Думки розділилися діаметрально, або 1-2 або 9-10. то ж у фільмі дійсно щось є, але я з цими коментарями нижче погоджуюсь більше.
In what universe is a film starring Jamie Lee Curtis with hotdogs for fingers considered Oscar-worthy? The answer to that question seems to be 'this one', Everything Everywhere All At Once having been nominated in eleven categories at the 2023 Academy Awards. I'm beginning to wonder if I've somehow slipped into an alternate reality where a film's worth is measured by how quirky, irritating and baffling it is.
I believe that this film's success is down to viewers not wanting to admit that they don't 'get' it - "It's A24, and that means it's intellectual, and if I say I don't understand it everyone will think I am stupid". Well I think you're stupid for playing along.
So what's the film about? Well, Michelle Yeoh plays laundromat owner Evelyn Wang, who discovers that the universe is made up of infinite parallel realities, each one different, and that an evil force is attempting to... ah, who am I kidding? I can't sum up this film. I tried to follow the plot, but there's so much random crap crammed into the excruciatingly tedious 139 minutes, all edited so as to induce a migraine, that I soon found myself struggling, not just to understand the plot, but to stay watching till the end.
I get that the film is attempting to say something profound about life -- being happy with the choices that we have made, having no regrets, and accepting others for who they are -- but it's hard to give a toss about any of that when faced with such relentless codswallop.
Rant over, I'm off to try and find a universe where this film doesn't exist.
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First let me start by saying that the acting is great, seriously, but it stops right there. The film on the other hand is the product of someone's random thoughts, badly edited, way over stretched scenes and ideas which repeat throughout the film over and over at random intervals. I have no problem with slow movies at all. I've seen "Moon", "2001", and many other "slow" movies, and I loved most of them. I love art in general, I love staring at great paintings, admiring sculptures, and reading a good book. This is not only a slow movie, but also one where every single idea is massaged over and over, and then massaged again, and when you think it is done being massaged, the director or editor massages it a few more times until you are so fed up with that idea and scene that you feel like leaving the theater. The movie is about love, care, and relationships, but other than that there is nothing deep or complex about the story. Alternate reality is not a new concept, yet the writer chooses to add too much complexity where it isn't needed, it makes the movie difficult to follow, especially due to the alternate reality / multiverses of the story.
While in the theater I heard many people laugh at some of the dumbest jokes, then I realized OK, this movie is targeted to an audience who enjoys these types of punch line jokes.
All in all I found this movie a complete disaster, hence the one start rating.
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Well, where to start? I'm going to try to be fair with my review but quite honestly, it's going to be difficult not to be flippant. The film is currently a Top 250 IMDb picture with an 8.2 rating, and rarely do I stray too far from the generally considered opinion, but this was just a chore to sit through. Not only that, but if you fell asleep for any length of time before it was over it wouldn't have made any difference at all, you wouldn't have missed a beat. In fact, the first time I saw 'The End' pop up on screen, it would have been okay with me.
What I can say perhaps in defense of the film is that it truly lives up to its name because it does try to be everything, everywhere, all at once. For me, not a good thing. It was as if you took any number of random ideas and concepts and threw them into a blender to see what came out. For example, green eggs and ham, Topo Gigio, e=mc squared, pineapple pizza, and squirrel nut zippers. See how easy it is? I can't tell you how many times I said to myself, 'Please God, let this be over'.
I guess I'd have to give credit to the film makers at least for an ambitious editing job with the picture's all too frequent scene changes and skip jumps from one thing to another. But I can't help but feel that the sentimental ending was supposed to help you forget what you just went through. And oddly enough, I was able to follow the main story line well enough, but it took forever to make its point, which if I had to summarize, would be:
Be kind - even if my review isn't.
