The REAL Multiverse of Madness | EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE is Absurd
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multiverse of madness
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The REAL Multiverse of Madness
I am going to be so underwhelmed when I watch Doctor Strange after this.
Just like that I have no idea what’s happening
With Rocket Raccoony.
Holy shit, Amanda! You broke down this movie with such clarity and depth. 🤔
_"nobody knows what thr doing"_
No one gives the actress who played Joy enough love, she was amazing in all of her roles. This movie left me sobbing because i could relate to it ao much but also i looked at it from the view of mental illness and reciprocation. “I am this way because youre my mother and because of you, i’m not trying to hurt you, i just want you to feel what i feel, to understand me, because you are the only person who can”
The hotdog finger scene made me gag though, aside from that 10/10
Yes, she did such a good job!
I legit felt that way about Stephanie too
She's great in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
It's amazing how such a wacky concept could be so grounded in the real. The totally weird multiverse scenario works so perfectly as an analogy for the family and life struggles they go through.
At first I thought the Hot Dog Finger universe was just throwaway absurdity, but by the end I found myself super invested in Hot Dog Evelyn and Hot Dog Diedre's relationship.
Be kind to one another, you never know who is your alternate hot dog dimension lover ❤ 🌭
It's about her acceptance of homosexuality, which her daughter is.
I like raccacoonie
@@TheZachary86
"I'm useless alone"
"We're all useless alone. It's a good thing we're not alone."
The interesting thing is that it was needed. Diedre is important because she is the result of Waymond's kindness and empathy of how he fights. But the Hot Dog Universe with Evelyn being with Diedre also implies she knows how Joy feels to be homosexual. That sort of empathy now makes her understand her daughter better.
I think the the ending wasn’t “her being happy where she was”, but rather her being happy no matter the universe. She was happy with everything, everywhere, all at once.
Nice
RIGHT cause she could be ANYWHERE she wanted to be where she chose to be was THERE.
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...nice.
This movie is a testament to why more studios should green light original ideas. After all the remakes and reboots Everything Everywhere all at Once was a breath of fresh air!
This is why I'm now following A24, they're a production company that is willing to take on really bold and insane concepts for films. It doesn't always work out, but (much like the film suggests) there's going to be specks of good times worth grabbing on to and holding onto it.
I saw this movie with a friend for their birthday and we chose it literally because it was the only original work, not a reboot/sequel/remake/franchise piece, and I was sooo happy this was what we chose!
I loved TF out of it, it’s the only movie I’ve ever watched where literally “I laughed, I cried” just like in movie reviews 😂
There are a lot of original movies, they are just mostly from the Indi studios. I will watch anything A24 and Neon produce, but there are also a lot of other really good and interesting movies out there from other studios. A24 and Neon are just so consistently good or at least interesting that I don't even watch the trailers, I just go and am rarely disappointed.
@@ms.annthropic6341 you have never laughed and cried during a movie? Most films that make me cry also make me laugh. Often directly after the cry.
@@bryanbryan6108 I wasn’t completely clear, it wasn’t just that I both laughed and cried during the movie but that I literally did it at the same time on a few occasions.
I haven’t experienced that before from a film, moat comedies don’t have moments so heartfelt that I would cry in response, most sad movies don’t have a lot of gut-busting funny moments, and the movies that have both usually go back and forth between the two feelings, not have both going on at once, in my experience, at least 🤷🏻♀️
At my screening during the fake end credits scene, one guy thought the movie was over and left and never came back. i have always wondered what he thought of the movie not having seen the whole thing.
OMG I CANT🤚😭😭😭 IM LAUGHING TOO HARD😭😭
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA What
Oh my god. Lmao
His alternate universe self will bring him up to speed. Maybe the hot dog version of him. 😁
I just watched with some friends and one of them nearly turned it off at the fake end credits lol
I'm with you on the line "In another universe, I would've been happy doing laundry and taxes with you". That hit me sooooo hard.
And the best part is that the version of Waymond in the laundry/taxes universe really IS happy just doing those things with Evelyn. It's just such a beautiful way to convey the idea that, regardless of material success, every possible life has its regrets, pains and losses but each one also has equally valid reasons for optimism, gratitude and joy. This movie. I'm not sure I'll ever be moved by a film in such a profound way again.
THAT PART ACTUALLY MADE ME CRY
That whole scene had me by the NECK. I also love the idea that no matter however many infinitesimal universes there are, in most of them, you end up with/encounter the same potential person as a partner, which really portrays the concept of possible soulmates in the best possible way.
“But not in this one, bitch.” Then peels out in his Ferrari and flips her off 😂
@@alleycat2297 yeah but for real though. Let go of that concept because it’s a fabrication that keeps actual compatible, happy couples from happening
I love the visual parallel of the googly eyes and the bagel being complete inversions of each other. That juxtaposition really drives home the point of silliness and kindness and authenticity being the best weapon against the pessimistic nihilism of Jobu.
Accented Cinema did a great video about looking at the Bagel and the Googly Eye as a representation of Yin and Yang!
Omg and some yin and yang comparisons Im now clocking! 🧐
And the moms representation of it was kinda the perfect Os of the laundry machine doors. And the pin on her sweater
I also like that the googly eyes are associated with her husband who shows uncompromising kindness in a cruel world that doesn't care about your existence so her taking the googly eye and telling her husband "I'm learning to fight like you" shows how much she's learned from the different versions of Waymond. She hated the googly eyes at first, but now she's embracing them.
Kindness as a strategic and necessary notion against an uncaring world.
This movie was everything I needed. I laughed out loud and cried like a baby. Such a roller coaster movie that I cannot wait to watch again.
FR the last third of the movie I was a weeping mess...
heck ya, this movie passes the watchable twice in a row test
@@Erin-io3fv Bruh saaaame I was SOBBING
Same!
Me too. So fun to watch in a theatre.
my favorite thing about this movie is how after being thrown into an emotional, hilarious, bonkers roller coaster, i didn’t feel drained and exhausted after watching. i felt so rejuvenated and alive and literally wanted to go back in the theater and watch it again and that’s such a hard thing to achieve
Omg yes! After a movie that has SO MUCH in it, I normally do feel so exhausted. Not this time though, and that's what makes it good.
OMG same, I felt so many intense moments and immediately wanted to watch it again
I have ADHD and this film felt like a reflection of the way an ADHD brain sees the world. The 1st time I saw it I thought "wait does Evelyn have ADHD" and later on in the film I thought "wait is this whole thing a metaphor for ADHD" but both times I dismissed it thinking there was no way I would ever see that from a Hollywood film. I thought for sure that I was projecting and just desperately wanted to see myself in this film. Then after I saw the movie again I saw a clip of the Q&A from SxSW. When I heard Daniel Kwan actually say that they wanted their protagonist to have undiagnosed ADHD and that researching it lead to his own diagnosis I cried. I've never felt seen by a film before and I had no idea just how badly I needed it.
A24 is not a hollywood studio
bro i can't believe i missed the hints while watching this, but thinking back it makes SO MUCH SENSE. another reason for me to love this movie & feel connected as i am an asian american with adhd
I’ve literally just got back from seeing this movie and I’m just sitting on my sofa sobbing. I have ADHD (late diagnosed) and this film spoke to me on so many levels; the feeling of having all this potential but not fulfilling any of it, the dark hopelessness that come from everything seeming pointless pitted against the absurdity of life and the way your brain sees it, even the disjointed dissociating feeling of getting pulled in and out of conversations…. I feel like someone made a movie for my soul
I had a recent, albeit late, ADHD diagnosis so I am still trying to figure out what is "me" vs. what is "me bc of adhd". I have been trying to make a huge life decision and struggling to explain this to my bf was nearly impossible. Then everything, everywhere all at once came along and showed him what was going on in my head. I never felt so heard, so understood, and so relieved to know i wasn't alone! Wanting to do everything while not being able to do anything and hating yourself to the point where you just want to burn it all down- is what i feel and fight inside myself every single day. while i look like i'm ok, i passive aggressively mistreat some of the people i care for most. This movie gives me encouragement and the will to keep fighting and a reminder to be kind too. Thank u!!
@@catewright1575 THIS I'm still undiagnosed, I only started connecting the dots in 2020, finding out my anxiety and depression are symptoms from being untreated. Ever since finding out I've been doing a lot better but also this year has been emotional because I realised just how much its affected every action and decisions I've ever made, and I keep going down the spiral of what ifs and this movie!!! This movie displayed my worst days in raw detail, where Evelyn was my ADHD struggling to pay attention to the now, scared and annoyed of everything, barely coping and blaming everyone else, but terrified of losing anyone. Waymond was my anxiety, constantly trying to be more, fighting myself to be better and just be happy with the little things, just constantly trying! And Joy was my depression, completely tired of it all, trying to bring down and destroy the other parts of me, trying to show me that everything is pointless and we should let go of everything. And they're all trying to be heard and seen, all at once.
I dont think they fully understand the art they created with this film!
And alot of immigrant parents have undiagnosed ADHD, and in mother's 🤌🏽🤌🏽 they got that portrayal down perfectly. In how Evelyn refused to believe that was her daughters true form, that she had to be possessed, that something else was making her that way! And thats the answers to why her daughter is difficult and different.. not because Evelyn refuses to see her daughter for who she truly is. Its sooo my mum I was like duuuudee, heck its my best friends mum! Its my aunts to my cousins. Meanwhile Evelyn not acknowledging her own issues forces her to refuse to acknowledge her daughter's thus continuing the toxic cycle/bagel!
Just like when my school suggested to my mum, to get me tested and she refused because there's nothing wrong with me, because I'm not like her, I'm fine. 🤧
This movie man🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽 they nailed it. A Mental health masterpiece without being sad and miserable!!! It deserves ALL THE AWARDS ALL AT ONCE!!! 🤣🤣🤣...
Sorry I ranted. I just watched it and therapy is too far away rn 😅
There are many points that made me tear up but when Waymond speaks out at the end in desperation saying (maybe paraphrasing a bit) “please stop, somehow I feel like this is all my fault, please be kind, all I know is we must be kind”, that really got to me deeply.
i have to admit at first i thought it was kinda cliche and cheesy - but then its like the movie heard what i said when evelyn used kindness in everyone to win fights one after the other - that made so sense and made a fool out of me. kindness trumps all.
I cried sO HARD
The bit of dialogue talking about how his kindness isn't stupid or naive, but intentional in how he combats the darkness in the world really shook me.
Waymond the true MVP. I bawled when he said that and Evelyn was sifting through all the great memories of him.
For me, one of the more underrated moments that seemed to squeeze past people, is after Evelyn shattered the window. Waymond gets the broom to sweep it up and he has a moment where he stops and you can see how tired he is. He isn't angry, just tired. And then Evelyn goes and hugs him and you see him slump and the walls come down on him. Dude was trying so hard to be strong for his family and that moment where it all came crashing down. I felt that so freakin' much.
I am so sad to hear that Kuy He Quan wasn't acting because of a lack of opportunities! That is awful. I hope this reignited his career and he gets some more wonderful projects!
I really hope so. He was great back in the day and excellent in this movie.
It is such a tragedy that level of talent has been kept from us for all these years. He was so incredible in this movie.
Everyone did so well in that movie, but he honestly was a stand out performance in my book.
I saw him in an interview recently and he’s already in another movie being made.
he’s actually currently working on a show for disney plus
catch me crying at, "Sometimes we're really only given specks of time that are happy and good and that's not a reason to despair. It's a reason to cherish those specks."
It just hits
"Even in a stupid universe where we have hotdogs for fingers, turns out we get really good with our feet." My favorite line in the movie. Love is too mild a word for how I felt about this movie.
Stopped at the spoiler warning, bought a ticket, saw the movie tonight. So glad I did, I think this is my new fave. Honestly probably wouldn't have seen it based on the trailers, so thank you for this video 🙏🏻
Same, Amanda’s spoiler-free thoughts are what convinced me to go see it!
This movie … as an Asian, it really, really hit home harder than it has with any other movie with Asian representation. I was crying my eyes out, and my friends didn’t quite understand why. The dynamic between Waymond, Evelyn and Joy resonated with me and my family’s dynamic so much. A part of me really wishes there was that sort of solution for my family to resolve our deep rooted issues. I think that’s why I cried even harder.
was looking through the comments for a fellow asian perspective and yeah i completely agree with you! it hit me way harder just seeing how similar the situation was with my family. just seeing a mirror. and hearing evelyn talk with her father in the end just broke me as i’ve struggled with that so bad. it was such a powerful experience. even watched it with my dad! one day we’ll get our chance to work through things with our families, one day for sure!
I totally felt that.
I'm mixed race - Filipino / Spanish? /Mexican and a mixmash of English Irish German and Scandinavian.
My family would not accept my wife and the generational trauma and shame that goes along with keeping traditions.
I was also physically and sexually abused by family and I'm much older now but it started to happen 55 years ago when ppl didn't talk about these things.
This film was so cathartic and life changing for me as a total mutt 1/4 breed Asian with a very racist family of elders.
My grandfather was a self hating Asian.. my grandma was Mexican but lied her entire life saying she was Spanish?!?!?
Why does family have to be so insanely complicated.
Loved this film and the insanity of life.
I feel the same but I find myself resonating especially hard with Joy and her relationship with Evelyn but at the same time feel an overwhelming sadness that the same sort of solution doesn't exist for us. If I ever come out as queer my parents won't disown me but definitely won't be as understanding either, it really would take multiversal magic to ever properly understand one another
I watched this with an Asian diaspora friend (I’m first generation Chinese immigrant and she’s a first generation Korean immigrant) and we’re we’re both crying by the end of it. It definitely hit me harder then any other media has every made me feel
My boyfriend kept looking over at me and asking if I was okay while we were watching this 😅 and as I'd told him, this movie is accurate in that I'd have to become an omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent being bringing the multiverse to the brink of destruction in order to get my mom to see from my perspective lmfao
One of the best things about this movie is how it pays off some of the littlest things for later. From a misremembered movie title to a semi-sexist comment about perfume, it all comes together in ways that make you feel good for noticing them while also never feeling obvious.
And, the *award* on her desk haha it got a laugh in the theater when it was first shown... and when we circle back to it after all of the world building, and the entire audience knew what was coming - and then BAM still had another comedic turn. 5 stars for this film.
i didn't catch the misremembered movie title (unless u talking about a certain cartoon?)
The misrembered movie subplot was so ridiculous, hilarious and touching in a funny way. I almost couldn't contain myself.
@@samisfun868 that's the one. You know the one with the rat. Or was it a racoon?
@@Bradley_Lute right when they actually showed the kitchen scene - it like dawned on everyone in the theatre on why she said "racoon" and not ratatouille lol
this was one of the wildest movies I've ever seen. really appreciate someone taking a massively different approach on the big screen. I really liked it, having gone in knowing nothing at all
Where can you find it for an online viewing?
If you like wild movies watch Detention, it's the most batshit thing I've ever seen
@@kaylaburnett207 I dunno, I saw it in theaters. Probably can't find it on a 'legit' site currently, but where there's a will, there's a way
@@hrusk1kw Thanks, I might just have to venture outside to a theater to see this. I have been intrigued since I saw the commercial and the video only made me more interest.
@@kaylaburnett207 please do. They haven’t even made their budget back yet and they deserve a lot more than that for something that takes such risk.
Spoilers ahead:
The part that hit me the most was when Evelyin talked to the guy in the Racoontuille reality, and he says he is useless alone, and she says that everyone is, and it’s a good thing he isn’t alone.
the scene where joy is just so emotionally taxed and begs for evelyn to let her go got me sobbing like a mess both times i watched it.
there's just so much defeat in her tone that it really makes you wonder how she managed to retain that last bit of sanity after all this time.
and to top it all off, evelyn just swoops in and crushes my heart even more by clinging onto the present more than ever even after knowing that in the grand scheme of things, nothing really matters.
alright i'm gonna go back to crying about this film again.
i've seen in twice in theaters already, i loved it SO MUCH. it's actually hard to talk about all the good stuff! the comedy is SO FUNNY. Jamie Lee Curtis' body language/acting is INCREDIBLE. Michelle Yeoh stole my heart, JOPU'S OUTFITS! WAYLAND IS SO ROMANTIC AAAAAAAAAH visually gorgeous, themematic tie-ins, RACACOONIE.
u SAID IT SO WELL I CRIED EVERY SINGLE TIME AND I WATCHED IT 3 TIMES
JAMIE LEE CURTIS HAD ME DYING LMAO
This will be a new cult classic for sure. Every two scenes I was turning to my friend like "did you SEE that!?" And can we talk about Joy's outfits? Wardrobe outdid themselves. *chef's kiss*
As someone with a not great mother-daughter relationship, I can safely say I have never cried as hard at the cinema before. I related to this so hard, i was SOBBING
This. As someone currently going to therapy partially for issues related to my mother, I was so overwhelmed at first.
The parts with Evelyn and Joy are having a fight in the laundromat parking lot hit very hard. It felt like I was witnessing my mom and sister fighting and I just fell silent.
It's perfect that the movie is so grounded in the real until it really isn't. But the absurdity all serves such an emotional purpose. So when you circle back to the real, it hits you like a truck.
My dads thoughts on the movie were “it was weird” however I (a huge movie geek/film student) absolutely loved it. I cried in the theatre and immediately wanted to go watch it again. The visuals, the costumes were stunning and the entire story was so beautiful and hit me just right it’s amazing
I watched with my mom, and as the credits rolled she whispered to me, "Where was the sad part?" 😭😭 Meanwhile I was still trying to stop my sniffles lol
@Lord Inquisitor Shadowlord He missed the only good part lmao.
LOL! My mom is the same way. I watch a weird movie and my brain spins into overdrive analyzing it and making connections. I blab for hours afterwards talking about all the things the movie touched on. And when I'm finally empty my mom will say, "but it was weird." Like, way to kill the conversation mom. You don't have any thoughts and opinions? It's annoying!
I might have remembered wrong, but I thought in the scene where Jobu begged Evelyn to let go, Evelyn already had her breakthrough/character development, and she realizes that she couldn't control everything her daughter does and must respect her choices even if she didn't agree with it. And in a way, she understands her daughter's choice. But she will chase after her (the rock jumping off the cliff scene) and make sure she has a way back if she wanted. And Jobu/Joy was the one that realized yes, she wanted to come back and reached out to Evelyn, and Evelyn and the whole family was right there fighting to pull her back.
Having just watched it an hour ago, that's how I remember it playing out, too.
It was an incredible movie!
Saw this the other day and it is a masterpiece of absurdism, both the comedic style AND the school of philosophy.
Kierkegaard would be proud.
I really felt the connection to movies like Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in this film. Daniels are going to go places.
Yes, I went from thinking "this movie is absurd" to "this is Absurdism: The Movie". Brilliant execution of the concept.
Feel it's more Camus' bag, what with the positive outlook & the literal boulders rolling down hills.
You know how I know this is a nearly perfect movie that nails all of its emotional beats despite being so chaotic and absurd? Just your description of the end conversation between Evelyn and Joy in the laundromat parking lot got me tearing up again remembering that moment. This whole movie hit me real hard and that scene alone floored me. I love this movie to bits and your explanation is maybe the most concise and understandable an explanation a movie like this could get. Great work!
I cried at like 4 different times in this movie.
I didn’t even see the movie, her description alone had me tear up.
that parking lot scene was so complete - the cut scenes to the rocks and other universes - amazing.
I absolutely did not expect to cry at the end of the movie and yes- Amanda's description had me tearing up again too!
Ke Huy Quan made me cry. He surprised the hell out of me and I hope to see him in more things.
Yeah it was great to see Data from Goonies all grown up.
There was a point in this movie where I realized I was, at that moment, laughing and crying - fully feeling both the sad and the funny at the same time. I don't think I've ever really experienced that in a movie before, it's kind of an incredible balance to strike.
Rock , Hotdog , or Raccoon ? 😂
@@septesix all three for me
Everything you said is 100% correct so the only thing I really need to add is that the Jamie Lee Curtis character's full name is Deirdre Beaubeirdra and more people need to know that
I'm a US-born daughter of Asian immigrants... related way too hard to the Gong Gong/Evelyn AND Evelyn/Joy dynamic to the point where I contacted my mom the morning after just to check in. Going into this one after only knowing the movie trailer and posters was a blessing.
The scenes with the rocks made me cry. I used to be joy but just went numb. Found joy in becoming more like waymond.
As someone who's been cynical for most, if not, all of my entire life, I felt all too seen with this film.
This movie was the first movie I've seen where the entire audience was not laughing because it was funny, but laughing with joy, and it meant a lot as my friend and I left the theater.
I think the best way to sum up how this movie balances humor and the more emotional scenes is how during the initial rock scene I was BALLING and having an existential crisis and half the theater was LAUGHING. It's the sort of movie that can make you cry and laugh all at once or depending on who you are
Saw this movie the day after turning 30. Was feeling existential and I think this movie really helped me. It's hard to describe how it's one part sci-fi, one-part kung fu action, one-part comedic/absurdist masterpiece, and one-part heart-warming sob worthy love (in all relationships) story; and yet it all fits together so perfectly. Easily one of my favourite movies in a really long time.
When I realized what she was talking about (trying to explain Raconcoonie) I died laughing before anyone in the audience got the joke. I had to stop laughing because I almost passed out. Later, when I cried during a silent scene with two rocks on a cliff I was sold on giving it a personal 5 out of 5 hot dog fingers up
This movie was instantly one of my favorite movies EVER. The rock scene in specific hit me hard. I've never really struggled with existentialism. I've moreso had the attitude of "nothing matters? Ok then I can't screw up anything that bad" and it's comforting haha. Such a thought provoking and stunning movie!
"nothing matters, and thats sort of comfortable" is pretty much a summary of existentialism 😉
Someone probably made a comment on this but Evelyn has ADHD. The director even confirmed it. It’s just another interesting tidbit.
The moment where weiman says “in another life I would have really enjoyed just doing laundry and taxes with you” I broke man. I cried both times at that line.
I feel like I hadn't seen a truly original, surprising, delightful film since before the pandemic, and then this movie came along and just gave me everything I wanted. I'm hesitant to call it a comedy, despite how often I was laughing, but whatever the genre it's a masterpiece and Michelle Yeoh so deserved a role like this. But honestly all the actors were superb.
Yeah it's one of the most wildly funny movies I've ever seen but it isn't really a comedy except in the Greek sense of the word. But it is a movie without a definite genre.
I actually stopped this video halfway through last night and went to go watch the movie today because of what you said about supporting these smaller films in theaters. Totally worth it to see it on the big screen. It was a much needed reminder to be kind in the face of a cruel universe, and also to not worry about all the maybes and what-ifs of life.
I feel like, too, after the intergeneration trauma fix-it stories of Encanto and Turning Red, that this finally allows the kid who has to deal with it all to be angry and frustrated, and actually act on it as part of the story.
as someone w adhd i loved the very last line, how she went from “yeah yeah i was listening” to “i’m listening now, can you repeat that”
the way such a seemingly small change was the result of such an epic internal journey really resonated w me
Yeah I really liked that change in the dialogue; from insisting that she was listening when she wasn't to asking politely to repeat what was said and fully admitting without a sense of shame or hiding it that she wasn't able to pay attention in the moment.
"Use everything at their disposal", especially the best use of an award trophy.
Also, 2022 seems to be the year of moms apologizing (this film, Turning Red, Encanto, etc.) and I am here for it!
When is the last time a movie this ambitious actually 100% pulls off everything it attempts? 2001: A Space Odyssey? Surely something since then right?
Eternal Sunshine, bud.
No movie has broken ground like this since The Matrix imo
I think also Moonlight
I loved this film -- also having seen it twice so far. I would be very disappointed if the cast and crew aren't seriously top-of-mind when awards season rolls around again; especially the actress who played Joy, who truly wowed me and broke my heart at the same time.
For me it was Quan who's physical comedy is unparalleled. The fanny pack scene was brilliant.
I wouldn't bet on it tbh, its too weird for most members of the academy and it came out really early in the year. Same reason Green Knight got fucked last year.
I'm glad to see all my hopes for this movie are now reality. The cast and crew deserve all the respect and love they are receiving.
Went to see this only knowing that it starred Michelle Yeoh and "Short Round" from Temple of Doom and it absolutely blew my mind! What a movie! What a performance from Michelle Yeoh!
Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu gave equally great performances.
@@sayjaibao01188 James Hong and Jamie Lee Curtis were also amazing.
@@murdockfiles9406 oh yes! Marvelous acting across the board.
Short Round delivered such a strong performance. It's easy to see why he was perfect for the role. He has retained the childlike wonder that made him great in his kid roles. And that was the essence of his character in the movie.
This was one of the best movies I've ever seen and I believe one of the first movies to feature Chekhov's Buttplug
I went into this movie knowing almost nothing beyond the trailers and was blown away at how absurd and mind-boggling this film was while also having some really touching moments.
There were also moments that I related to as an Asian American that made me both laugh and wince in emotional pain so that was great. But there were definitely many moments that are universally relatable.
I haven’t stopped recommending this film to people and hope more will go to see it!
Never in my whole life would I think I would get emotional over a rock with googly eyes. This movie something
For me, I went into the movie without even watching the trailer and was still blown away.
Spoilers// I wrote this before watching the video so sorry if I’m repeating some stuff
This movie was a great story of learning how to be empathetic. The movie started off focusing on the mother and the chaos the surrounded HER. However, as the movie went along, we watched her grow to truly see the people in her life, to understand them as them.
Jobu Tupaki, while the antagonist, never really seemed to really want to cause the end of the universes or anything of the sort. Forced to live a life living who knows how many versions of herself at once, Tupaki only seeked a version of Evelynn who would understand her. As the one who nurtured and destroyed Tupaki, who else would be the perfect match?
It was only when Evelynn was forced to see the world as meaningless could she notice how people around her were not too different from her, especially her husband. Him, the one who wanted to divorce, being the one to show her the love she forgot to give back to everyone else help her to be more empathetic-to be kind. With that, she took what she learned and used it on everyone.
Tupaki, now distraught that the one person she thought would empathise with her completely was trying to stop her from erasing herself, struggled to see how Evelynn could be okay even with being connected to all her different selves. Yet, the woman who Tupaki’s supposed to hate (being the lesbian daughter, Joy) ends up coming back to live what’s seemingly just one of the many lives.
While my recount makes it seem more on the family drama, it’s a bit more than that. As she fights, the growth she had teaches her to connect with the people around her, even the grandfather who disowned her. In all of this, Evelynn learns to calm down in all the noise and learn to just care more.
Well that’s my interpretation ☺️
Omg, I'm also Asian American, and I was cackling at stuff my friends didn't even get.
"What kind of mother calls her daughter fat?"
"Ummm... Some Asian ones, and it's not as bad as it sounds? I mean, it is, but that's not how they mean it? This will take a few hours to explain..."
"You're getting fat" line a lot of Asian mothers say is a distillation of the "benevolent toxicity" they have towards raising daughters.
You're depressed? You'd probably feel better if you lost some weight. Your body is aching? Maybe exercise would do you some good. You short? Maybe if you started SLEEPING on time, you'd be taller!
Anything you may be going through MUST be because of something YOU did, or 'bad influences'.
The part when Evelyn went like, "This evil entity must be the reason your like girls!" would've shocked me, if the mindset weren't already so familiar.🙃
I also love how at the very end when they ask her if she’s not listening she doesn’t lie this time. She spent much of the beginning lying about what was happening and here at the end she is honest and truthful.
There's a scene at the end where she's talking to her father that hit me so hard and before I even realized what was happening I was choking back intense sobs. I loved this movie. It left me feeling like I have so much work to do on myself to become present in my own world. It's just one of those films that comes around right when you really need to hear what it is saying to you.
I feel that. I was not doing well emotionally due to health issues and work issues, not to mention my home country falling apart, and I saw this movie and it helped so much. I think whenever I feel really hopeless I'm going to make myself watch this movie and have a nice cry. This movie gave me hope.
I absolutely adore this movie, and also kind of figured out what the emotional resolution was going to be about 20 min in. However, that didn't stop me from enjoying the ride and also crying like at least three times. At the heart it's a struggle of a family to understand each other, and it's about the difficulties of a mother and a daughter raised in different environments who can't always get along and are imperfect and don't talk, but need to. Also, a comment on the "meanness" of Evelyn when she shows that she cares by calling Joy fat. It's a very common way to express care and concern in Asian families, and that scene resonated with me particularly because my mother does exactly the same thing in exactly the same way. The idea of it, from what I can discern is that you can always trust your family and the people that love you to tell you the harsh truth that other people won't say because the people who love you best are the only ones who will give you real criticism. Also, it's a fun callback scene later on when Evelyn does the same to Becky, and it shows that Evelyn's accepted or started to see Becky as family. Anyways this movie wrecked me emotionally and also made me call my mother afterwards so there's that
Yes, you can kind of see that coming from a mile away but it hits so hard after so much absurdity that it feels very fresh
God this movie made me cry a whole wave of emotions. The complicated relationships showing how love is hard and you have to work for each other. I had a huge existential pause right as the fight was building. Then at the end as all the waves of emotional relief as things were being put into place. I could just think and relate to everyone in this movie at one time in my life or another.
This film was everything all at once. And when I tell you there was a line of people at the bathroom after - it wasn't for the facilities it was because none of us realized we needed to bring tissues to the comedy sci fi action philosophy indie film.
Joy's costuming and make up and first fight scene (and maybe last fight scene) deserves an entire deconstruction all on their own as well. You can see so many references and how well the budget was used.
I hope people recreate some of these in coming conventions and whatnot as they were truly stunning.
Michelle Yeoh is such a great actor. i'm glad to see her in just about anything so that immediately sells me; the story also sounds great so...guess i'm adding this to my list of must sees!
I've been to see this movie twice, first with my cousin who had to drag me to see it (the promotional pics of it were creepy to me), and then I dragged my husband to see it (had to promise to go see The Bad Guys with him in exchange). I absolutely LOVE this movie, and I don't mind saying that I bawled like a baby so many times. I fell in love with Waymond and his sincere love for Evelyn, and was awed by his fighting skills (was impressed to find he did his own stunts). How Evelyn could look into his sweet earnest eyes every day and not fall in love every time I have no idea. This is definitely one of my favorite movies of all time, and I will be buying it when it becomes available.
I'm not in the greatest place emotionally right now but this helps. 💙💜
I love that duck shirt! 😄
For anyone assuming she only reviews terrible content, this is one of MANY examples that she doesn't.
when she spun a riot shield like a sign spinner and i felt myself tearing up i knew i was in for a wild ride and by the end i was just sobbing uncontrollably. 10/10 probably the best movie ive ever seen
I was waiting for your review on this film. This film hits all the emotions besides anger. I cried in both times seeing this. Seeing it one more time before it leaves theaters and purchasing it on streaming. I feel like this film will blow up even more when people see it online. The message I took from it I'm definitely applying it to my life. The idea, cast, and how the multiverse was used ... 10/10. It should make 100 million imo.
One of the best movies of the year.
This movie is insanely dense in the best way. There's so much incredible shot composition, costume design and creative direction. On top of that are performances spanning breaths of genre and emotion. Ideas, themes and philosophy are jam packed. I genuinely think I need another watch or two to fully appreciate it all. On one watch though the story of generational trauma passing down, parent to parent generation to generation turning their trauma into the next generations is very poignant. The ideology of "nothing matters" as a negative and positive is truly inventive and insightful. The commentary on the smallness and stupidity of humanity growing exponentially with the general knowledge and expansion of humanity is simply elegant. My only note is the third act "all at once" felt like it could've started before the final bagel scene where we saves everyone all at once. Otherwise incredible, and easily my favorite movie of the year
I just noticed Jamie Lee Curtis's character is "Deirdre Beaubeirdra". That is fantastic, and just adds even more to the sheer awesomeness that is this movie.
Absolute masterpiece. Favorite movie of the year, no competition
This was the first movie I watched that felt genuinely life changing for me
It took me a few minutes after leaving the movie weeping but the incredible level of profoundness in the midst of absurdity and significance in the midst of meaninglessness makes me think of this movie as the modern day Zhuang-zi inner chapters. This is daoist poetry as a movie.
i saw this movie with my sister, mom, and dad and the relationship between evelyn and joy was heart wrenching for me, it really paralleled my relationship between me and my mom,, i thought this movie really tackled hard topics regarding relationships really well,, maybe it’s just cause i related to joy so much and the relationship between her and evelyn but that relationship stood out most to me by far, also i forget her name but joy’s actress was absolutely incredible to be able to switch between personalities while still holding a cohesive character is amazing
I don't even normally watch movies (I have such a weird attention span) but this is one movie I already knew I had to watch! You saying it's amazing is more than enough reason for me to watch
It will be hard to look away from this one. The title is afterall, not a misnomer!
I watched the spoiler-free part of this video and ended up dropping by a theater after work on a whim. Here to finish the rest of the video. Thanks so much for the way you structured this video and for recommending it so highly. I had such a blast.
Ive seen this movie twice in theaters and It is one of my favorite movies of all time. I just love with how crazzy and wacky the story gets the message behind it causes me to look through and instead of laughing at certain scenes I tear up feeling every emotion its giving.
The Ratatouille segment was hilarious and also came full circle in a surprising way. This is one of those movies that is really hard to talk about without spoiling it.
Joy's actress was great as well, I don't see a lot of people talk about her as much.
This movie was incredible. I saw it with my spouse and we were both silent on the trip home because we could barely put to words what we saw. It's hard to describe for me, so I am so glad to hear these thoughts, emotions, and interpretations voiced articulately. It's a movie that made me feel so much tremendously and I want to explore and better understand what it means and how it came to be so I can appreciate it even more. Also, we saw this right after Morbius and we went from so low to so high that it was like whiplash.
WHY DO YOU ALWAYS MAKE ME CRY DURING THE GIVE A FUCK MOVIE REVIEWS. Thank you. On my way! to the theatre
I finally got around to watching this, and I'm so glad I watched it at home because I cried my eyes out.
Also, here is a fun anecdote that many people probably know by now: the Daniels wanted to write Evely as a character with undiagnosed ADHD, and the deeper they looked into it, the more one of them found himself in there. Because he was living with undiagnosed ADHD, and writing EEAAO was the thing that got him eventually to get formally diagnosed.
Can we all take a moment and appreciate Amanda for finding us good movies/shows and saving us from bad ones.
Stopped at the spoiler time warning, and I'll come back to finish this off this weekend when my partner and I have finished watching it at the cinema. Looks absolutely amazing.
My mom and I literally just came home watching this movie after you uploaded this. It was amazing. It had action, comedy, and drama. 1 minute I'd be hyped for the fighting scenes and another, I'd be crying by how touching and deep it went in relationships and family. This movie deserves way more praise and attention then what it's getting right now.
I watched this last night and cried through the last hour. It was absurd and amazing and so full of emotion, I can't think of a better cinema experience in the last five years.
I have seen it and I loved it! It made me cry and I related so much to Joy it was heartbreaking. I loved Michelle Yeoh in this role, she absolutely killed it.
This movie sounds amazing, and unlike a lot of the stuff Amanda forces herself to watch, I actually want to see it. LOL
Anyway, I'm checking out of this video before the end, so that I can watch the movie without spoilers. I will, of course, be back later.
Same friend. Not often I abandon one of Amanda's videos but this seems worth it.
It's really really good and fully worth the theatre experience!!
Have you seen it? What do you think?!
it was AMAZING
this is one of my favorite reviews ever the fact that you referenced so much from behind the scenes footage and interviews like the bts of the visual effects and the team of 5 shows how much you care. Thank you!
After watching it a second time I appreciated all the little foreshadowing bits early on. The opening scene has a porcelain raccoon on the shelf, there's a sign spinner on the street when they go into the IRS building, the bagels in the lunch room, all the circle imagery, etc. So much fun little attention to detail that makes it even better
Was looking forward to you reviewing this. This movie is a trip and a half and I love it. The gags didn’t always do it for me but the story and action sold it for me.
I can’t believe I used to ride the bus with one of the Daniel’s, I’m telling you he was always insanely talented even as a young kid. He was submitting films to the local film festival in high school.
not even once you mentioned racacoonie, you're very strong
hearing you talk about this movie almost made me cry its such a good one and you did such a good job of covering it
This sounds absolutely wonderful. Hysterical and heartwarming both is a hard place to land but it sounds like they really manage it.
I watch a lot of movies, but this is easily one of my top 5 favorites of all time. Had the best theater experience I've ever had and even almost 2 weeks on, I'm still thinking about it and talking about it and trying to get everyone I know to see it ASAP. It's truly an experience.
Such a great movie, and I'm glad it's getting so much recognition. I love that one interview that Michelle gave where she was getting emotional describing how she felt this was the first chance she's had in her career to REALLY show what she was capable of. She's always been the Martial Arts Lady, but this was her first chance to really show that she could be funny and sad and deep and make all these acting choices that she didn't always get to do as the stoic fighter.
Okay I know this video was posted 5 monts ago, but I just saw the movie recently and, Oh. My. Universe.
It really was an amazing movie the first time I watched it. I was just with my best friend, me desperately trying to catch all the information that was just given to me at the moment. From start to finished, I knew that Evelyn and Joy needed to have a heart to heart conversation, because the situation they both faced was the same bs my mother and I went through. Waymond really came around and suprised me to with the "In another life" Monologue just cause its so beautiful. It really butchered my heart to pieces, but the phrase was just... that. Everything.
F"CK I love this movie so much.
I saw this movie twice on opening weekend because I wanted to see it again.
And I don't know how just a review talking about some of the parts of it can make me tear up again.
The movie is really just that good.
No lie!! When she mentioned Waymond saying he might be happy just running a laundromat and filing taxes, it all flooded back. I'm glad I got a close seat in my theater and had a row to myself. I was fighting back tears of joy, laughter and the DEEEP DEEP feels during certain scenes (for most of the movie). I just kinda held my left hand up to hide my face from the people oof to the left behind me haha .. that being said I'm pretty sure the middle aged guy behind me was crying so much his nose was runny, or he had Rona. Who knows!
@@robertfrost8264 man I cried like a b*tch at that scene. My whole life, every decision, every pain, every what I’d thought, the very path of my own life, my exe’s, my mistakes. All of it just flashed before me, similar to how Evelyn’s multiverse characters flashed before hers.
The delivery was just amazing.
I absolutely loved this movie I laughed and I cried me and my mom were weirdly out I am 12 years old and my mom and me absolutely thought it was a wired ride. Love you Amanda. Have a great day.
What a movie to watch at 12!!!
I run a movie theatre and 2020 killed my passion for movies. I stopped caring about movies as art and saw them as a product to sell. This film alone reignited that passion. The guy next to me grabbed my hand as we both struggled to breathe through our tears, laughter, and awe. It was like my first time experiencing human contact. This movie kills me in the best way every time I watch it.
Ok so I am v late to this vid but like, dude, I was crying even just watching your recap of some of these scenes, this movie hit me so hard. I think a lot of different people can find things in this movie to attach to and find personal connections with regardless of how much they relate to the characters in it because it has such universal concepts. I know for me, the final scenes with the everything bagel hit me REALLY hard, as someone who deals with a mood disorder, because it felt like a physical embodiment of the fight that happens between my depressive episodes and my actual self.
This was so so good. I had such a fun time watching it and I was lucky enough to be in a theater that was laughing right along with me. It's one of those films I really want to share with my partner. He's not much for movies, but I feel it's something we both really needed right now.
I'm a gay man with very sever life long depression who struggles with a mom can be mean and thinks everything has to be a certain way or done a certain way and I was NOT ready to literally cry so unbelievably hard during this movie. Like damn wen the daughter said she was just too tired I almost wailed in the theaters like Dani from Midsommar. I do wish the cream cheese comment when they were eating the bagels some how came back in a comment towards the end.
So looking forward to seeing this. Also, knowing you're watching OFMD on the side makes me a happy bean
Im so glad seing the notification for this video pop up on my phone was enough to make me stop by the theater to finally watch the movie before coming back to watch this review
It was such a rollercoaster of an experience