Poor Evelyn Wang (the funny, touching, incredibly talented Michelle Yeoh) is being audited by the IRS with her family laundry business vivisected in front of her by a grizzled, irritable IRS worker named Deirdre Beaubeirdre (the hilarious--and frightening!--Jamie Lee Curtis). Her husband has served her divorce papers. And she does not know how to handle introducing her daughter's girlfriend to her aged, very traditional and presumably homophobic father. So she does not have time for much of anything else, until figures from parallel universes convince her to save the entire multiverse from a dark, evil force bent on ending all space and time. It is a mindbender, it is a kooky zany silly romp, it is a comedy, it is a love story, and it is a fantastic action film with seamless fight sequences that never feel like they are inserted from some other kind of "kung fu" film. The special mix works well and is marvelously engaging. Look at the trailer below to get a hint of the energy and texture of this wonderful film. I loved every second of it from the supremely imaginative script to the acting to the sets to the choreographed fight scenes to the costumes!
Recommend? YES, it is a great colorful explosion of a film, not too arty and not pandering. It's juuuuuust right with a stellar cast and direction from Daniels.
https://a24films.com/films/everything-everywhere-all-at-once
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