Element Magazine™-"Everything,Everywhere All At Once First Impressions Edition"

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Only death, taxes, and perhaps the never-ending chore of cleaning laundry are certainties in life. The characters in "Everything Everywhere All at Once," written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert together, at least initially find themselves in that situation. That is, until they go on an intensely strange, intellectual, and emotionally charged journey into the multiverse and learn valuable metaphysical lessons along the way. Michelle Yeoh provides a masterful performance as Evelyn Wang, a tired proprietor of a laundry under IRS scrutiny, in this

believed about herself, her mistakes, and her love for her family.

As a Californian, I found this to be hilarious. The most of the action takes place in an IRS office building in Simi Valley, where Evelyn must fight off IRS agent Diedre (Jamie Lee Curtis, who is having the time of her life), a group of security guards, and perhaps everyone else she's ever encountered. Production designer Jason Kisvarday creates a workplace full of cubicles that appears to go on forever, with anything from a butt to the blade of a paper cutter.

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In a fight to save the cosmos, accolades for auditor of the year that resemble plugs are fair game. Evelyn's emotional journey is propelled by the layers of universes that are simultaneously folding into each other and moving at the blazing pace of editor Paul Rogers, which complements the script's frenzied language. The universes are ortlessly linked together via match cuts, and the film's humor is emphasized through fun cuts.

Each world, which is the result of decisions both taken and not made, has its own unique style, with winking allusions to movies like "The Matrix," "The Fall," "2001: A Space Odyssey," "In The Mood For Love," and "Ratatouille." Even Michelle Yeoh's own legacy is referenced in the movie with affectionate nods to her time acting in Hong Kong action movies and the

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Aspects of Waymond draw on Yeoh's iconography similarly to how Evelyn does. may be seen all across Quan's distinctive career. As Evelyn's nebbish husband, the comic timing from his childhood roles as Data in "The Goonies" and Short Round in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" resurfaces. The sleek action hero of Alpha, who can dispatch a number of enemies with the use of a fanny pack, is a product of his employment as a battle organizer. Even his time serving as Wong Kar Wai's assistant director on "2046" can be found in the world where he portrays the dapper man who escaped. With ease, Quan handles these variations, giving each one pathos and acting as a subtle reminder that kindness has power. The connection between Evelyn and Waymond

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of the American dream weigh heavily on Joy. Her mother finds her queerness to be as alien as the nation was to her when she first came. Because of everything Eveyln gave up for her to have more alternatives in life than she did, her aimlessness was a bigger letdown. The result of this pressure is a rebellion that is so powerful it extends beyond the multiverses and into an universe where a massive everything bagel stands poised to slam everyone into the vacuum.

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The Daniels argue that if the emptiness results from the accumulation of generational trauma

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