quarta-feira, 15 de março de 2023

Critical review of "Everything, Everywhere, All at once"


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The movie “Everything, Everywhere, All at once” is a Sci-fi/Adventure/comedy movie that is directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, and stars Michelle Yeon as Evelyn, Stephanie Hsu as Joy Wang and others. The story is presented as a woman trying to do her taxes, but it shows much more than this. The narrative is divided into three parts the first “Everything”, the second “Everywhere” and the last “All at once”.

In the first part “Everything” it's the part when they introduce the story of a woman: Evelyn, who is a chinese-american, her husband Waymond, her daughter: Joy, and her father. The story starts with them getting ready to go to a center to do taxes. At first everything sounds normal, and they act like a normal family but soon they arrive at the local, strange things start to happen, such as a headphone device that aloud Evelyn to see her entire life in seconds, and present her with the acknowledgment of the existence of a multiverse connected by a single dispositive connected by a single device, that they use as a headphone. When this happens the story begins to point to another direction, much more complex than just a woman doing her taxes, the story transforms itself into a beautiful confusion of space travels and family relationships.

The Second, “Everywhere” focuses more on the problems that the protagonist faces during her life, her relationship with her daughter and husband, and all the decisions that made her life what it is now. The movie starts to get more deep and emotional, it starts to show how everyone can find love even the terrible and awful places, in the moment 1:52:29 the protagonist tell the Deirdre, the secretary who is responsible for the taxes, a caracter how is now divorced and believe will never find someone who likes her: “You’re not unlovable, there’s always something to love, even in a stupid, stupid universe, where we have hot dog for fingers, we’d get very good with our feet!”

Part two also marks the beginning of the exploration of the multiverses, we start to see more of the others, Evelyn, all her stories and different life choices, one in particular is composed entirely for rocks, and surprisingly is one of the most intense, honest and genuine parts of the movie. they’re just rocks standing there talking about how little and meaningless life is, in the scene Jobu, who is seen like the villain, is talking with Evelyn, the main character, in the time 1:41:15 Jobu says: “Every new discovery is just a reminder'' and Evelyn complete with “We’re all small and stupid” . The movie is more than just a story, it makes you feel every sensation the character is feeling in the moment, from the confusion of the discovery of the multiverses, to the feeling of loneliness that the “villain” feels. it tells you that no matter what, you’ll find something to live for, another important moment is when the “villain” is talking about what she is doing, and why, in the time 1:34:28 Jobu says: “All this time, I wasn't looking for you so I could kill you. I was just looking for someone who could see what I see, feel what I feel.”. 

The last one “All at once” finishes the movie with the best ending possible, with Joy and Evelyn, her mom, facing that, even with all the differences that they have, they can be happy and have a great relationship. The hug that they have at the end shows that being nice with people can make a great difference, the Waymond philosophy in the movie “The Only Thing I Do Know Is That We Have To Be Kind. Please, Be Kind. Especially when We Don't Know What's Going On.” is one of the messages that the movie tries to show in every detail. 


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