everything everywhere all at once is a film that comes along once in a lifetime massively written edited and put together it's one of my favorite movies of all time already i'd heard about how good it was from several people but unfortunately due to its staggered release schedule it didn't get released in the uk until mid-may often i find when films are hyped up like this that they failed to deliver but not only did this live up to my expectations it completely surpassed them [Music] after re-watching it for a second time i thought i'd go through
while of the movie some of the hidden things in it you might have missed and also talk about what i took from the ending if you enjoy the video we'd massively appreciate you hitting that thumbs up button and also don't forget to subscribe for breakdowns like this almost every day now throughout it we follow evelyn a laundromat owner who's not only struggling financially but also with her family their husband weymond has filed for divorce her father sees her as a disappointment and evelyn struggles to accept her daughter's sexuality and also her girlfriend after being called
in by the irs her husband's body gets possessed by someone claiming to be from the alpha universe that wants her to help him stop a great threat known as the jobu chewbacca jo jojo jubiki sorry jobu tupaki who it's revealed is alpha joy in the alpha universe evelyn discovered how to jump from universe to universe and she also pushed her daughter into doing this as well unfortunately it fractured her mind and alpha joy now lives in every universe everywhere all at once witnessing everything alpha joy realized that nothing mattered and she put everything onto a
bagel which created a black hole to destroy the entire multiverse yikes now i love this idea and howard bloom actually theorized that the universe itself was shaped like a bagel which is a nice nice little detail bagel shapes litter the movie and even in the opening shot of the film we see the family singing karaoke in a circular mirror with a glass in the center of it after this switches we get the circular fan with a circle in the middle a circular light with an inner ring and another circular mirror you might also notice the
googly eyes on the pillow which becomes important later on raymond's face is then reflected in the mirror next to evelyn showing how they are separate and foreshadowing out the waymen existing in another universe later on when evelyn and joy are in this room the security camera feed switches for a second and we see the circles of the multiverse before raymond is taken over by the alpha version of himself it is then the laundromat itself which is littered with these circular holes that create the doors of the machines we're even introduced to joy staring into the
black abyss of one of these as the clothes spin around it foreshadowing her arc throughout the whole movie at the irs alfa raymond uses an umbrella with donuts on it and we discover that evelyn has several hobbies that she's trying to claim as business expenses this idea of her being multi-skilled is of course reflected in the alternate life she leads there's the circular mirror beside deidre's desk and also the ring around her necklace on the way there we pass a twirling piece of sign and later on learned that evelyn almost would have become this person
had there been a slight change to things d'adriath the irs also circles the receipts with black rings and yep it's all connected now the dialogue is extra sharp too with evelyn saying she wonders how weymon would have survived without her but we learned that he would have become a successful businessman had they never moved to america together her goodbye to join the opening is also shot in the same way as it is at the end there's also lines about her constantly being pulled away while she's literally pulled away and i could probably spend an hour
talking about all the connective tissue that this film has you have a lot on your mind but i cannot imagine anything mattering more than the conversation we are now having concerning your tax liability but nothing could possibly matter more than this conversation we're having right now concerning the fate of every single world of our infinite multiverse although we've spent the opening of this video just talking about the details and imagery that's used throughout what the film also excels at is its overall message and character development this is very much a story about families explored through
the multiverse evelyn is constantly distracted with her business trying to be a good but strict parent and also how she feels she failed her father she can't keep her focus on anything and thematically this is shown through the film by her constant reality jumping evelyn's mind is always somewhere else and even when the irs conversation is happening early on she's distracted by the conversation with alfa raymond the ending comes full circle from this moment and we once more catcher in the office being distracted by the idea of the multiverse however she grounds herself and makes
sure that she's present in the moment enjoying all the highs and lows that life offers as many of you know i've just had twins and even though i love spending time with them i have to admit i can often get distracted by my phone and working on the channel this is very much my alternate life that takes me away from being present in the moment but movies like this remind us to keep our focus on what's really important now not only is this a journey for evelyn but it's also one for her daughter joy though
i told that she's traveling through every universe to kill all the evelines that she comes across by the midpoint of the movie we discover the truth alpha joy actually wants to find a version of her mother that can travel through the multiverse to the level that she can finally she'll have some common ground with her and very much gain the mother that she was unable to have in all of the universes where she was pushed out of her life she just wants someone who can understand the emptiness within her and also emphasize with what it's
like living a life where she's unable to find a true connection we are told by alpha joy that she put everything onto a bagel but when she's listing off the contents of this she states when i put everything on a bagel all my hopes and dreams my old report cards every breed of dog every last personal ad on craigslist now the opening of these items pulled from her life and it very much represents the hopes and dreams that she had but was forced out of having to evelyn pushing her down the path that she wanted
for her the black hole very much represents the pain within her and thus it's become an all-consuming void that will destroy all meaning in the multiverse the film culminates with joy wishing to travel into this a metaphor for her becoming lost forever in the nihilism of what she feels inside evelyn however realizes that she also has the ability to make everyone happy and all those that have tormented her throughout the film become people that she transforms by using their innermost desires to change the way they see things this is something that she herself has experienced
in some ways upon gaining the abilities of the jobu tupac she almost lost her way giving into the feeling of meaningless that she discovered however weymond pulled her back and she realized that she loved him in every universe yes that's a doctor strange in the multiverse of madness reference and also isn't it weird how both the main characters in that movie also get eyes on their foreheads but i digress now weyman constantly talks about unconditional kindness and throughout the movie he demonstrates this at several points as the complaining customer that he dances with at the
laundromat whilst evelyn is distracted and of course his speech about being kind though evelyn looked down on him and thought that he was naive now she sees that he's someone who will be there through it all even though there's a universe where he went off on his own to become a success he still came back to her there's also the universe where she's in love with theatre showing that even though she's an enemy of could potentially be the best thing that ever happened to her if she alters her perspective wayman shows her unconditional love throughout
every universe and this shows evelyn that empathy is the best way to finding a connection this is why her style of fighting changes for the final battle and she instead employs love and kindness to help who she can it's the same strategy she uses on joy and in the car park evelyn finally sees things from her point of view and she understands she has to at least give her the chance to leave should she wish to now this is shown by her traveling away her rock falling off the cliff and also her going into the
bagel finally she's allowed her daughter to stand on her own two feet however she also asks the same understanding from joy throughout every possibility they've managed to become every version of themselves but they haven't been able to put themselves in the other person's shoes finally at this moment they do and both realize that they could be anything anywhere but they'd rather be with each other in that moment there all they really have is each other and now they could run away and escape this it's where everything is truly all together and they are with each
other even the movie star evelyn who's known nothing but success and admiration would rather work in a laundromat if it means she gets to have wayman as her husband and joy as her daughter i'm not crying i'm not crying i'm sorry [Music] now evelyn almost let joy go but the pair both reveal that in all the endless possibilities that they'd rather be together finally the family is as one and whereas in the opening we had evelyn around the table on her own here the family all surround her another thing i noticed was there's now four
sets of googly eyes we have the ones above the coat hangers on the left two just above the security feed and also one over joy's shoulder clearly this represents the family and whereas in the beginning there was one they are now all together life is complete for them and rather than all living in feelings of disappointment they've started this new year with each other accepting things the way they are and making the best of it evelyn and wayman share a kiss for the first time in a long time and finally there's a feeling of contentness
to the entire movie and it shows the journey that she's gone on throughout every universe evelyn has experienced other things but here in this moment she knows she truly belongs the movie very much carries the message of making the best of a bad situation and though there's the feeling that nothing matters if something matters then everything matters i think now this is why i love the film because on top of all the cool effects and references there's a heart to it that isn't really matched in most of the movies beyond its story though the film
also excels in other areas like its editing score and also the action there's so many new and creative things that they do in this film and it's constantly awash with so many aspects that haven't really been used all that much in film even aspects like the aspect ratio constantly switching gives this feeling over the worldiness and i love how you can often forget that most of this is taking place inside the irs building there's so much going on with the film and even after discussing all of this i feel like i'm just scratching the surface
there's a lot of complexity here but also simplicity at the core of it and overall this film is about family it's fast and furious but also heavily layered with amazing acting a career defining performance by michelle yeo and also kerehu kwan he's been massively overlooked in hollywood and after his appearance in temple of doom and the goonies he was pretty much cast to the side however he's come back with an incredible performance that very much grounds the film and it brings in the outstanding visuals to lace it with a feeling of humanity the movie excels
at everything it attempts to do and i'll be shocked if it doesn't sweep the oscars next year for me it has the best editing best cinematography best directing best original screenplay the lot this is an incredible film and it's easy to score at a perfect 10 out of 10. i'd of course love to hear your thoughts so make sure you comment below and let me know we are in a competition right now giving away three copies of the batman on the 15th of june and all you have to do to be on the chance of
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