Everything Everywhere All At Once

[thatguy]

I went to lunch with my mom in Santa Cruz, then, after she went home, we went to the theater downtown and caught this. Really enjoyed that. It was clever story telling. Lots of subtitles, but so engaging.

I had no idea that was such a mother / daughter story. The same thing as when I saw Whip It (the roller derby movie with Ellen Page) I thought that one was going to be a story about roller derby and it was all emotional mom stuff. If any daughters took there moms to see this today, not knowing, whew...lots of tears I imagine. 

I heard the writer(s?) worked on this for a long time. It must have been a struggle to figure out how to put the pieces together cohesively, but it totally works. The humor is good, as is the acting. Great cast...Jamie Lee is perfect antagonist for Yeoh. 

Lots of nods to other things, some nods more subtle,  Hitchhikers Guide? ...and I'm feeling like James Hong and Michelle yeoh had a scene almost like this:



 I'll probably have to watch it again at some point. 

--tg
Ps: I was impressed by the piano

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PPS - I really connected with short round's speech...just great...