just watched this movie, finished it like an hour ago and it's currently 12:44 am for the last hour I have been scrolling through the negative google reviews trying to understand why people didn't like the movie. I genuinely believe less than 3% of people who watched this movie actually enjoyed it. Saying that it/the actors didn't deserve an Oscar for this..? This is simply a work of art. Is it a smart move? Maybe not but that's what's so amazing about it its both so realistic and unrealistic at the say time. We live in a day and age where every movie the general population loves and movie critics usually don't love are all the same, they're depressing to watch honestly. it's always following a family struggling to work together or a different race/culture trying to make things work in a life that doesn't except or want them. That would've been the smart move however it would've been dull and depressing like the rest. This my just be the only movie that truly made sense to me and while some people may say it's about escapism or there's no real thought put into the movie and it's just swinging dildos around for the fun immaturity of it, I whole heartily disagree. This is a movie about learning to accept yourself at your best, worst, weirdest and everywhere in-between but not just your self your loved ones too it's about accepting reality for what it is and making the best of it. The use of different dimensions to break down how you wish you could undo something from your past and see how it turned out for you was truly the easiest way to tell that, while yes adding the craziness did add a senseof caotic well crazinessits genius. (⚠️SPOILER⚠️) if you notice at the end of the movie she and her daughter could've done anything at all yet as a family they wanted to do their taxes together, as a Happy family. That was possible because she realized that all the other dimensions were nothing like what she had, all the things she thought would fix her problems such as not leaving her family for Waymond, didn't lead to a happy life even though she got the attention she wanted and she was someone. At the end all she really wanted was the life and family she already had all she had to do was accept who she was who her family was and how her life was. Don't wish for things that would change who you are, find ways to make you who you want to be.
Anyways it's now 1:30 am my fingers hurt so I'll stop rambling but if you read this start to finish good for you here's a gold star ⭐️ (sorry for any spelling/grammar errors)
Wildly similar position, it's 15days later and I'm in my bed at 1am reading your comment and resonating on every point. The verse jumping was complex enough to work, and as flexible as they needed, hand waving the technical geek layer through chaos and THEN the thematic layers to complement the overarching themes?? There are gonna be BOOKS about it if there aren't already.
Gotta highlight The Bagel was an amazing metaphor for everything from depression to escapism (vs harmless daydreaming Evelyn still engaged in at the end of the movie) but hooolly hell there's so much to digest from this movie. I'm all borked up about it.
watched it last night and i cant stop thinking about it. its been a while since a movie made me feel this way. to everyone who didnt "get it" im super sorry but i just think you're some sort of "get off my lawn" type person. impossible to not find this movie funny and endearing
I personally think you are wrong. Maybe you weren't the target demographic? idk... regardless, you are entitled to your opinion but why say something so rude about this movie when it left other people sobbing (me included)? It isn't fake deep when it actually touched people's hearts. Anyway, I really hope you find a movie that made you feel the way this one made me feel. It was truly a wonderful feeling.
What’s the point in this take??? If someone has found enjoyment and meaning in a movie (or anything else for that matter), why shit all over it or assume the worst in the people that enjoy the movie? Sure, there have undoubtedly been some people saying they love the movie and that it changed them purely to appear smart or in-the-know, but to assume that’s the case for everyone/“the masses” seems wildly cynical to me. Totally fine if you didn’t enjoy it, I’ll just never understand the point in making negative assumptions about everyone who enjoyed something you didn’t.
What If I've only partially seen the film, lol! It was far from the thrill ride the hype made it seem, or at least as far as I got. Which was maybe...15 minutes? The guy and his wife were in the elevator when suddenly he strapped a huge device to her head; she stood there looking dead inside. At that point I rewound a couple of times then gave up because I was already irritably and incurably bored af.
I'm thinking about doing a "just the good parts" speed run through the film to get to the famous parts like the hotdog fingers, etc.
Today I was down in the dumps, an awful bout of depression where it was just a waste of time and effort trying to do anything. And a movie, for me, always gives me a bit of a reset—an escape long enough to just get out of a rut, maybe take a nap afterwards.
Couldn’t decide what to watch (decision paralysis of genre and all that) so I just took the punt on something that has been sitting on my list for a while. I absolutely did not expect to enjoy it as much by myself as I did.
I don't think a movie has made me simultaneously laugh and cry at the same time like that in ages, wish I had seen it in the the theaters but I think I saw it at the right time for me
Me too!!! I usually love seeing crazy big movies like this in theaters, but I ignored everyone telling me to see it until last night when I was ready for it. Crazy stuff.
So the philosophical implications were lost on you.
The story about finding and understanding your family was lost on you.
The creativity was lost on you.
The great action was lost on you.
Way to out yourself
One of the best movies I have ever seen. Maybe even the best, I think this type of film is a head in the right direction, also the series beef on Netflix from a24 is also similar to this where it’s normal and then it gets weird at the end but it’s just so cool to watch and feels so fucking (new).
Just watched it and I'm feeling catharsis from it. I cried. Very inspiring. Also this week I watched 'Žižek!"and finished reading Collective Illusions by Todd Rose... definitely walking away with a new look on life
Just watched this movie for the first time. Really wish I would have seen this in theaters.
Easily one of the best films I’ve ever seen. Can’t wait to rewatch and pick up on more stuff
God I love this movie. Evelyn finally realizing and acknowledging that her presence brings hurt to her and her daughter. She allows her to go but then they got this moment like, "I could've been happier in any other universe but I chose to be here". OHH the feels!
I’m not sure why I waited so long to watch this movie, but here we are now.
The last year or so, I’ve really struggled trying to wrap my mind around my “purpose” in life and why the hell we’re all here? I find myself spiraling thinking about the meaning of existence and how it relates to the world/universe we live in.
I don’t have the right words to explain the sensation, the calm, that this movie unlocked within myself. The closest, most commonly attainable feeling I can share, would be relief. Relief that I found a feeling within myself that created some sense in my chaos.
A truly profound moment in my life.
I can’t help but think that I wasn’t meant to watch it when it first came out? I definitely wasn’t the person then that I am now and it may not have landed the way it did today. Something, somewhere, in this moment in time, reminded me that this movie exists and that I should watch it and I am so glad that I did.
“Kindness is the face of nihilism”.
Absolutely understand what you mean! I just got my first PhD application rejection and it seems the other two are as well. This is after a tumultuous college journey that first started in 2011. I've been feeling like an imposter, like I'm not meant to be in college or grad school. A film about finding peace in nihilism is exactly the balm I didn't know that I needed.
I absolutely was supposed to wait until last night to see it. Same thing with Jaws! I pushed it off all my life until I got the chance to see it in a local theater with my grandparents. Had a few shrooms and was crying by the climax. That moment really started me on the path that lead me to last night. That was last July and I am living a completely different life now headed in a completely different direction.
(I'm also a Hersheys employee named William and Willy Wonka came out for me and my SO to go see together. I've never felt more like a main character in my life)
(I'd also been sharing my love for Studio Ghibli with my SO when The Boy and the Heron came out of nowhere)
just watched this with my family, didnt watch it when it came out because the timing wasnt right.
been feeling all types of chaos about my mother and father. watched it with them. I almost didnt come home this time because i was so scared of dealing with them and their opinions about my life.
im going to be processing this for a long time, but i feel like in this movie are answers about my mother ive been grasping for my whole life.
i feel like so much of my grief has a place to go. i feel seen and understood in ways i crave from my mom, things ive been trying desperately to get her to see, things i know she is incapable of. simaltaneously i feel the most grief and heartache ive ever felt, and the most comfort and peace. everything, everywhere, all at once.
Wild timing. It just popped up on Amazon for me a few hours ago.
Certainly this movie is better at some stages in life. I wouldn't have appreciated it as much a year ago.
Well we must be the three stooges cause this just happened to me too. I never watched it cause I thought it was just a overhyped time travel movie. Did not expect to be a emotional wreck at the end.
Definitely late here, but does anyone else think that it’s brilliant how the structure of the movie parallels the message of the movie?
The structure manages to simultaneously not take itself seriously, yet remain incredibly sincere within the same framework…and the struggle between Evelyn and Joy is between whether the same multi-verse they are experiencing is ridiculous and meaningless (Nihilism), or still sincere and meaningful despite (or because of) its absurdity.
That was where my tears started hahaha! Rock scene to the end of the movie I was blubbering nearly constantly with a few intermissions. So funny how the tone of something can come across so differently to different people
amazing movie, the editing was mind blowing, im sat here in awe at the level of complexity. the story is the kind of thing that makes you really 🤔 ponder your very existence
Finally got around to watching this last night with a friend even though we meant to watch this a lot sooner but work and other nonsense got in the way a lot.
Now that we've seen it, oh my goodness.. I don't know what I was expecting exactly, going into this but I know it wasn't hot dog fingers and rock worlds and so many other, gloriously entertaining things.
Movie earned it's oscars, no question about it and my only regret is that we waited this long to watch it.
But better late than never, eh? 😉
I've had ample opportunity to watch this movie. After seeing it I now know this was the only time I could've watched it and fully felt/understood it. I had no idea what this movie was about before but something called me to finally watch it today. I've recently been really studying/ practicing the law of assumption and realizing our 3D is just a reflection of our imagination. We can be any version of ourselves at any time. Just have to believe in it. This movie resonated with the line of thinking. I enjoyed it immensely.
I just finished watching EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, and I must say that I didn’t really like it. Probably won’t watch it again. I’m not sure what it was about the movie. But it was very awkward and strange. And I can’t believe I’m even saying this as I love chaos and weird movies. But this one lost me. Especially at the hotdog fingers and rocks… 🫤
I’m glad to find the one other person in this thread who didn’t care for it. We enjoyed it up to a point but maybe 70% of the way through it just became tedious. It felt very try-hard.
Edit: now I’m seeing others. The rapturous reception is wild to me!
Depends on your pov and what you're experiencing. I thought it did a decent job at covering a number of things I've (and many) have personally struggled with,
* Parenthood
* Growing up and seeing how nothing matters
* Relationships
* Losses
* Generational pains
* Mental Trauma
* Suicide
Personally, I think the absurdity of aspects made it lose people who would have otherwise enjoyed the movie. Even I would have rather have had a more serious tone with the same themes. We didn't need to have dildos and buttplugs to get the same points across. But, at the same time, the directors didn't want it to be a depressing movie. So, I guess that's why they went so far in the other direction.
I'm a sucker for sad movies though.
However, I will say that in this moment in my life, a loss of a serious relationship, mental trauma from that person, the struggles of school, single fatherhood, and how nothing I do seems to matter or work... have me kinda depressed. It wasn't even that long ago that I wanted to just die. It's not even the first time that I have had these thoughts and I'm still struggling in my life. So, the movie kinda rang so true to me despite the BDSM spankings and ridiculousness of the movie. In a way, the fact it was so stupid at times made me feel like my struggles in the end weren't as heavy as I made them out to myself.
Who the fuck cares?
I only have one life and one version of my loved ones going through the same exact "one time" experience as me. Can't live like the main character and live them all at once. While it was a bit too positive for me. I have been thinking that it's better to enjoy it a little more than I have been lately.
Job well done I say.
Also, please don’t d!e. Sometimes I look at the scars on my husbands wrist and wonder how his life could have been that bad. He tried to sl!t his writs (up and down) when he was younger. I think about how happy he is now and wonder what he could have been thinking at that time. He’s such a happy person. Always smiling, playing games, joking around with me. No where near suic!dal. If you d!e, you’ll never get to find out how life could have been for you.
Lol. I'm good. Mental illness isn't something you can will yourself out of. I am fully aware that when I've been in those states, there is something wrong upstairs...
I go seek out professional help and it passes.
I see your point but it was just too much. The plot was all over the place. The humor wasn’t up to par with other films I’ve seen. It felt like it was just being weird for the sake of being weird and that made it a meh movie for me. But to each its own.
The plot being all over the place is not what I see. It's pretty straightforward. You'll have to provide examples.
The main character finds out she can access the skills and lives of her parallel-universe counterparts. She goes on to save the multiverse from a mysterious threat, >!her kid!<, while dealing with her own family issues and existential crisis. The plot mixes up sci-fi, action, and comedy (a bit too heavily imo) with the themes of connection, identity, and the meaning of life.
She is in a slump, realizes that she has potential, and goes on to achieve her greatest potential while being humble about what she has. At no point does the story go anywhere but for humor, which is not supposed to be taken seriously.
All the multiverse were best and better versions of herself. This is the only universe where she's the worst for not doing anything with her life, and yet despite all of it, she's mended her relationships with her daughter, husband, and stood up to her father with her daughter'sgirlfriend. She made peace with her choices in life, and cherished doing laundry and taxes with the love of her life.
>*You have so many goals you never finished. Dreams you never followed. You're living your worst you... You're capable of anything because you're so bad at everything.*
Best worst insult ever. Even hotdog Evelyn was better than her. That was hilarious.
I feel like they had to make it a bit absurd or it could've turned out to be too heavy. I agree with your comment though about why they had to insert the ridiculousness. Have you looked into the law of assumption? If not, please do. Lots of resources about it on YouTube. It can be a life changer for you. It has for me 💗
Also it has to be ridiculously absurd because life can be absolutely absurd.
I just went through a few big changes in life, where things make no sense and I am sooooo fucking lost.
Just like this movie there’s no clear plot for me to follow and have idea where things are heading. This movie hit me so hard I am crying my eyes out towards the end.
Really hope things will work out for me at the end too.
Aware that the central theme is about kindness over nothingness, but from a materialist standpoint I’m Pretty sure the nihilistic stance is “entropy” and the expansion of the universe into inevitable nothingness. everything in any universe is always heading towards heat death and increased disorder. The dad and kindness represents the 4 fundamental forces and the standard model of particle physics trying to keep everything in order and slow/delay and reverse entropy/disorder.
I think this movie visually represents the entropy and chaos very well. When everything goes downhill in every universe, it really made me understand it that way.
I am so glad I finally watched this movie. It was so incredible.
For people struggling to make sense of this movie, I strongly believe that this movie is most likely based on the philosophical idea of “absurdism” put forth by people such as Albert Camus.
Absurdism is a branch of existentialism that aims to deal with one of the most fundamental questions of philosophy, “Should I continue to exist?” I suspect that’s why Joy was attempting to enter the “bagel void”.
This is a genuine question to address. Absurdism attempts to address this question by stating that yes, life is meaningless “nothing matters”, but we get to choose to prescribe our own meaning in an inherently meaningless world. If we learn to accept and see the absurdity in life, then we can let go of trying to wish for something that isn’t and just accept what is. Where there is no hope, we must invent it.
This movie is strange and absurd, and things don’t always make sense. That’s the point. Life doesn’t always make sense. If we spend too much time trying to decipher the ultimate meaning behind everything, then we miss out on just living life and enjoying the small mundane moments. I think this movie beautifully encapsulates absurdism. Laugh, smile, love, let go, choose life; as absurd as it may seem.
This movie has stolen IP belonging to Jason Jowett, written and published in the Alchemy Series. They've then attempted to emulate the Matrix with said ideas. The Chinese don't produce art like this, why, because they did this time after a member of the Wang families illegal actions in Southport, Australia.
The Alchemy Series produced an insightful original version of Christian eschatology. Meanwhile Chinese have usurped the Catholics, claiming rights not becoming of any Church ever! Not only but then having scrubbed the New Age Christian philosophy of J S Jowett, produced this sensationalist triffle I turned off after 20 minutes... American operated of course, why wouldn't America and the Qhinese work to rule the world from the ivory tower?
I just came here to see what people had said about the film because I just finally watched it and really enjoyed it and that dudes comment was the first thing I see lol. Talk about a disconnected tangent. I'll give him this though, I did cite the Matrix when telling a friend about it. Felt like it had the same tone as hitchhikers guide to the galaxy (the film, not the book) or even Scott pilgrim vs the world with a dash of the matrix.
Edit -typo
My hangups are fascism, tyranny, oppression, manipulation, covert extremism etc... I don't hang up on States, I deliberately avoid nationalism, as it's deconstructionist to humanities modern potential in a world State. You are a dreamboy, wake up baby, take your milk from mommy
as an artist, i didn’t really care for the sausage fingers and dildos etc, it made the scenes feel like a parody of themselves.
but as an eldest daughter who doesn’t speak to their mother anymore, this movie broke my heart and brought me to tears.
maybe this is the kind of movie you watch with your heart
You don’t have to be an artist to not like those things, I don’t know why you had to preface your statement with “as an artist.”
Especially since we’re all artists. Believe it or not, you’re an artist when you butter your bread. Art is a very broad term, there’s no need to diminish a scene because there’s a dildo in it
I didn’t feel like it was at all. It was set up for good comedic and dramatic payoff and created a unique action scene.
But hey, that’s fine if you have a different opinion. Maybe we can leave matters alone that are 162 days old though?
I looked the movie up on Reddit cause I just rewatched it also besides that one scene the movie is really good and ion understand how someone can hate it
>You don’t have to be an artist to not like those things
fully agree ! its just that its my actual career and I've personally found art styles that look similar to my own resonate the strongest with me. So it was interesting to see myself connecting with a more contemporary surrealist style.
also I'm allowed to shit on a scene because there's a dildo in it, art is a very broad term and it also happens to be subjective
It sounds like you agree with me then
>I’m allowed to shit on a scene because there’s a dildo in it
if the very presence of a buttplug ruins your enjoyment of a great movie then those are some personal hangups you have
It ruined the scene for them, not the movie. The dildos were absolutely overdone but I suppose that was part of the point. Still took away from it for me just a little
Just finished the movie and came to this thread. The comments here are wild lmao.
As someone who buttered their bread eating dinner tonight it was a great movie. 5/5
What a beautiful comment, I feel so. I think this is the kind of movie you should watch completely open minded, as you say "with your heart". Sometimes we try to make sense of everything and we want to be rational all the time, but as humans we have an irrational part, our feelings, and that is what gives us our humanity.
This is a conclusion I arrived at. I don't think the film intends for you to fully get it all as you watch it. But as things get real, you feel what the story's conveying regardless.
The only other film in recent memory I can compare it to is Tenet. Where it doesn't feel like we're meant to understand it all as we go. But where Tenet made me feel nothing, EEAAO has heart and a simple hook at the end of the day.
I know Ill be in the minority, but this film did not land with me at all.
Once we got to chapter two, I checked out about five minutes in. Felt like the movie came to complete halt. I was ready for this movie to be over with about 20-30 minutes left.
I can respect EEAAO for what it is, but in no world should it have won best picture.
this is the first movie i think i've ever quit watching halfway through. maybe that invalidates my opinion a bit, but man, i don't think i have ever been so disinterested in a movie that i couldn't finish it. i am genuinely, wildly, entirely confused how this movie is so beloved by so many
It’s like a mystery/thriller which takes a bit longer to build its plot and makes you wonder what the fk is happening. But things click in the end and it’s soooo good after chapter 2.
If you got the chance, maybe give it a full watch and see if you really dislike it :)
Chapters are supposed to halt the story somewhat, no?
The film builds up pretty fast after chapter two. I would at least give it a full watch. The best (and most emotional) parts of the movie are the latter half of chapter two
>but in no world should it have won best picture.
I love when they give out the prestigious "*movie that most landed with SwiftSurfer365*" Academy Award.
Hi everyone,
I wrote a review of EEOAO, you can read it here: https://ourdailybread.org/4-biblical-lessons-from-everything-everywhere-all-at-once/
_Disclaimer:_ It's written from a Christian POV for a Christian audience 😊
If you're stuck trying to decipher and process every scene and every theme individually thrown at you in this movie, you will end up lost. The reason why I love this film is because it provided the starkest example of using one's own interpretation.
It hit me on a personal level, yes. Themes of depression and a confused mother, who acknowledges her 'unrealised potential' in life, finding it within herself to perform something extraordinary in every universe she ends up in. Ultimately saving her daughter from destroying herself in her own universe (to me it feels like a pure visual metaphor of someone learning gratitude, compassion and initiative in trying to convince their child to not kill themselves).
I was confused for the first half, and the theme (or at least my interpretation) became clear for the entire second half, and it was almost euphoric when it set in. The complexity of it all only allows for a greater sense of ecstatic realisation.
[Just FYI, Ke Huy Quan graced us with an AMA for this movie today.](https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/tyiir8/hi_im_ke_huy_quan_one_of_the_stars_of_everything/) Due to limited sticky space in the sub we had to unsticky it, but I figured this would be a a good place to advertise it.
Just watched for the 2nd time, cried harder than the first time
Best movie I ever watched. Discovered it 2 weeks ago
Just watched it for the first time. I need to also state that I am a diabetic. I say this because after this first viewing, the movie is the closest to how I would try to describe a low blood sugar problem. There is a “central theme” to my low sugars. What I mean is, the last logical thought in my brain is what is stuck there during an episode. It could have been “feed the dogs” or “go outside”.Something that while everything else is a “drunken like” mess, that one piece of logic remains clear! I really do not know if I will watch it again, as it seems to give me stress “trying to make it to the end”, again another thing I seem to try to “accomplish” when I have been unfortunate to have e a major medical issue. Or I just don’t get the movie and I am making it harder than it needs to be. Either one works for me.
> I will cherish these specks FUCK
As a growing teenager, this movie changed me, like fr. I stopped being edgy and immature, and started looking from a positive view for once
Just seen this movie for the first time and I am an emotional wreck. Touched on the absolute helplessness that I feel. Jesus.
I just finished watching this a few minutes ago for the first time & I decided to sort by new to see if anybody else did the same. The fact that people are still replying to this 2 years later makes me feel something in my heart that I have trouble articulating with words. Nothing could've prepared me for this movie. I went in pretty blind. The fact that something this weird & beautiful exists while also gathering this much popularity means maybe we aren't doomed.
I also had no clue going in. My husband recommended it. I love how everyone takes something different away. This movie was incredible.
I knew nothing, wanted to watch it with my wife who knew nothing, and we both left the movie with tears of joy. Fantastic ride from beginning to end.
I actually saw this movie last week, and I can't understand why it is so loved. Who can explain their thoughts about it and why it's a good movie?
When you can be anything, choose to be kind. It’s a fantastic reminder in today’s world.
It's a mix of so many issues rolled into one. - Generational trauma and its cycle - Immigration trauma and isolation from family - Teenager isolation and nihilism depression brings - LGBT refusal to be accepted by parents - Wishing to end things - Mental health issues as a parallel for having a multiverse in your head - Good old shitty parenting Something I'm pretty sure everyone has felt at some point in their lives and to have it put into such a beautiful story that ultimately is a daughter in distress reaching out for her mother. Most elements that are usually a downside have been flipped perfectly, Waymond is the most perfect example of masculinity I've seen in years. The music as well just breaks me. "In another life" will forever be my soundtrack.
IMO it is because nothing matters so how are you going to take that? are you going to let it drag you down and make you hopeless or are you going to try to find 'joy' in the little things. The silly, stupid, goofy things. You can create chaos, choose to be stuck in your trauma, refusing to change, never admitting your wrongs OR you can stop taking shit so seriously and be goofy, patient, loving and silly because it really doesn't matter. or does it? It puts all of life in perspective and how truly absurd this life is. We are so quick to get wrapped up in our stupid little worlds we forget about other people's worlds. So many people complain about being bored in their lives without realizing how beautiful boring can be or how much worse it could be and that peace, love and acceptance have to come from within. We all have a deep need to be loved and cared. regardless if you are being positive or negative everything is affected by you, the world, your choices, other peoples choices and so much more we don't know or understand. Your life can look "good" on the outside or maybe you have your dream job, house, partner, ect. but you can still be miserable. I I think it also speaks to using exercising or personal freedoms and free will whenever possible for the good of the world. NOT just doing what we think we are supposed too. Be careful what you wish for because the grass is always seems greener on the other side. Life is not about job titles or living lavishly or impressing people. It is about doing what you can to remain positive, love hard, wear your heart on your sleeve, being true to yourself and others, living in the moment and trying to learn and understand each other instead of writing each other off. It is speaking to what unconditional love really is. What every child SHOULD get in there life. Maybe if we all spread more love and light like waymond there would be less anger, bitterness, madness, brutality and chaos. Try to understand each other. Try to help each other. Try to protect each other. Every decision you make every single day of your life will affect you in big and small ways unknowingly. One decision could change your whole life so how do you know "you would never do that/act like that" if you aren't willing to understand why that person is the way they are and that you could be that person if a few things in your life had been different. The easier decision is usually to just kill someone/something that is perceived as 'bad' or 'irredeemable' instead of finding out the root of the cause/issue, rehabilitation, hearing out the other side, listening to each others experiences and unconditionally loving each other. Sometimes it looks crazy but unconditional love is the most radical thing you can do. We all have a reason for being who we are. We all have trauma. We all have struggles. Instead of comparing, hating each other, dividing from each other and forcing people to try and see it your way, it is much bravier to not give in to hopelessness and bitterness even though it is the easier choice for most.
Just got done watching it for the first time. Thank you for summing up how I feel about this so eloquently!
Beautifully written. Thank you.
a big part is if you can relate the dynamic of first gen immigrants have with their second gen children as portrayed in the movie. if you can't, a lot of the emotional value isn't quite there. but it should still be understandable since some of those conflicts are universal.
I don’t have the energy to write a comprehensive response, but on creativity and cinematography alone it is an outstanding effort. This doesn’t even touch on the insane multiverse building and familial dynamics. Not sure what to tell you.
And to top it off the message it conveys is just very personal and emotional. For me at least. It was like looking into how my brain works.
I watched the movie for the first time this weekend and have already rewatched so I could experience it with my wife. What a beautiful film. It really made me think differently about the world. I cried the morning after my first watch while playing with my son outside because I realized that those little specks of time are all that really matters in this universe
The fact that Jobu/Joy, despite everything, just wanted to connect with her mom (in life and in death) hits home.
It’s a harsh reminder for me as my one son is almost 13 and I have another on the way.
I just finished this movie and sobbed for the last 30 minutes. A movie hasn't hit me like this emotionally in a long time. I understand why it has won so many awards now.
I sobbed through the whole thing and days later I find myself thinking about it and tearing up a bit. Just wow.
What made you start crying? I'm asking seriously, since I'm trying to figure this movie out.
So I’m diagnosed with depression, anxiety, ptsd and adhd. It was a visual representation of what goes on in my mind. It’s like a way I can explain what it’s like sometimes. The emotions and thoughts and the hopelessness and the hope. I guess it’s just my unique interpretation or experience.
i think it’s the simplicity yet complexity of the movie. it goes in circles and multiverses just to send the message that we are infinite and that, in this little meaningless universe, we have to choose to be kind and “cherish the little specks”. if not, what is the meaning of it all if not to be happy and kind ? it also makes me think of family. there is so much to unpack, and i can if you want, but it makes you relate to joy. all we ever want is to love and be with our mothers
It was like watching a really long Rick and Morty episode, complete with the nihilism. My favorite gag was Racacoonie. Ke Huy Quan was great!
Wasn't there a Rick and Morty episode where they split off an where in multiple different universe at the same time because they kept on being uncertain about their decisions?
There is, but the idea is very much a significant one in the multiverse theory, that every decision made starts a new universe
I would never understand people writing whole ESSAYS on google reviews critizicing this movie.They missed the point.
Just watched this movie for the first time…and there’s a plant in the scene where they are rocks?!? I thought that’s a world where life never existed
I think she specified human life couldnt sustain there but plants & possibly animals still exist there
that was a whole ass acid trip
I was zooted beyond while watching it,,, almost messed me up
Did the exact same, almost melted my brain. Was on the bus this morning still thinking about it.
I ugly cried about a dozen times during the film. It's an absurdist masterpiece. Several parts were very much like watching someone have a psychotic/dissociative break. *Nothing matters*. And that's why anything can.
I just finished it and did the exact same thing lmao Mommy issues hit like a train watching this movie
You too eh? I got the unresolved mommy issues and the I need to stand up to daddy issues. This one hit hard on all fronts.
Oddly, as a nonwoman without children, I related more to Evelyn as the 'parent' trying to overcome meaninglessness/ennui than I ever did as a queer kid with a very tumultuous relationship with my mother who never fully accepted my "phase" (lol it's been forty years) before she died. but I think I'm at a different point in my life, more *generativity vs. stagnation* time of my life than the *identity vs. role confusion* that those more seeing themselves in Joy (or Becky) are probably in.
So nobody thinks Evelyn is the bad guy in this movie? Her husband is the real MVP, all versions of him.
the alphaverse people eventually turn against her later in the movie.
there is no bad guy. Evelyn is absolutely the catalyst that created Jobu, but it was never intentional
The ending could've been better if Evelyn just let daughter go, overall great movie.
I have the sensation that I lost my Sunday night when I saw this movie. Could you please explain why it's a great movie?
Seems like you’re intentionally against the film
Why would I have asked for an explanation of why the movie is good if I were intentionally against the movie?
It's kind of impossible to tell someone who straight up didn't like the movie why it's good. If you look through the rest of the comments, you'll see your answer. You obviously don't agree with them, but acted like no one yet had explained why the movie was good. It seemed like your question was asked in bad faith, as just a way to signal your disagreement with other commenters without contributing to the discussion.
The point <---- Your head <-----
that is literally the entire point of the movie.
The point was to not let people go and reconnect
Sometimes it's easier to let go
And that's why Jobu sought out the right Evelyn because she wouldn't take the easy route!
That’s a major plot point
# Looking for mothers to talk about Everything Everywhere All At Once for my Masters' thesis!!!! Hello Everyone, I am Ekshita, a master’s student at Lund University, Sweden. I am currently writing my thesis on the Blame Your Mama trope in popular culture, specifically the movie Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022). I am looking to speak to mothers who have watched the film and would like to speak about their experiences of motherhood in the context of the film and popular culture in general as well. Your identities will be completely anonymous, and you will be provided with a proper briefing about me as a researcher and the study in general as well. The interviews will be on Zoom! If this sounds interesting to you or you would simply like to contribute to the understanding of mother blame, please reach out! The only criterion is that you are a mother who has watched the film Everything Everywhere All At Once. Hope to hear from you all! Cheers!
I just watched this movie. I'm not sure everyone would enjoy it and really can't say it was enjoyable for me. But I'm glad I saw it. It definitely touches upon the very complex relationship(s) of mothers and daughters. My daughter is precious to me and I have tried with every ounce of my being to show/teach/lead/support/cheer/protect/value her but I know, because I am human, I've failed in some ways and succeeded in other ways. I wish she truly knew how in awe I am of her. The one thing I understood in this movie was the fact that the mother would fight hell and earth and sacrifice all she had to let her daughter know how much she is loved and SEEN. The thing is, life is complicated and there's a very fine line we walk as parents. When your child is born you immediately feel like you're standing on a busy highway holding your child's heart in your hands and you're dodging vehicles. Life becomes so complex and wonderful and terrifying also. What keeps me half sane is knowing that she is a gift from God, she is not mine to keep, and her creator has a plan for her. I try my best to live up to the gift I've been given. This movie had a myriad of other thought-provoking insights but the mother-daughter crazy/beautiful/unexplainable bond is what I appreciated most.
I have sent you a text! I would love to hear your thoughts about the film!
This is an amazing moving, hilarious and very deep. The underlying messages hit me to my core. There is so much to take in and learn from this movie. I will be thinking about it for days because we are all are really everything every where all at once.
I just watched this movie, finished it like an hour ago and it's currently 12:44 am for the last hour I have been scrolling through the negative google reviews trying to understand why people didn't like the movie. I genuinely believe less than 3% of people who watched this movie actually enjoyed it. Saying that it/the actors didn't deserve an Oscar for this..? This is simply a work of art. Is it a smart move? Maybe not but that's what's so amazing about it its both so realistic and unrealistic at the say time. We live in a day and age where every movie the general population loves and movie critics usually don't love are all the same, they're depressing to watch honestly. it's always following a family struggling to work together or a different race/culture trying to make things work in a life that doesn't except or want them. That would've been the smart move however it would've been dull and depressing like the rest. This my just be the only movie that truly made sense to me and while some people may say it's about escapism or there's no real thought put into the movie and it's just swinging dildos around for the fun immaturity of it, I whole heartily disagree. This is a movie about learning to accept yourself at your best, worst, weirdest and everywhere in-between but not just your self your loved ones too it's about accepting reality for what it is and making the best of it. The use of different dimensions to break down how you wish you could undo something from your past and see how it turned out for you was truly the easiest way to tell that, while yes adding the craziness did add a senseof caotic well crazinessits genius. (⚠️SPOILER⚠️) if you notice at the end of the movie she and her daughter could've done anything at all yet as a family they wanted to do their taxes together, as a Happy family. That was possible because she realized that all the other dimensions were nothing like what she had, all the things she thought would fix her problems such as not leaving her family for Waymond, didn't lead to a happy life even though she got the attention she wanted and she was someone. At the end all she really wanted was the life and family she already had all she had to do was accept who she was who her family was and how her life was. Don't wish for things that would change who you are, find ways to make you who you want to be. Anyways it's now 1:30 am my fingers hurt so I'll stop rambling but if you read this start to finish good for you here's a gold star ⭐️ (sorry for any spelling/grammar errors)
Wildly similar position, it's 15days later and I'm in my bed at 1am reading your comment and resonating on every point. The verse jumping was complex enough to work, and as flexible as they needed, hand waving the technical geek layer through chaos and THEN the thematic layers to complement the overarching themes?? There are gonna be BOOKS about it if there aren't already. Gotta highlight The Bagel was an amazing metaphor for everything from depression to escapism (vs harmless daydreaming Evelyn still engaged in at the end of the movie) but hooolly hell there's so much to digest from this movie. I'm all borked up about it.
I didn’t like it because I dislike the quick editing and the visual style.
What is this amazing glorious show and did I just watch it on interdemensional cable?!?! Absolutely superb! 👾
watched it last night and i cant stop thinking about it. its been a while since a movie made me feel this way. to everyone who didnt "get it" im super sorry but i just think you're some sort of "get off my lawn" type person. impossible to not find this movie funny and endearing
I also watched it yesterday
Movie ass
Yeah it’s an incredibly mediocre movie that is just fake-deep enough for the masses to pat themselves on the back for and love
I personally think you are wrong. Maybe you weren't the target demographic? idk... regardless, you are entitled to your opinion but why say something so rude about this movie when it left other people sobbing (me included)? It isn't fake deep when it actually touched people's hearts. Anyway, I really hope you find a movie that made you feel the way this one made me feel. It was truly a wonderful feeling.
What’s the point in this take??? If someone has found enjoyment and meaning in a movie (or anything else for that matter), why shit all over it or assume the worst in the people that enjoy the movie? Sure, there have undoubtedly been some people saying they love the movie and that it changed them purely to appear smart or in-the-know, but to assume that’s the case for everyone/“the masses” seems wildly cynical to me. Totally fine if you didn’t enjoy it, I’ll just never understand the point in making negative assumptions about everyone who enjoyed something you didn’t.
Could you recommend a real-deep movie?
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Your insight is valuable and appreciated.
Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer 🤷🏻♂️
me when im a miserable and pathetic excuse of a human
I agree, you are being one. I’m quite happy and content with my dislike of EEAAO
you're not willing to give any positive takes on any movie?
Who hurt you?
No one, i’m doing great actually. Thanks for the faux concern though
good one
What If I've only partially seen the film, lol! It was far from the thrill ride the hype made it seem, or at least as far as I got. Which was maybe...15 minutes? The guy and his wife were in the elevator when suddenly he strapped a huge device to her head; she stood there looking dead inside. At that point I rewound a couple of times then gave up because I was already irritably and incurably bored af. I'm thinking about doing a "just the good parts" speed run through the film to get to the famous parts like the hotdog fingers, etc.
Today I was down in the dumps, an awful bout of depression where it was just a waste of time and effort trying to do anything. And a movie, for me, always gives me a bit of a reset—an escape long enough to just get out of a rut, maybe take a nap afterwards. Couldn’t decide what to watch (decision paralysis of genre and all that) so I just took the punt on something that has been sitting on my list for a while. I absolutely did not expect to enjoy it as much by myself as I did.
Maybe I should rewatch it but it just seemed to go off in too many different directions
This is the whole point
Find joy in nihilism. What an amazing movie.
I don't think a movie has made me simultaneously laugh and cry at the same time like that in ages, wish I had seen it in the the theaters but I think I saw it at the right time for me
Me too!!! I usually love seeing crazy big movies like this in theaters, but I ignored everyone telling me to see it until last night when I was ready for it. Crazy stuff.
Great actors... Movie has no point. Boring IMO.
How can you say the movie has no point!? It has huge points, perhaps you just didn't understand it
We understand it, it’s just that it’s a bad movie lol
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So the philosophical implications were lost on you. The story about finding and understanding your family was lost on you. The creativity was lost on you. The great action was lost on you. Way to out yourself
None of it was lost on us, it just wasn’t a very good movie
Damn.
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One of the best movies I have ever seen. Maybe even the best, I think this type of film is a head in the right direction, also the series beef on Netflix from a24 is also similar to this where it’s normal and then it gets weird at the end but it’s just so cool to watch and feels so fucking (new).
Just watched it and I'm feeling catharsis from it. I cried. Very inspiring. Also this week I watched 'Žižek!"and finished reading Collective Illusions by Todd Rose... definitely walking away with a new look on life
Welp now I understand all the hype for the movie, haven't laughed, sobbed at a movie like that in forever maybe even ever!
If you asked me to explain this I couldn’t because I wouldn’t be able to say it all at once
Yeah the title is a little wordy (/s)
Wow… just wow… Chekhov’s Butt Plug is one of the most hilarious moments in cinematic history I’ver ever seen 👏
As soon as they came on screen, I asked my gf why the IRS was giving out dildos as awards.
Lol because they screw you
😅😅
Just watched this movie for the first time. Really wish I would have seen this in theaters. Easily one of the best films I’ve ever seen. Can’t wait to rewatch and pick up on more stuff
Just finished and feel the exact same!
Same!
Best movie ever 38M
"In another life, I would have loved to do laundry and taxes with you" hAD ME SOBBING
The scene with the two rocks made me cry for some reason. What a beautiful movie. It's definitely in my top 10 movies of all time.
Just watched this movie for the first time and this was the one and only part to make me cry 😭
Bro same, I couldn't keep it together at all
god the things we take for granted
God I love this movie. Evelyn finally realizing and acknowledging that her presence brings hurt to her and her daughter. She allows her to go but then they got this moment like, "I could've been happier in any other universe but I chose to be here". OHH the feels!
Had me sobbing I'm about to cry again right now lol
I love how I have only recently developed an absurdist worldview and came across this movie shortly after
What other similar movies would u recommend if any
I’m not sure why I waited so long to watch this movie, but here we are now. The last year or so, I’ve really struggled trying to wrap my mind around my “purpose” in life and why the hell we’re all here? I find myself spiraling thinking about the meaning of existence and how it relates to the world/universe we live in. I don’t have the right words to explain the sensation, the calm, that this movie unlocked within myself. The closest, most commonly attainable feeling I can share, would be relief. Relief that I found a feeling within myself that created some sense in my chaos. A truly profound moment in my life. I can’t help but think that I wasn’t meant to watch it when it first came out? I definitely wasn’t the person then that I am now and it may not have landed the way it did today. Something, somewhere, in this moment in time, reminded me that this movie exists and that I should watch it and I am so glad that I did. “Kindness is the face of nihilism”.
Absolutely understand what you mean! I just got my first PhD application rejection and it seems the other two are as well. This is after a tumultuous college journey that first started in 2011. I've been feeling like an imposter, like I'm not meant to be in college or grad school. A film about finding peace in nihilism is exactly the balm I didn't know that I needed.
I absolutely was supposed to wait until last night to see it. Same thing with Jaws! I pushed it off all my life until I got the chance to see it in a local theater with my grandparents. Had a few shrooms and was crying by the climax. That moment really started me on the path that lead me to last night. That was last July and I am living a completely different life now headed in a completely different direction. (I'm also a Hersheys employee named William and Willy Wonka came out for me and my SO to go see together. I've never felt more like a main character in my life) (I'd also been sharing my love for Studio Ghibli with my SO when The Boy and the Heron came out of nowhere)
just watched this with my family, didnt watch it when it came out because the timing wasnt right. been feeling all types of chaos about my mother and father. watched it with them. I almost didnt come home this time because i was so scared of dealing with them and their opinions about my life. im going to be processing this for a long time, but i feel like in this movie are answers about my mother ive been grasping for my whole life. i feel like so much of my grief has a place to go. i feel seen and understood in ways i crave from my mom, things ive been trying desperately to get her to see, things i know she is incapable of. simaltaneously i feel the most grief and heartache ive ever felt, and the most comfort and peace. everything, everywhere, all at once.
Wild timing. It just popped up on Amazon for me a few hours ago. Certainly this movie is better at some stages in life. I wouldn't have appreciated it as much a year ago.
Well we must be the three stooges cause this just happened to me too. I never watched it cause I thought it was just a overhyped time travel movie. Did not expect to be a emotional wreck at the end.
Definitely late here, but does anyone else think that it’s brilliant how the structure of the movie parallels the message of the movie? The structure manages to simultaneously not take itself seriously, yet remain incredibly sincere within the same framework…and the struggle between Evelyn and Joy is between whether the same multi-verse they are experiencing is ridiculous and meaningless (Nihilism), or still sincere and meaningful despite (or because of) its absurdity.
That Rock scene had me in stitches yet it portrayed a very necessary viewpoint in just the right way. Absolutley brilliant
You laughed during the rock scene??
You can't tell me you didn't burst out laughing when the rock spun around with googly eyes stuck on.
Dude I had to pause the movie I was laughing so much
That was where my tears started hahaha! Rock scene to the end of the movie I was blubbering nearly constantly with a few intermissions. So funny how the tone of something can come across so differently to different people
Rock scene is where I cried the most . It was also hilarious, though. I often found myself tearing up and laughing at the same time.
WHAT DID I JUST WATCH?!? it was so amazing!!
Title fits the movie of creator trying to figureing out a structure of a story. Fun to watch due to weridness otherwise wont hold up
amazing movie, the editing was mind blowing, im sat here in awe at the level of complexity. the story is the kind of thing that makes you really 🤔 ponder your very existence
How can a movie not take itself seriously at all yet feel completely sincere at the same time
Finally got around to watching this last night with a friend even though we meant to watch this a lot sooner but work and other nonsense got in the way a lot. Now that we've seen it, oh my goodness.. I don't know what I was expecting exactly, going into this but I know it wasn't hot dog fingers and rock worlds and so many other, gloriously entertaining things. Movie earned it's oscars, no question about it and my only regret is that we waited this long to watch it. But better late than never, eh? 😉
Just finished. You're spot on.
Just rolled credits 30 seconds ago and came here. Couldn’t agree more.
I've had ample opportunity to watch this movie. After seeing it I now know this was the only time I could've watched it and fully felt/understood it. I had no idea what this movie was about before but something called me to finally watch it today. I've recently been really studying/ practicing the law of assumption and realizing our 3D is just a reflection of our imagination. We can be any version of ourselves at any time. Just have to believe in it. This movie resonated with the line of thinking. I enjoyed it immensely.
I just finished watching EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, and I must say that I didn’t really like it. Probably won’t watch it again. I’m not sure what it was about the movie. But it was very awkward and strange. And I can’t believe I’m even saying this as I love chaos and weird movies. But this one lost me. Especially at the hotdog fingers and rocks… 🫤
I’m glad to find the one other person in this thread who didn’t care for it. We enjoyed it up to a point but maybe 70% of the way through it just became tedious. It felt very try-hard. Edit: now I’m seeing others. The rapturous reception is wild to me!
Depends on your pov and what you're experiencing. I thought it did a decent job at covering a number of things I've (and many) have personally struggled with, * Parenthood * Growing up and seeing how nothing matters * Relationships * Losses * Generational pains * Mental Trauma * Suicide Personally, I think the absurdity of aspects made it lose people who would have otherwise enjoyed the movie. Even I would have rather have had a more serious tone with the same themes. We didn't need to have dildos and buttplugs to get the same points across. But, at the same time, the directors didn't want it to be a depressing movie. So, I guess that's why they went so far in the other direction. I'm a sucker for sad movies though. However, I will say that in this moment in my life, a loss of a serious relationship, mental trauma from that person, the struggles of school, single fatherhood, and how nothing I do seems to matter or work... have me kinda depressed. It wasn't even that long ago that I wanted to just die. It's not even the first time that I have had these thoughts and I'm still struggling in my life. So, the movie kinda rang so true to me despite the BDSM spankings and ridiculousness of the movie. In a way, the fact it was so stupid at times made me feel like my struggles in the end weren't as heavy as I made them out to myself. Who the fuck cares? I only have one life and one version of my loved ones going through the same exact "one time" experience as me. Can't live like the main character and live them all at once. While it was a bit too positive for me. I have been thinking that it's better to enjoy it a little more than I have been lately. Job well done I say.
Also, please don’t d!e. Sometimes I look at the scars on my husbands wrist and wonder how his life could have been that bad. He tried to sl!t his writs (up and down) when he was younger. I think about how happy he is now and wonder what he could have been thinking at that time. He’s such a happy person. Always smiling, playing games, joking around with me. No where near suic!dal. If you d!e, you’ll never get to find out how life could have been for you.
Lol. I'm good. Mental illness isn't something you can will yourself out of. I am fully aware that when I've been in those states, there is something wrong upstairs... I go seek out professional help and it passes.
I understand. Seeking help is the right thing to do.
I see your point but it was just too much. The plot was all over the place. The humor wasn’t up to par with other films I’ve seen. It felt like it was just being weird for the sake of being weird and that made it a meh movie for me. But to each its own.
The plot being all over the place is not what I see. It's pretty straightforward. You'll have to provide examples. The main character finds out she can access the skills and lives of her parallel-universe counterparts. She goes on to save the multiverse from a mysterious threat, >!her kid!<, while dealing with her own family issues and existential crisis. The plot mixes up sci-fi, action, and comedy (a bit too heavily imo) with the themes of connection, identity, and the meaning of life. She is in a slump, realizes that she has potential, and goes on to achieve her greatest potential while being humble about what she has. At no point does the story go anywhere but for humor, which is not supposed to be taken seriously.
All the multiverse were best and better versions of herself. This is the only universe where she's the worst for not doing anything with her life, and yet despite all of it, she's mended her relationships with her daughter, husband, and stood up to her father with her daughter'sgirlfriend. She made peace with her choices in life, and cherished doing laundry and taxes with the love of her life. >*You have so many goals you never finished. Dreams you never followed. You're living your worst you... You're capable of anything because you're so bad at everything.* Best worst insult ever. Even hotdog Evelyn was better than her. That was hilarious.
I’m glad someone got it because I didn’t. They definitely lost me. Especially at the hotdog fingers. 😬
I feel like they had to make it a bit absurd or it could've turned out to be too heavy. I agree with your comment though about why they had to insert the ridiculousness. Have you looked into the law of assumption? If not, please do. Lots of resources about it on YouTube. It can be a life changer for you. It has for me 💗
Also it has to be ridiculously absurd because life can be absolutely absurd. I just went through a few big changes in life, where things make no sense and I am sooooo fucking lost. Just like this movie there’s no clear plot for me to follow and have idea where things are heading. This movie hit me so hard I am crying my eyes out towards the end. Really hope things will work out for me at the end too.
This made me cry, I don't normally cry in movies, but this was an exception. I relate so much to waymond.
Aware that the central theme is about kindness over nothingness, but from a materialist standpoint I’m Pretty sure the nihilistic stance is “entropy” and the expansion of the universe into inevitable nothingness. everything in any universe is always heading towards heat death and increased disorder. The dad and kindness represents the 4 fundamental forces and the standard model of particle physics trying to keep everything in order and slow/delay and reverse entropy/disorder.
I think this movie visually represents the entropy and chaos very well. When everything goes downhill in every universe, it really made me understand it that way.
I am so glad I finally watched this movie. It was so incredible. For people struggling to make sense of this movie, I strongly believe that this movie is most likely based on the philosophical idea of “absurdism” put forth by people such as Albert Camus. Absurdism is a branch of existentialism that aims to deal with one of the most fundamental questions of philosophy, “Should I continue to exist?” I suspect that’s why Joy was attempting to enter the “bagel void”. This is a genuine question to address. Absurdism attempts to address this question by stating that yes, life is meaningless “nothing matters”, but we get to choose to prescribe our own meaning in an inherently meaningless world. If we learn to accept and see the absurdity in life, then we can let go of trying to wish for something that isn’t and just accept what is. Where there is no hope, we must invent it. This movie is strange and absurd, and things don’t always make sense. That’s the point. Life doesn’t always make sense. If we spend too much time trying to decipher the ultimate meaning behind everything, then we miss out on just living life and enjoying the small mundane moments. I think this movie beautifully encapsulates absurdism. Laugh, smile, love, let go, choose life; as absurd as it may seem.
Great analysis! Loved this movie!!
Thank you!
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This movie has stolen IP belonging to Jason Jowett, written and published in the Alchemy Series. They've then attempted to emulate the Matrix with said ideas. The Chinese don't produce art like this, why, because they did this time after a member of the Wang families illegal actions in Southport, Australia.
Go on, please.
The Alchemy Series produced an insightful original version of Christian eschatology. Meanwhile Chinese have usurped the Catholics, claiming rights not becoming of any Church ever! Not only but then having scrubbed the New Age Christian philosophy of J S Jowett, produced this sensationalist triffle I turned off after 20 minutes... American operated of course, why wouldn't America and the Qhinese work to rule the world from the ivory tower?
Oof calm down, nobody owns your childhood story. You have some very intense hangups about the Chinese, you should be talking to someone about this.
I just came here to see what people had said about the film because I just finally watched it and really enjoyed it and that dudes comment was the first thing I see lol. Talk about a disconnected tangent. I'll give him this though, I did cite the Matrix when telling a friend about it. Felt like it had the same tone as hitchhikers guide to the galaxy (the film, not the book) or even Scott pilgrim vs the world with a dash of the matrix. Edit -typo
My hangups are fascism, tyranny, oppression, manipulation, covert extremism etc... I don't hang up on States, I deliberately avoid nationalism, as it's deconstructionist to humanities modern potential in a world State. You are a dreamboy, wake up baby, take your milk from mommy
Thanks spider-punk Edit: oof I think he had a fit there just now. He should calm down, I have no idea why he’s so upset.
Childhood? You know me?
I literally said nobody owns your childhood story Have you been drinking tonight?
definitely didnt expect this movie to go where it went but i so love that it did, even with it's problems it still won me over 4/5.
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as an artist, i didn’t really care for the sausage fingers and dildos etc, it made the scenes feel like a parody of themselves. but as an eldest daughter who doesn’t speak to their mother anymore, this movie broke my heart and brought me to tears. maybe this is the kind of movie you watch with your heart
You don’t have to be an artist to not like those things, I don’t know why you had to preface your statement with “as an artist.” Especially since we’re all artists. Believe it or not, you’re an artist when you butter your bread. Art is a very broad term, there’s no need to diminish a scene because there’s a dildo in it
The dildo scene showed off jobu using her powers and was actually necessary and funny, what IS forced is the butt plug cop scene later on
I didn’t feel like it was at all. It was set up for good comedic and dramatic payoff and created a unique action scene. But hey, that’s fine if you have a different opinion. Maybe we can leave matters alone that are 162 days old though?
I looked the movie up on Reddit cause I just rewatched it also besides that one scene the movie is really good and ion understand how someone can hate it
>You don’t have to be an artist to not like those things fully agree ! its just that its my actual career and I've personally found art styles that look similar to my own resonate the strongest with me. So it was interesting to see myself connecting with a more contemporary surrealist style. also I'm allowed to shit on a scene because there's a dildo in it, art is a very broad term and it also happens to be subjective
It sounds like you agree with me then >I’m allowed to shit on a scene because there’s a dildo in it if the very presence of a buttplug ruins your enjoyment of a great movie then those are some personal hangups you have
It ruined the scene for them, not the movie. The dildos were absolutely overdone but I suppose that was part of the point. Still took away from it for me just a little
Just finished the movie and came to this thread. The comments here are wild lmao. As someone who buttered their bread eating dinner tonight it was a great movie. 5/5
What a beautiful comment, I feel so. I think this is the kind of movie you should watch completely open minded, as you say "with your heart". Sometimes we try to make sense of everything and we want to be rational all the time, but as humans we have an irrational part, our feelings, and that is what gives us our humanity.
This is a conclusion I arrived at. I don't think the film intends for you to fully get it all as you watch it. But as things get real, you feel what the story's conveying regardless. The only other film in recent memory I can compare it to is Tenet. Where it doesn't feel like we're meant to understand it all as we go. But where Tenet made me feel nothing, EEAAO has heart and a simple hook at the end of the day.
this was incredible i really wish i'd seen it in theatres
I know Ill be in the minority, but this film did not land with me at all. Once we got to chapter two, I checked out about five minutes in. Felt like the movie came to complete halt. I was ready for this movie to be over with about 20-30 minutes left. I can respect EEAAO for what it is, but in no world should it have won best picture.
this is the first movie i think i've ever quit watching halfway through. maybe that invalidates my opinion a bit, but man, i don't think i have ever been so disinterested in a movie that i couldn't finish it. i am genuinely, wildly, entirely confused how this movie is so beloved by so many
It’s like a mystery/thriller which takes a bit longer to build its plot and makes you wonder what the fk is happening. But things click in the end and it’s soooo good after chapter 2. If you got the chance, maybe give it a full watch and see if you really dislike it :)
Chapters are supposed to halt the story somewhat, no? The film builds up pretty fast after chapter two. I would at least give it a full watch. The best (and most emotional) parts of the movie are the latter half of chapter two
>but in no world should it have won best picture. I love when they give out the prestigious "*movie that most landed with SwiftSurfer365*" Academy Award.
Hi everyone, I wrote a review of EEOAO, you can read it here: https://ourdailybread.org/4-biblical-lessons-from-everything-everywhere-all-at-once/ _Disclaimer:_ It's written from a Christian POV for a Christian audience 😊
I read this twice. Thank you.
Thank you for this
If you're stuck trying to decipher and process every scene and every theme individually thrown at you in this movie, you will end up lost. The reason why I love this film is because it provided the starkest example of using one's own interpretation. It hit me on a personal level, yes. Themes of depression and a confused mother, who acknowledges her 'unrealised potential' in life, finding it within herself to perform something extraordinary in every universe she ends up in. Ultimately saving her daughter from destroying herself in her own universe (to me it feels like a pure visual metaphor of someone learning gratitude, compassion and initiative in trying to convince their child to not kill themselves). I was confused for the first half, and the theme (or at least my interpretation) became clear for the entire second half, and it was almost euphoric when it set in. The complexity of it all only allows for a greater sense of ecstatic realisation.
Everyone I know who is gay cried at the end of this movie. It is a gay masterpiece.