Everything Everywhere All At Once

A wonderfully weird movie that exposes the mainstream to quantum ideas in a humorous way. Indeed, some of what the movie is telling us might be lost on most people because of the intense and wacky visuals.

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This film provides a visual representation of how probabilities work: how even one decision can set us off on a path that leads to a completely different life. It shows that we can, in fact, communicate with our selves in other probabilities, utilizing those selves' abilities and gifts. It shows how an apparently insignificant event can set off a chain reaction that can have massive consequences.

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It shows the power of positive expectations, the power of a mother’s love, and the power of simple kindness.

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Yes, Michelle Yeoh still has it and she carries this movie well, but for me, the star of this is Jamie Lee Curtis. Yes, Michelle Yeoh still has it and she carries this movie well, but for me, the star of this movie is Jamie Lee Curtis. She is such a better actress now that she can't rely on her sex appeal.

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In the 80s and 90s, Jamie Lee Curtis took her shirt off (and sometimes her pants too) in every movie she was in. She did very little actual acting. Nowadays, she still uses her body when she acts but she uses it in a different way. It's so much more powerful. (Her appearance in the Bear, season 3 is the best thing about the series!) JLC won her first Oscar for her performance in this film, and she deserved it.

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Any movie with Michelle Yeoh in it will have excellent and unusual fight scenes and this movie is no exception. The fight her husband, played by Ke Huy Quan, does with a fanny pack is legendary.

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This is an exceptional flick, but I do think that it might have benefited from a better soundtrack and a bit tighter editing.

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There is one moment in the middle of the visual overload that allows the viewer some comic relief and a moment to breathe, but it’s not enough.

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While I greatly respect what the writers attempted (and that they did it with a Chinese family at the center), this is a lot to take in.

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