A Tale of Love, Family and Existentialism through a bagel hole of chaos: Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
Photo credit A24 Gozie Agbo in conjunction with A24 and Leyline productions decided to bless us in 2022 with this intricately written and beautifully directed film by buddies, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. This aptly titled film which really is about Everything from Family to life in general and has the chaotic feel of Everything happening everywhere at the same time applying the concept of Multiverses coupled with existentialism and stars Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, James Hong, Ke Huy Quan, Harry Shum Jr from Glee and Jaime Lee Curtis. Photo credit: A24. On the surface, Ms. Yeoh plays Evelyn, an incredibly worn out and dissatisfied, Chinese immigrant laundromat owner in her mid-life dealing with her "rebellious" young adult daughter, Joy (Stephanie Hsu) her timid husband (Ke Huy Quan) and aged ailing father, Gong Gong (James Hong) We get to witness her marriage and relationship with her daughter crumble before her while she tries unsuccessf...