Everything Everywhere All at Once: A Multiverse Analysis

[00:00:00]this video is sponsored by Adam and Eve to get 50 off one item and free discrete shipping go to adamandeve.com and use code cinema at checkout [Applause] [Music] getting real jealous of all the artists who are told it's a Multiverse movie so make dozens of the production company logos even a Stephen King version and a match cut to open the film from a happy family to emptiness which then quickly turns into well with everything it's rakakuni and an impossible transition through a mirror also Weymouth has already placed the googly eyes on the bag of laundry also mirrors obviously always have a vast number of meanings and films this time you could see it as weyman being introduced in a mirror because of mirror universes or that there's an entire universe between them right now or even that the circular mirror looks kind of like a bagel you choose I'll choose it's all of them I have to finish all this before I can Wayman are first generation immigrants and it's made clear To Us by how they slip back and forth between Mandarin and English and then Cantonese later when gong gong enters the chat the reveal here is quick and clean but if you've already seen the film it feels even more heartbreaking when you remember why he filed for divorce some reasons why Joy chose a spinning bagel I only cook enough food for three people now I have to cook well notice she specifically said that line in English for someone's benefit thank you for coming please call me wait a minute he's the sweetest and I better never see a hair on women's head harmed props to the undeniable Jenny slate for being chill about playing a character whose IMDb credit is just an insult we've been together for three years don't you think even when Michelle yo is just moving a stool with her foot you realize how proficient she is like she's an insanely talented martial artist but if you move a step stool with your foot ten thousand times it becomes second nature and it takes a practice Talent like Michelle to make it seem like she's owned a laundromat for decades and the stool is an extension of her body sound design is also helping eaten by the machine again detective crash more being a little creepy I don't buy it he is one for Candor though the way the score blends with her banging and being added into the chaos really puts our brains into the everything portion of this film everything is going on right now love this moment loving partner can help you calm down and not freak out at every little Annoying Thing your family does 42 you say no idea what that means sounds like an all right number I suppose anyway in an unrelated note Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy feels like a pretty big inspiration for this movie and only eight minutes in and Wayman is already Universe hopping in the background you'll get to see you're always reactor just like you did we'll get to see that too so already we're seeing that Joy across the universes isn't super stoked on her existence that's Sunni to Mani you might remember her from glow but she was also featured in the bizarrely hilarious video of Turn Down for What which was directed by the Daniels on top of that tolly Mendel is part of a comedy dance group with Sunita called the Cocoon Central dance team and Daniels produced a film with cocoon Central called snowy Bing bongs across the North Star combat zone and I cannot recommend it enough I mean it second you were done with this video watch snowy Bing bongs in the community thank you please come and enjoy the good food and nice music okay stop stealing scenes Marcel how does Michelle say so much without saying anything at all you you have to try and eat healthier you are getting fat I've definitely never said anything this directly brutal as this to a loved one but I can totally relate to wanting to say all the things I'm feeling but instead getting overwhelmed and just saying the worst possible thing eight seconds of brilliant acting let's get Stephanie's shoe and more of everything [Music] that's gross [Music] whoa we talk about title cards a lot on this channel and this one might take the cake on uniqueness it takes the entire movie to actually get the full title also the blasting Orchestra really Nails home how it's everything as well as 12 minutes of pure chaos with Evelyn running around trying to keep 9 million plates spinning also the title answers wayman's question she's thinking about taxes the party her father's disappointment other ways her life could have gone her daughter's relationship everything Wayman saying it's nice to feel needed than smiling at his wife then looking sad at seeing an older couple kissing is an absolute gut punch more reasons for the bagel sweet Bagel if you will oh I will love the hint of those really paying attention that these are the divorce papers he's writing the instructions on huh almost like generational trauma is a thing emo Joy I would have been in love I bet she likes the used you're also a novelist and a chef she is a chef but she's the Collette of the rikakuni verse that sound it reminds me of like a disposable camera charging up I think the flash makes that sound yep the Daniel's confirmed and a totally practical roll to the closet you don't get one of these unless you've seen a lot of [ __ ] so do they do they use them on bulls whatever you came here for chekhov's butt plug every rejection every disappointment has led you here I like how that's played like a good thing until it's explained further later brutal next nap let's just give Jamie Lee Curtis a big old Round of Applause for doing her best to not be hot in this movie well tried you give it your best didn't work but we tried [Music] Michelle will also never get the credit she deserves for this role I don't care if she wins all the awards it'll never be enough okay everyone in this film kills it so this might feel redundant but Jamie Lee Curtis is clearly having so much fun here and apparently the wrist brace was her idea and it's just maybe we don't have a choice level the double meanings Happening Here Evelyn thinks she's talking to Alpha Waymond Prime women is talking about the divorce gong gong thinks they're expanding the business but it's really about Evelyn as a person pushing buttons only the way he can and she takes it as the final push to fight Deirdre [Music] action score kicks in as well as action movie aspect ratio to 239 the first of many changing aspect ratios slow-mo the focus on the strap in this insert all the makings of a Hong Kong fight but with the most underrated accessory the fanny pack the fight choreography is insane police story Vibes and also I love seeing my fellow YouTubers showing up in films I'm not saying I want to get beaten up in a movie but can I get beaten up in a movie I have no skills see like this I don't have these skills those are some solid core muscles [Music] no I can either come with me and live up to your ultimate potential or lie to live with the consequences you don't even need excuses that's when you have a Multiverse film but it doesn't mean I'm gonna ignore their beauty it's these tiny visual effects like her fingernails cycling through colors [Applause] they all changed the universe with the neck trick and like an old school dial TV also appreciate they don't try to keep it some big reveal hujobu tupaki is since this movie is about so so much more than that safe safe hello are you sure yes we all feel safe for the snack pack it's called first jumping of the impassioned score that slides in as he mentions first jumping oh my God Alpha women does an amazing Prime wayment you're just picking up sounds all words of made up sounds your clothes never wear as well the next day you're here number four is in quite the same way even your coffee tastes wrong yeah but at least you never seem to run out of things to say this really is the story of a girl but I guess she made a bagel and killed the whole world or Multiverse mystery look I think I clearly Lori picked up a few things for Michael Myers along the way [Applause] screen power does feel good okay on paper the one between each finger nope I'm out let me lie down and die seriously jump in front of train would be more doable for me okay points for the sword slicing sound low angle and blood in the lower left corner of the frame there and that was some crazy resourcefulness first I was like whoa whoa they skipped over the easiest one and then I tried to lick my elbow and it it's not nope and their story of a girl on the radio but like alternate universe slow pop country version love that even in The Accidental side jump we're learning more about the story and now finally realizing that Wayman doesn't actually want to divorce he's just willing to try anything to make their marriage work you always get pulled away literally getting pulled away also Deirdre smashed Evelyn through the glass and then the other Universe grabs her through the now broken glass even though it's unbroken on top of that this is actually a reality brain explosion of a shock he was shot in LA and Michelle and Jamie were shot in Paris how much the prime wayman's voices to go up two octaves seriously he's gotten some at this point but we all agree give this man all the awards [Music] goodness this wide shot and then anime zoom out push-in effect you can really feel that she does so we know what's happening here is that she's being slingshot through other universes to land on the Kung Fu universe and I love how it's both overall smooth but still choppy from verse to verse with frames missing here and there really helping us understand what it might feel like also she makes the same well it's an o face she makes an o with her mouth that's why it's called that leave me alone or use code cinema at adamandeve.com but it's the same face even though it's not the same timeline look he saying stop performing for all the stars I hate that we all say oh it's Kill Bill when Kill Bill was just an over-the-top reference to actual 70s and 80s kung fu movies it might be in gatekeepy I I am I'm sorry it could be both Kill Bill rocks look this is just a general reference to Yo's early career of Hong Kong kung fu movies and it just makes me want to watch every single one you know like yes Madam where the sound effects sound like this I love crazy Rich Asians should I should I do that movie y'all like that because I'll do it the movie Always gives me joy one of those bizarre Comfort movies for me I have no explanation best use of Claire loons since the king of the monsters trailer seriously go watch it all the feels but this is also making me feel stuff I didn't know that Michelle yo being surprised by how awesome basically real-life Michelle yo is was something I needed today but wow did I ever there's this bit of does she really not know like I'm sure she's confident but humble and yeah you've worked hard to become this person Revel in it this might be my favorite scene in this movie and that's saying something also Andre 3000's flute is really up in the fun yeah she's just saying all the quiet Parts loud the beginning of her unraveling and realizing the other realities make her own reality less important for now hey a bagel let me finish talking with my husband he needs to know how good my life could have been a classic marriage bit I'm only half joking there's a Temptation in any relationship to make sure your partner knows what you gave up knows what you did sure I could clean the kitchen but if they don't know I did it and hated every second of it but did it for them does it even count yeah it's really unhealthy don't do it but we've all done it don't give 50 and expect your partner to give the other 50 give 100 this Montage of Insanity does an excellent job of conveying why Joy would be a little cuckoo for murder puffs of a limbo move apparently Stephanie's Choice ooh moving match cut getting crappy met up in here hi damn key looking sharp he knows he can get it data who Short Round what did elves have a pig was that a thing should I watch the Austin Butler movie I can't let you do that either to deal with the cat such a display of confidence to wait 54 minutes to let the real star show up Kingsman Tim because he's confetti and you can walk through confetti Cinema wins explain a joke since 2015. and now she's malignanting him [Music] organic the absolute mid glibness they really nailed gen Z nihilism and that's a compliment don't come for me I love you all [Applause] something makes me feel like the gang is about to cross the YouTube line yeah well since I can't show this scene here I'll say both that you should use my promo code cinema at adamandeve.com and also watch this on nebula to get the full sex toy effect wait so you're telling me that because children can't draw fingers to save their lives that makes hot dog finger universe exist it is very unsettling considering some of the ways Jude has drawn me [Applause] also sproxathustra sucks in this universe because no one can really play it that well with hot dog fingers this right here is why I should win best picture what an absolute Star Trek the motion picture 2001 A Space Odyssey freaking amazing shot that's a whole new level of humiliation fetish no shame don't worry we don't talk much and I'm no Patrick Bateman terrifyingly enough I think those would actually work quite well when you really put everything on a bagel it becomes this I knew everything Bagels were a lie I mean the existence of cheddar everything bagels and Plies they always have been James Hong crushes at everything he does and he's in everything in fact he was in last week's video coffee pot phone superpower chair it's not a bagel but in Another Universe it could be if we failure here branched off into a success for another Evelyn most people only have a few significant out in a life paths so close to them but you you're capable of anything when failure makes you the best just remember that the next time you feel like a loser everybody jobu's drip is just show stopping every time she's too powerful are we all having a stroke I really can't say enough how much I like that she included herself in the question that movie okay what are you talking about yes okay sounds a little bit ridiculous but it's true you are macho man I like that dang it I love Prime women even when he's not on screen this is technically a close-up of jobu tupaki but based on her next moves we know that it only helped Evelyn realize how much she loves her daughter foreign totally bearing a poignant moment with absurdity which is like kind of the point Joy's point at least that nothing matters yet a mother's love for her daughter is still there what is this movie nope hey it's Daniel I mean if you're gonna cameo in your own movie might as well be a sub women's song is playing again the Boomer detail for never getting the names right don't come for me Boomers I love you too the only way I can defeat her is to become like her amazing dance and you've gotta love this decision we see Evelyn making In This Moment she's decided to deliberately start breaking her brain with no path to another verse just hopping around [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the aspect ratio shifts with her inhale she also seems to have them Daredevil Powers B means so he's a prepper sub those are some cap Shield physics dream gig for real what a few days week tops and Mona Lisa saperstein gets to fight super cop Jessica Yang with a dog also clearly Jenny slate needs more action roles I don't think I get bored watching Michelle do kung fu with just her hands against various assailants but they really do change it up I mean she just fought GoGo yubari with a dog and now she's got a keyboard what happened they both canceled each other's combat universes this long slow take of them pretending to not be able to fight he can't beat it I'm always impressed when martial artists pull off being bad at martial arts again code cinema at adamandeve.com and no shame but I think it's fair to call that brutal you do you but ouch I think I've had a lot of awards for irsing huh of course the most technically proficient and highly choreographed fight in the movie contains not one but two fighters with things up their butts a good sign that her realities are starting to shatter is she's bringing papers from one verse to another okay I'm actually super stoked to learn that it's not like a golfer on top of that tall one ultrasound Evelyn Wong next new fighter I am going to defeat the job hey you got a name right there's something about Evelyn falling for all these different versions of Waymond they're all basically the same person obviously different choices Lead You Down different paths but it very much plays into the idea of soul mates for me seeing your partner through a new lens that creates a newfound love checks out but she takes it like a champ and the ending just shy of 90 minutes to perfect fake out also the fact that the Daniels exist in the world of everything everywhere all at once means that the Daniel sub is like actually a Daniel good on you I don't know what I'd do without you this song has a very Randy Newman feel to it huh it's Randy Newman and yes the whole song they're singing is on the soundtrack I love that the hot dog fingers universe is one of the most detailed with its own warm lighting feels like one of the most fully realized universes from costuming to haircuts to candlelight and pink Hues superb and that simple split on a simple decision confirms she can exist in two places at once even further confirmed by the next title card also love that she has to die for part two to even begin another aspect ratio shrink and stretch as they're walking through the door frame so you barely notice it on the other side just feels more cinematic an Oscar one of you might just get it and you all deserve it sort of Destiny I love everything about this that's right that's why I was watching the commentary and Daniel sheinart said the score reminds him of Dan Deacon and now I'm in love I need a way to show that love thinking uh well I'll think of something oh [Music] smooth transition there jobu put on the crack of the couch okay new fear unlocked I'm not usually jealous of jobs I know I couldn't do but I covered the life of the artist who made that book and you know I want to only do the right thing for her you right as a tiny box invented by people who are afraid in a movie with great quotes that's a great quote I'm not even sure what to do with it no one is totally right no one is totally wrong depending on the perspective they're both awful and both great you have no idea what you've done you're stuck like this forever under no circumstances should this movie get a sequel but that does make me curious about one her hair is a bagel I was just looking for someone who could see what I all the power in the Multiverse enjoy still wanted her mom I know it seems more complex than that but it really isn't she didn't want to be alone we know Rick just likes her perfume but also personal space Rick personal space pretending me know what I'm doing but really we're just going around like a bagel these circular lights that change color and position making faces look like completely different people from different verses are you doing why would you rip my guts out with the delivery of that line not anger but confusion and despair even the dead evelyns are screaming [Music] every one of these is so fun so I'm gonna Point them out at first we just cycle through her main view but then we get Evelyn dancing in the forest cat Fallout death stranding gas mask lizard monster imprisoned with beard none Captain phillipa Giorgio gorgeously animated Cosmo statue neon demon baby slaughterhouse Tinder workout bro Tesla bot Raiden different nun Mongolian Snapback monster skeleton none not even Michelle yo at all Lantern's Batman sidekick double rainbow David koresh insta elephants War winter Glam Queen alt gas mask Reverend ghost tree album cover replicant Twin Peaks grapes dog dead Zoom meeting with a visual effects artists Beach old blonde alien egg Illuminati quap painted white-handed Rave house Halloween green lipstick and I think that's it also the piece of music that plays throughout will either give you a panic attack in the best way or clear your brain of all problems depending on your level of ADHD I should know the dip out of frame to become a rock I know I'm just listing things that happen but like that's so killer I love that there's no sound at all here except wind it's perfect especially after the chaos of the flying through verses originally they were going to speak their lines but Michelle yo suggested to the Daniels that they just do a silent scene with text and apparently Michelle yo is an artistic genius because this is one of the most powerful scenes in an incredibly powerful film nihilistic existential Rock jokes you can even see the disappointment on Joy's face when she realizes the same thing is happening to her mom I wanted to see if I went in could I finally Escape like actually die which clears up why Evelyn didn't die in the prime universe and just woke up in Michelle yo universe dang this moment where you think Waymond is begging Evelyn but he's actually pleading with everyone else to protect her even after she stabbed him how confused him most of us were young women but yeah listen to women it'll change your life please be kind all the awards I'm honestly not sure if any of these worlds or even our world deserves women [Music] you didn't need to rip my heart out women I got it this is genuinely the most romantic line in any movie ever I don't think anything else is even close because if you've been in love you know that's the stuff that counts and it's a perfect Coda to the Montage of Evelyn slowly remembering all the tiny little insignificant things she loves about women hugging I can't even stand this like 15 frames of women being so emotional over apparently letting one of Evelyn's plants die too pure love let's just say love the most to love all the love here come the tears like she's finally seeing him realizing how special he is Joe Boo and her hair what a stellar match cut so perfectly lined up what happens when you die in your own movie I don't care if you come with me enjoy even as Evelyn is attempting to do the right thing it still lets down her daughter which is understandable the parent child's relationship is not easy and it's pretty much always confusing anime run in the background you're not unlovable I know it's like the children's movie fantasy to have the hero stop using punches and start using the power of love but man doesn't get me in the feels and really work this time yeah of course she's actually playing Clair de Lune it's the real Keys also the wrist brace on the foot is perfect and her improbability act is what Deirdre needed in the first place someone to love her hugging self-sacrifice reloaded style little third eye Ridiculousness to love everyone [Music] not wrong it's not there's nothing in the Bible about rocks crying out and I'm gonna say that this is a reference to that true love can move mountains I'll take it he got you with your own lack of a rule for those following along at home Evelyn has become the same as jobu dubaki connected to all the different versions of herself but instead of that making her a nihilist and concluding that nothing matters she's flipped it on its head thanks largely to the sweetest and purest man alive Waymond to see that everything matters that everyone is capable of love and deserving of love and seeking something often Love sometimes other stuff I mean nobody seems right for this part I guess I'll just have to do it said the guy who wrote it and cast Michelle yo to perform it [Music] I really can't get enough of the score come recover in parentheses empathy fight is going to be on rotation in my brain for a very long time are we hearing voices is it just a synth these brief respets of joy is it but then back to battle music climbing up a hill also this look on Joy's face when she almost seems impressed by her mom but continues up the steps sometimes you forget how skilled at martial arts she actually is you know when she's making you feel stuff by subtly Shifting the scowl she's worn all movie to a very soft smile that makes you want to crawl up into a ball and rock back and forth also speaking of job who's drip uncalled for best picture now and Andre 3000 on the flute again [Music] is anyone else a complete mess watching this because goodness I don't recommend watching this movie multiple times over the course of a month Becky's facial expressions and reactions are so Pitch Perfect she knows some of what's going on but just from the tone and energy of the conversation she can feel the tension and angst all mixed up with love and revelation foreign a fight stance into a beckon for an embrace it's not right the lighting that matches each location [Music] still crying mother on the hug this is like the 6th or 14th time I've seen and it still gets me every time her dad finally showed up for her there's literally not enough tissues in the world for the amount of crying that's going on at Casa de Cinema wins this exit from chaos to a simple quiet conversation between family members because no matter what huge gestures Evelyn makes there are still issues they need to work out for some reason when I'm with you it just it just hurts the both of us that's brutal and honest line but parents can take it it's what they're made for I still wanted to share with you I will always want to be here with you just checking back in to let you know I'm still crying through all of this you could be adding a line that doesn't even have to apply to the Multiverse movie phew acts of time or any of this actually makes any sense then I will cherish these few specks of time what an absolute Banger of a love story line and applied to the mother-daughter relationship just stabbed you right through the blood pumpy thing in your chest yeah again Pitch Perfect Look love this whole montage but this is still a hard note from me fam but jobu reaching out a simple signal that she's not giving up parents will always grasp those chances hell we'll all do it for anyone we truly love oh sorry just gonna keep sobbing planets crashing don't have the impact that their hug does this raw emotion is visceral and real and beautiful beyond words nothing matters oh crap if nothing matters why not love each other and make the best of our time while trying to improve how we interact then look more googly eyes one for each of the family members also someone has a first-rate sense of humor you need to grow your hair hey you tell me that's how an Asian mom shows love who am I to judge I thought we were done making me cry you jackasses she's so playful like two High School sweethearts doing a little PDA which according to Dan Quan is a big deal for immigrant parents but we have a problem because you listened but you didn't listen but it doesn't matter because Evelyn realizes what's important about life now and if she can block some of the noise for a few specks of time and focus on that she can be happy and she can help her family be happy such a solid message in this Whirlwind of a movie foreign what a title card the stretch Sun Lux did the entire score which is phenomenal and mitsky and David Byrne are doing this closing song which well yeah it's fantastic this movie is a big crazy Multiverse story with a classic deranged evil villain but then actually it's just a big old metaphor for a daughter trying to reach out to her mother and like the bagel doesn't even matter it's the entire Drive of the plot right but not only do we and the alpha verse people who really seem to be in the know interpret the bagel completely incorrectly like it's some doomsday device it's also just another metaphor for someone who's lost depressed and overwhelmed trying to end it all which isn't the easiest topic to ever discuss because I mean is there a one-to-one corollary for what jobu tupaki is going through not really and I hate that there's even a possibility that someone could walk away thinking this is another movie vilifying mental illness personally I think it would be a stretch anyway but that's why at the heart of the whole thing is a love story husband and wife mother and daughter daughter and father everyone is trying to figure out how they fit into their own reality this is the type of movie everyone complains about not getting made anymore it's a well-written original Ip action sci-fi fantasy just on these points alone it would be worth checking out but the writing performances and emotion both create in this film push it way past worth of watch into some of the most poignant moments of any film in the past decade the only real complaint I could see anyone leveling at it is the messy confusion of the film being too much because it fits a lot but the acid trip reality hopping is just another reason I really love it personally and if you can get past that as a problem holy crap this film packs a punch I laughed I cried I cried some more I kept crying I laughed some more there were adult toys I mean honestly what else could you want in a film while it's a specific story about a specific parent-child relationship who are part of a specific diaspora it's still incredibly relatable and I love that the message isn't Evelyn was mean and now she needs to be nice Evelyn's Journey includes accepting herself for who she is because so much of her disappointment in her life is blamed on Waymond and joy but in reality only has to do with her own expectations and choices obviously you can write the perfect story all day but this movie also has four performances nominated for an Oscar with good reason as Side characters Tali Mandel and James Hong don't sit in the background even when they're just sitting in the background they're giving it their all Becky and gong gong have minimal time in the film but every moment counts with them and their conclusion just adds to the sobbing so much crying to even call Jamie Lee Curtis a supporting character feels silly Deirdre was clearly fun for Jaime to play she goes for it it's nice to see such an accomplished actor take a smaller role like this and squeeze everything she can out of it but then we get to our main three starting with kihui Kwan he is the heart of this film I'm sure everyone knows this by now but he had trouble getting cast in anything after Temple of Doom and Goonies after only getting a few bit Parts here and there he eventually gave up on acting which is a tragedy when you consider how incredible he is in this his timing is always superb he's incredibly funny you completely believe him when he's Alpha Wayman and kicking butt and good Lord can you wear the crap out of a tux literally every version of Waymond was believable despite being so different he gets some of the most memorable lines and moments and deserves all the accolades he's been given the fact that he's been cast for season two of Loki both gives me hope for the future of the show and the future of his career hopefully Hollywood won't blow it again and then Stephanie Shu gave an incredible performance of both being the frustrated daughter and also being a destroyer of worlds and realities she certainly had some roles that made her recognizable to some folks but this role has shown her to be an undeniable Talent her frustration with her mother is so on point her nihilism is thought out and warranted she's funny scary and entirely relatable which again is saying something because I'm a white Suburban dad in his late 30s I don't know if she's my favorite part of this movie but she's definitely top two the other one of those two is obviously Michelle yo what can be said that I haven't already said she's incredible watching Evelyn in awe of Michelle is one of the best things I've ever seen she plays multiple versions of the same character and each feels unique she's perfect in this film this movie really did make me want to go watch every one of her earlier works and I just might there will always be a contingent of people who will hate this movie Just because too many people like it and you do you hopefully this video added to your ability to enjoy it and here's a teaser for next week's video it is a legacy sequel of sorts so look forward to that next week and check out adamandeve.com use code Cinema [Music] all right [Music]