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There are some really beautiful quotes in this movie - I like "Please, be kind. Especially when we don't know what's going on" I'm trying to carry that one with me.
As a mama, the rock scene broke me down. Especially, when Joy was like let me go and then her mom still rolled after her. I went and laid on my 14 year old son half crying. I told him "if we were rocks, I'd follow you off a cliff". He was like 🤨😳.
Apparently when Jamie Lee's agent pitched this movie offer to her, they were just like, "You would get to do fight scenes with Michelle Yeoh, but you're also in a romantic relationship with Michelle Yeoh." And Jamie was like, "FUCK YES. I've heard enough. I don't even need to read it." lol
It's worth pointing out, she wasn't going to "let Joy leave the nest". Joy was trying to commit suicide across the multiverse. Every version of her dead. That's why it's so shocking when she initially lets her go.
She stop trying to control her life and let go, but and the end she make sure her daughter know she support her decision and she will always love her no matter what.
@@JT-cm9di there’s two ways to interpret this black hole. Joyce told her mom that she can finally find peace by entering through the hole, this can either mean, she find peace in death, or she can finally leave her parent, and finally be herself. I’m incline towards the former, I have also talked to few people that had previous mental health issue, they all agree former is more sounded when looking at the message of this movie.
@@joex8au04 I think that's reading too much, and I have mental health issues. Letting go is just what you do with the people you actually love, I think that's what was meant in the movie.
@@Cynry It's a black hole that Joy explicitly says was designed to see if she could "finally die" because everything is too much.... I don't think it's a big jump to think it's a metaphor for depression.
Seen an interview with Michelle Yeoh where they were talking about her most iconic roles, like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Crazy Rich Asians. She broke down into tears when she started talking about Everything Everywhere All At Once because she felt she finally got to show the type of acting she had always wanted to do, not just action star. It was a moving interview. Can't remember the interview, but it was one of those ones like from GQ or something like that.
I was trying to explain this to someone when i was talking about asian represention. We want to be seen as real people, real characters just like everyone else. Not just the token villian, comedic relief or sidekick. Shows like fresh off the boat and movies like this are just the beginning and i'm so happy and proud that i'm here to witness it.
Meanwhile Steven has never cried on camera, lol. I do kind of wonder, if he just doesn't really cry in general or just not watching movies for these videos.
This movie changed my entire outlook on life. Not even joking. This and interstellar fight for the top spot. But this hit me particularly hard when I saw it. I’d say it was the right film at the right time for me. The “In another life…” line really speaks to married or long term relationship people. Sometimes the mundanity is nauseating but would you want to do it with anyone else?
A theme park give you fun, thrill and excitement but it only last for a while; a good cinema not only make you feels every emotion but it also make you start to re-think the meaning of your life again.
@@nasreennasser8092 I feel like these two movies sort of coexist in a weird way. Interstellar shows how precious time can be and EEAAO shows the importance of how we spend that time, whether it be meaningless or meaningful (cherishing the few specks of time)
hey Nikki and Steven, a little trivia: the googly eyes (white with black center) are the opposite of the bagel (black with white center). It's Waymond's positive outlook in life VS Joy's depressive nihilism.
I never noticed that, it's like the yin and yang symbol, and I thought there was a kind of Buddhist tone to the movie. It's like with the sausage fingers they used their feet instead and were still able to play beautiful music on the piano and were positive because negativity leads towards the black hole of depression and apathy. The rock scene was beautiful, they were literally at rock bottom isolated within themselves, Joy didn't want Evelyn to come closer and then at the end there is a brief scene of the rocks and planets colliding. This movie is so deep and rich with symbolism, it's just a masterpiece, one of a kind.
Y’all are too young to remember but in the 1970’s, we had Pet Rocks! They were rocks with Googlie eyes. There were two in a box and you named them, took them everywhere you went and treated them like actual pets. They were so cute! Someone was a frickin’ genius to think of putting eyes on rocks and use the gullibility of everyone to buy those things. I mean everyone in high school had to have them and give them as presents for Christmas’, birthdays. Whenever!
Her husband bringing her back from her nihilistic breakdown is so beautiful and so amazing and the entirety of the rest of the film is just FANTASTIC. I love the "this is how I fight."monologue and Evelyn using her knowledge of the different worlds to help the people trying to fight her.
The scene where the entire family is holding joy on the stairs and won’t let go (suicidal tendencies?) really hit me. Also when successful waymond tells he he’d chose to be doing laundry and taxes w her 😭😭😭😭😭😭 This movie was about love! Jobu was suffering with all the fractures and still all she wanted was her mom by her side 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
YES!! knowing that joy/jobu had been put through so much pain, yet always went back to her mom. despite the hurt and the fractures, she still went looking through all the universes to find her :(
I felt like she wanted a mum to understand her, and die with her. Yet when beta waymond persuaded Evelyn from her sociapath mindset to embracing appreciation and love. Evelyn didn’t want to die. So jobu wants everyone to die no matter if her mum wants to do a suicidal pact or not. The whole family preventing Joy from dying was impactful. And Showing the daughter running in the laundromat emphasis that she’s just her daughter. As a villian u want to let her go. Deep down she’s still her daughter. She needs to know what she’s doing is hurting her mum, her family.
A movie that has rocks that can make you feel emotion is a movie that only comes along once in a lifetime, IMO. I left the theatre feeling like I had three hours of special therapy.
“All the VFX for this film was done by 9 people, including the two directors, with the majority of the shots being done by a core group of 5 people.” This blows my mind
Here's something I haven't heard anybody mention: The traditional masculine and feminine roles were reversed for the couple of Evelyn and her husband, and you probably didn't even notice or care. It didn't beat you over the head with any virtue signaling etc. They just did it and did it perfectly.
This was certainly the best movie I've seen in many years. The acting, the story, the cinematography, and visuals were all just perfect. Michelle Yeoh put in the performance of her career, as did Ke Huy Quan who hasn't acted since the 80's in The Goonies and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The daughter, played by Stephanie Hsu, was fantastic, and of course Jamie Lee Curtis killed it as the IRS agent. There were no weak spots in my opinion. It really makes the Dr Strange MoM look bad in comparison to how the multiverse was portrayed. Plus this movie cost about 10% of what that one cost ($25 million compared to $200 million) it's a shame this one won't make a billion dollars.
Honestly, that speech Waymond gave and the "In another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you" line hit so hard, I cry every time 😭
“I’m useless alone… We’re all useless alone… good thing you’re not alone.” Suicide isn’t the answer folks. If you’re considering it please reach out. The world is better with you in it & transcending that pain makes you a hero who can help someone else who is currently going through it.
I love how they pummel you with jabs and combos of absurdity, then when you’re wide open they start with the emotional haymakers and you just have no defenses left.
This movie is absolutely bat-shit crazy in the best way possible. It's flawless. One of the best movies I've seen in ages, not just this year. If this doesn't sweep the awards shows, there's something seriously wrong with the world.
"the only thing I do know is that we have to be kind. Please, be kind. Especially when we don't know what's going on" Waymond is literally telling us how to fix most of the world's problems
This movie is actual a phenomenal depiction of how depression works, the chaos, the madness, the feeling of everything going on at the same time in your mind, the hopelessness, seeking comfort in sadness, etc etc the daughter is the movie is shown to suffer from depression ....
I was lucky to catch this in theaters. It was amazing. We were all laughing, bawling and sniffling. Waymonds part absolutely broke me. When she can’t understand how he helped and his voice breaks when he says, “idk. I just talked to her.” 🥺🥺 Then we see all the little moments of his kindness and silliness that makes her happy. That’s what they were both missing. Her and Joy. Remember when Joy says that’s why she was looking for her mom? To see if she could see something that she missed. They weren’t seeing Waymonds kindness. Also, the bagel represents Joys despair and depression. At the end, it’s super important that it’s Joy who reaches out for her moms hand. She wants help. Then Joys speech about letting her go? Omg the actress is so good. Then their embrace being shown with planets colliding? Like it’s saying that’s just as powerful? So beautiful. I’m crying all over again. Lol 🥹🥹🥹😭😭😭 PS: it was one of the best movie experiences of my life. We wept, laughed, bawled. After movie, there were about 7-8 of us. All strangers. Recapping our fav moments. What it meant. I’ve never had that happen. Ever.
"if you can be anything, be kind" YES YES YES YEEEEEESSSS i started crying when waymond was giving his speech but i completely broke down when evelyn chased joy in the parking lot from that point on i was a complete mess. best movie of the year, decade maybe, just a personal favorite for me. i will not take any slander for this film. thank you for reacting to this !
My interpretation of this movie was this. The wife is wondering what life would be like if she made different choices because her life didn't turn out the way she wanted. The daughter wants to commit suicide because she feels life isn't worth living but she wants find someone who can convince her it is. This movie is one of the best movies I've ever seen
@@MsEverAfterings and Waymond is the only one who is constantly coping with his situation, because he understands he can't control his surroundings but he can control his personal attitude.
I asked my mom and my sister to both see this movie because they live on separate coasts and have always had friction. This movie is giving them a perspective that is needed because things are being said that have needed to be said for over thirty years. It makes me smile knowing that this movie has such a beautiful and incredible impact on people.
Easily one of my favorite films of the last decade. Complete surprise. Still can't believe the guys who directed the "Turn Down for What" music video were the geniuses responsible for this cinematic masterpiece.
Congratulations to the directors, the producers, and the actors for all the awards they received for this film. The Best Picture win is well deserved. This film is also really ground breaking as it's the first science fiction film in the modern era to win an Academy Award for "Best Picture".
The actor who plays Waymond was in the Goonies and played Short Round in Indiana Jones. What a great movie! What a great reaction! Love you guys💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
who knew that a movie featuring hot dog fingers, butt plugs, googly eyes, and a talking raccoon could cause me to ugly cry? this movie is something special and my favorite movie of the year. Michelle Yeoh and Ke Quan deserve all the awards! so glad you guys enjoyed it! ❤
I love watching reactions to this movie because most have NO IDEA what the premise is going in and most end up loving it. Just the range of emotions people go through while watching is amazing.
You know, I've finally realized after rewatching this several times, the Alpha Joy, becoming Jobu means that in that universe that Joy was the "worst Joy", the one that failed at everything. Because Alpha Weymond said that in order for the mind to be able to handle all those and access all possibilities they had to be from the universe where every choice was the "wrong" choice. And then Joy at the end tells her mom, "Why wouldn't you choose to be in a place where your daughter is better than this", "this" being "me". So Jobu's Joy was a Joy that failed at everything, in a universe where her mother was the ultimate genius, and she went looking for the one universe where her mom failed at everything just like her. So she was looking for someone who's an ultimate failure like her to tell her there's an upside, a reason to go on, that she couldn't see. So no matter where you are in the multiverse, where you are in existence, by becoming everything everywhere all at once, no matter how high you are, you get the feeling of your worst low, at all times and your worst low gets to see first hand at all times all that you'll never have. So nothing you've ever done matters, and nothing you ever did mattered.
You can see the homage the writers made to Wong Kar-Wai during the scenes where Waymond is in a suit, with that particular slow motion camera that is very particular to Wong. The similarities to In the Mood for Love is very heartwarming.
NEVER expected this movie to hit as hard as it did, Nikki I’m with you I was crying a lot too 😭 the Dads speech, the realization at the end, it hit hard
I loved this movie and I am not kidding when I say that I have been waiting for you guys to react to this for months. The main message that I got from the film is to love your life and the people around you and to stop fixating on the what ifs. Had me questioning, as a person who doesn’t have the best relationship with their family, that is it because of me? Have I been too harsh with them, etc.
I actually quite like the perfume scene, it might seems nothing to us but to that old man, the perfume remind him her wife and it means everything to him, sometimes a small kind gesture meant the world to someone.
im hard to please when it comes to movies purely because i have a bad tendency to relate them to other movies ive previously seen which ends up making me subconsciously think "Ive seen this before!" but this movie was just so new and out of the box for me that its quickly became one of my new favourites.. Amazing movie. A24 are doing really good recently.
This movie hit me very hard, I had all the feelings at once. The acting in general was phenomenal, I loved Waymon, but the actress who plays Joy, OMG, I felt everything she said, the sadness, the anger, the disappointment and the hopelessness. My favorite movie without a doubt.
As an older guy who has experienced - first hand - watching hundreds of movies since the 1960's, Everything, Everywhere, All at Once rises to the top of best edited films of all time. That's no mean feat. I'm so glad it won so many Academy Awards, but am especially glad it won for editing. Without the surgical precision of Paul Roger's edits, this film could have descended into a chaotic mess. And yet it became one of the best films in years.
This is the only movie I've ever experienced laughing and crying at the same time. I'm not a parent, but I was a child and it hit me hard too. We are all scared sometimes, all confused and sometimes overwhelmed, and family relationships get complicated... so just be kind to each other. And can we shout out the editors? HOW did they edit that footage so seamlessly?
This is an absolute one of a kind movie. It goes from a dramatic scene with hot dog fingers, Dialogue between 2 rocks and a butt plug fight... to a tear jerking moment of sincerity... and it works! How the hell did they do that?!
Awesome fact: Ke Huy Quan, who plays the husband, is the actor who played Data in The Goonies and Short Round in Temple of Doom. He had pretty much left acting for 30 years, due to lack of real opportunities for Asian actors. He recently came back, when he saw the success of 'Crazy Rich Asians'. I'm so happy he's back acting. I loved him i the 80's when i was a kid, and he killed his role in this movie.
Never have I seen a film that is damn near EVERY kind of genre in film history, and not only that but have it all work! Comedy and action galore, sci-fi aplenty, nice sprinkle of horror and mystery, family and romance, drama and feel-good, heartbreak and Joy. Add to that amazing acting, dope music, incredible editing and choreography, and on top of that it's just so much fun to watch! Truly one of the best films I've ever seen.
I was worried Steven was going to have issues with the subtitles, but I'm so glad to see you guys watch this. This is definitely one of the top movies of the year. Completely unexpected and just flawless in its execution.
One minute you’re laughing, the next you’re crying - this entire movie is a metaphor for life. And we’ll cherish the moments in the chaotic film that mattered most.
Glad you guys gave it a chance after it won in a poll. Let’s keep watching more independent films by storytellers with original ideas! Watched this with you guys a couple fridays ago, saw it twice in theaters when it first came out, it’s one of those movies that comes at you from all directions and completely balances it all. I’m so happy for Michelle Yeoh and all the actors that got to show off in this film, every emotion and beat was fantastic.
The thing about eating chapstick or any of the weird things done in this movie right before they become someone from a different universe is the idea that in order to change your life you must get out of your comfort zone, you must take a shot at something you’ve never done before. Also, seeing Nikki finally give into tears, after so many times holding it, was beautiful.
I saw this movie with about 60 days of sobriety, super vulnerable and damn did it crack my soul open. To be honest I wasn’t ready for it but i love it so much. I bawled at multiple points as my head, heart, & soul all vibrated internally haha
After I saw this movie I bought googly eyes and picked out some rocks at the park and glued them on and then put the rocks in random places so that the people who saw this movie would find them and smile :)
one detail I like about this film is that one of the directors wanting it to be about a mother with undiagnosed ADHD (hence with her not focusing on the moment and only listening when its urgent and even amplified when she was jumping into different verses). So the director researched about ADHD and that lead him to getting a diagnosis himself
The writers said Albert Camus’s concept of “the absurd” was a huge influence on why the movie goes so out there. It seems like it’s there purely for humor & “randomness” but it’s really there to highlight the movies thesis statement on optimistic nihilism or optimism in the face of accepted nihilism. Joy & wayman both accept the absurd & meaninglessness of the universe but approach it in different ways.
The term youre lookin for is absurdism. The "optimistic nihilism" you refer to and Waymond highlights is absurdism. Its the philosophy that posits that the universe is inherently absurd and without meaning, but the beauty in that is that we make our own meaning and find our own purpose in it. Often that is simply live and love as Waymond exemplifies, vs the nihilism ie. Joy who posits that without meaning why does anything matter? Its a perfect dichotomy and examination of the two philosophies that are almost polar opposites and highlights absurdism (probably one of the lesser known, but my favorite philosophy nonetheless) as a solution.
they explain the multiverse better than anyone else I have seen and I absolutely LOVE the way this is filmed and edited the slow motion stuff is spot on and I love Nikki reading the rock conversation
I saw this movie when it came out in theaters months ago and have seen it multiple times since loving it just as much as you both did the first time. It is truly an emotional and uplifting experience that I can’t compare to any other piece of media out there. I will surely be thinking about it for years to come. I’m so happy you both enjoyed it ❤️
There’s interviews with Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis, and it seemed like they had so much fun working together, and have so much respect and love for each other 🥺
"I can't take this scene seriously." Exactly :D The fact that it still makes you feel for them despite the fact that it's completely ridiculous is the whole point.
your connection as a couple is so obvious even through the screen! something kinda silly but that i think might reflect on how he treats her is the “are you ready” in the beggining of the videos. i know is for the purpose of the videos but it sounds so respectful that it leads me to think its how you treat each other in other situations💖
The way this movie is the absolute definition of a Rollercoaster of emotions. You go from silly to heartwarming to ridiculous to badass to sad, then back to silly so quickly, and it's so well done.
I've been paying fairly close attention to movies for 60+ years and in production and concept this is the most astonishing work of film art I've seen this century. There is a 'behind the scenes' choreography video on YT.
As someone that has been trough some difficult times recently, i just cried my eyes out with Joy trying to enter into the bagel. It's a clear reference to suicide and it's heartbreaking.
Easily the best movie I’ve seen this year. Entertaining in all of the easy ways (action, laughs, and spectacle) AND it actually has SOMETHING TO SAY. Outstanding.
Absolutely LOVED this movie. So original and fun, with a strong emotional core. Great acting, choreography, cinematography, editing. One of my favorite movies in the last few years.
With all the creativity, chaos, and conflict presented throughout the movie, in the end it was kindness that resolved everyone's problems. Such a fantastic message in an already excellent movie.
Early on, Evelyn says her life would've been great if she hadn't married waymond. Then we also see that his life would've turned out great too in that alternate universe (he looked like a CEO or something). But thru fate or luck, their lives would cross paths anyway, and we get that heartfelt scene that reminisced on their marriage in the main universe.
"That looks like a buttplug" followed by Steven's reaction made me spill the coffee out of my mouth 🤣. PD: Man, no one was ready for this film and we all ended up loving it
I like to think that eventually, Waymond's take-away from the 'it was beautiful!' part was, "yeah, but you're still sticking with me, no matter how beautiful that life was." I also like to think that's what she comes to believe.
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"In another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you." BROKE me. It's one of my favorite lines in the movie.
There are some really beautiful quotes in this movie - I like "Please, be kind. Especially when we don't know what's going on" I'm trying to carry that one with me.
I cried my eyes out with that
I will admit it. That made me cry. And I'm a tough manly man (evidently not).
True. Especially if you had experience in the past related to that. I bet I'm not the only one.
The fact that Waymond is living the ideal dream life of the rich and successful Waymond is so powerful, it just shows how much he loves Evelyn
The scenes with Waymond talking about being kind and Joy and Evelyn’s final scene had me bawling my eyes out 🥹
Yeah, I remember watching that for the first time and getting choked up. The emotional center stands out, even with all the chaos going on around it.
There are so many impactful moments in this film, but that scene with Waymond explaining to Evelyn the meaning behind his way of living hit real hard.
Totally with you. I think so many people literally need this movie right now. I know I did.
“You consider yourself to be a fighter. That is how I see myself too. This is how I fight.”
had me bawling, genuinely.
As a mama, the rock scene broke me down. Especially, when Joy was like let me go and then her mom still rolled after her. I went and laid on my 14 year old son half crying. I told him "if we were rocks, I'd follow you off a cliff". He was like 🤨😳.
I said they same to my son. I’d roll down after you ❤
As a 19 years old son, it's relieving to hear you say that to your son, and I'm sure you'd be a great parent to your son
Apparently when Jamie Lee's agent pitched this movie offer to her, they were just like, "You would get to do fight scenes with Michelle Yeoh, but you're also in a romantic relationship with Michelle Yeoh." And Jamie was like, "FUCK YES. I've heard enough. I don't even need to read it." lol
It's worth pointing out, she wasn't going to "let Joy leave the nest". Joy was trying to commit suicide across the multiverse. Every version of her dead. That's why it's so shocking when she initially lets her go.
She stop trying to control her life and let go, but and the end she make sure her daughter know she support her decision and she will always love her no matter what.
@@JT-cm9di there’s two ways to interpret this black hole. Joyce told her mom that she can finally find peace by entering through the hole, this can either mean, she find peace in death, or she can finally leave her parent, and finally be herself. I’m incline towards the former, I have also talked to few people that had previous mental health issue, they all agree former is more sounded when looking at the message of this movie.
@@joex8au04 I think that's reading too much, and I have mental health issues. Letting go is just what you do with the people you actually love, I think that's what was meant in the movie.
@@joex8au04 She explicitly says she's trying to see if the bagel will let her "finally die", so... yeah.
@@Cynry It's a black hole that Joy explicitly says was designed to see if she could "finally die" because everything is too much.... I don't think it's a big jump to think it's a metaphor for depression.
Seen an interview with Michelle Yeoh where they were talking about her most iconic roles, like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Crazy Rich Asians. She broke down into tears when she started talking about Everything Everywhere All At Once because she felt she finally got to show the type of acting she had always wanted to do, not just action star. It was a moving interview. Can't remember the interview, but it was one of those ones like from GQ or something like that.
It was GQ
Always knew she was an acting powerhouse but who knew she could do comedy!
@@youraveragepasser-by7367 Thanks, I’m going to have to find it!
I was trying to explain this to someone when i was talking about asian represention. We want to be seen as real people, real characters just like everyone else. Not just the token villian, comedic relief or sidekick. Shows like fresh off the boat and movies like this are just the beginning and i'm so happy and proud that i'm here to witness it.
I watched that interview and I cried too
Nikki is so empathetic, she must be a wonderful Mother and wife.
Meanwhile Steven has never cried on camera, lol. I do kind of wonder, if he just doesn't really cry in general or just not watching movies for these videos.
@@nikolaiquack8548 Steven emotes through his words... plus he always has to stay strong for Nikki. I know he feels it though.
Agreed!
@@nikolaiquack8548 I think he cried during Train to Busan
@@Galactic123 He also either cried or came close to crying when they watched JoJo Rabbit. I think.
This movie changed my entire outlook on life. Not even joking. This and interstellar fight for the top spot. But this hit me particularly hard when I saw it. I’d say it was the right film at the right time for me. The “In another life…” line really speaks to married or long term relationship people. Sometimes the mundanity is nauseating but would you want to do it with anyone else?
A theme park give you fun, thrill and excitement but it only last for a while; a good cinema not only make you feels every emotion but it also make you start to re-think the meaning of your life again.
Same here. I watched this with my wife and it was so emotional
omg interstellar is one of my tops too!!
@@nasreennasser8092 I feel like these two movies sort of coexist in a weird way. Interstellar shows how precious time can be and EEAAO shows the importance of how we spend that time, whether it be meaningless or meaningful (cherishing the few specks of time)
Brother we are literally the same
hey Nikki and Steven, a little trivia: the googly eyes (white with black center) are the opposite of the bagel (black with white center). It's Waymond's positive outlook in life VS Joy's depressive nihilism.
I never noticed that, it's like the yin and yang symbol, and I thought there was a kind of Buddhist tone to the movie. It's like with the sausage fingers they used their feet instead and were still able to play beautiful music on the piano and were positive because negativity leads towards the black hole of depression and apathy. The rock scene was beautiful, they were literally at rock bottom isolated within themselves, Joy didn't want Evelyn to come closer and then at the end there is a brief scene of the rocks and planets colliding. This movie is so deep and rich with symbolism, it's just a masterpiece, one of a kind.
@@nuhuh9893 dont forget the "even this cookie can be kung fu" (how waymond fights with kindness)
@@user-ft3ul5lp6z omg I love this thank you that is so right
I never would have gotten that. I’m so bad at symbolism.
Y’all are too young to remember but in the 1970’s, we had Pet Rocks! They were rocks with Googlie eyes. There were two in a box and you named them, took them everywhere you went and treated them like actual pets. They were so cute!
Someone was a frickin’ genius to think of putting eyes on rocks and use the gullibility of everyone to buy those things. I mean everyone in high school had to have them and give them as presents for Christmas’, birthdays. Whenever!
45:49 laughing while dabbing tears from your eyes and saying "what the fuck" - pretty much sums up this movie
YES
Her husband bringing her back from her nihilistic breakdown is so beautiful and so amazing and the entirety of the rest of the film is just FANTASTIC. I love the "this is how I fight."monologue and Evelyn using her knowledge of the different worlds to help the people trying to fight her.
The scene where the entire family is holding joy on the stairs and won’t let go (suicidal tendencies?) really hit me. Also when successful waymond tells he he’d chose to be doing laundry and taxes w her 😭😭😭😭😭😭
This movie was about love! Jobu was suffering with all the fractures and still all she wanted was her mom by her side 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Not a tendency, that was actively her goal once her mother couldn't offer a reason to stay.
YES!! knowing that joy/jobu had been put through so much pain, yet always went back to her mom. despite the hurt and the fractures, she still went looking through all the universes to find her :(
I felt like she wanted a mum to understand her, and die with her. Yet when beta waymond persuaded Evelyn from her sociapath mindset to embracing appreciation and love. Evelyn didn’t want to die. So jobu wants everyone to die no matter if her mum wants to do a suicidal pact or not. The whole family preventing Joy from dying was impactful. And Showing the daughter running in the laundromat emphasis that she’s just her daughter. As a villian u want to let her go. Deep down she’s still her daughter. She needs to know what she’s doing is hurting her mum, her family.
Jobu Tupaki represented all the pent up anger and sadness, she wanted to destroy everything just to feel loved by her mother.
Because what hurting child doesn't want their mom?
A movie that has rocks that can make you feel emotion is a movie that only comes along once in a lifetime, IMO. I left the theatre feeling like I had three hours of special therapy.
“All the VFX for this film was done by 9 people, including the two directors, with the majority of the shots being done by a core group of 5 people.” This blows my mind
And it took only 18 weeks to film on only a 30 million dollar budget, insane.
And they don't go to graphic school
They learn it from online tutorials for free
And they edited together through Zoom meetings.
@@rastiga9196 even better, it was actually only 38 days of filming. Mind blowing 🤯
And it looks better than most movies
Here's something I haven't heard anybody mention: The traditional masculine and feminine roles were reversed for the couple of Evelyn and her husband, and you probably didn't even notice or care. It didn't beat you over the head with any virtue signaling etc. They just did it and did it perfectly.
“We have to be kind, even when we don’t know what’s going on.”
WHAT A LINE 😭😭😭😭
*loud sobbing*
This was certainly the best movie I've seen in many years. The acting, the story, the cinematography, and visuals were all just perfect. Michelle Yeoh put in the performance of her career, as did Ke Huy Quan who hasn't acted since the 80's in The Goonies and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The daughter, played by Stephanie Hsu, was fantastic, and of course Jamie Lee Curtis killed it as the IRS agent. There were no weak spots in my opinion. It really makes the Dr Strange MoM look bad in comparison to how the multiverse was portrayed. Plus this movie cost about 10% of what that one cost ($25 million compared to $200 million) it's a shame this one won't make a billion dollars.
W movie fr my fav this year probs the Northman and this
and the editors of this movie are self taught and literally edited it on a zoom meeting, that's insane!!
omg agreed the entire cast acted their asses off in this movie
@@mudiametokunboh2370 id add top gun maverick and those are my top 3
And the MUSIC... so good!!
I want Ke Huy Quan to get nominated for Best Supporting Actor SOOOOO MUCH. So amazing that this was his first acting role in 20+ years.
Well your wish got granted 😊
And double granted as he won
i’m so glad they’re finally getting recognition, even if mark wahlbergs racist ass presented them with an award
He made one of the most touching Oscar acceptance speeches ever IMO. So did Michelle and Jamie Lee.
Honestly, that speech Waymond gave and the "In another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you" line hit so hard, I cry every time 😭
“I’m useless alone…
We’re all useless alone… good thing you’re not alone.”
Suicide isn’t the answer folks. If you’re considering it please reach out. The world is better with you in it & transcending that pain makes you a hero who can help someone else who is currently going through it.
I love how they pummel you with jabs and combos of absurdity, then when you’re wide open they start with the emotional haymakers and you just have no defenses left.
Forreals the Haymakers of emotions almost knocked me out.
This movie is absolutely bat-shit crazy in the best way possible. It's flawless. One of the best movies I've seen in ages, not just this year. If this doesn't sweep the awards shows, there's something seriously wrong with the world.
"the only thing I do know is that we have to be kind. Please, be kind. Especially when we don't know what's going on"
Waymond is literally telling us how to fix most of the world's problems
I will never get tired watching people react to this masterpiece of a film. Best movie of the century so far imo.
This movie is actual a phenomenal depiction of how depression works, the chaos, the madness, the feeling of everything going on at the same time in your mind, the hopelessness, seeking comfort in sadness, etc etc
the daughter is the movie is shown to suffer from depression ....
I was lucky to catch this in theaters. It was amazing. We were all laughing, bawling and sniffling. Waymonds part absolutely broke me. When she can’t understand how he helped and his voice breaks when he says, “idk. I just talked to her.” 🥺🥺 Then we see all the little moments of his kindness and silliness that makes her happy. That’s what they were both missing. Her and Joy. Remember when Joy says that’s why she was looking for her mom? To see if she could see something that she missed. They weren’t seeing Waymonds kindness. Also, the bagel represents Joys despair and depression. At the end, it’s super important that it’s Joy who reaches out for her moms hand. She wants help. Then Joys speech about letting her go? Omg the actress is so good. Then their embrace being shown with planets colliding? Like it’s saying that’s just as powerful? So beautiful. I’m crying all over again. Lol 🥹🥹🥹😭😭😭 PS: it was one of the best movie experiences of my life. We wept, laughed, bawled. After movie, there were about 7-8 of us. All strangers. Recapping our fav moments. What it meant. I’ve never had that happen. Ever.
That's so true about Waymond's kindness. He was consistently a kind soul in all the universes.
At 39:35 her stuffed animal outfit is a metaphor for Joy's childhood when she was happy. That's why she said "eventually, it all just goes away."
"if you can be anything, be kind" YES YES YES YEEEEEESSSS i started crying when waymond was giving his speech but i completely broke down when evelyn chased joy in the parking lot from that point on i was a complete mess. best movie of the year, decade maybe, just a personal favorite for me. i will not take any slander for this film. thank you for reacting to this !
This movie transported me existentially in a way no other film has ever✨
Can’t have watched many good movies
@@hm4654 No need to be rude just because someone enjoyed the film.
@@hm4654 Why can’t I say I enjoyed a movie without people being mean):
@@TingKarg Thank you so much 😇🙏
"The Only Thing I Do Know Is That We Have To Be Kind. Please, Be Kind. Especially When We Don't Know What's Going On."
- Waymond.
My interpretation of this movie was this.
The wife is wondering what life would be like if she made different choices because her life didn't turn out the way she wanted.
The daughter wants to commit suicide because she feels life isn't worth living but she wants find someone who can convince her it is.
This movie is one of the best movies I've ever seen
That’s my interpretation too!
@@MsEverAfterings and Waymond is the only one who is constantly coping with his situation, because he understands he can't control his surroundings but he can control his personal attitude.
I asked my mom and my sister to both see this movie because they live on separate coasts and have always had friction. This movie is giving them a perspective that is needed because things are being said that have needed to be said for over thirty years.
It makes me smile knowing that this movie has such a beautiful and incredible impact on people.
Easily one of my favorite films of the last decade. Complete surprise. Still can't believe the guys who directed the "Turn Down for What" music video were the geniuses responsible for this cinematic masterpiece.
Congratulations to the directors, the producers, and the actors for all the awards they received for this film. The Best Picture win is well deserved. This film is also really ground breaking as it's the first science fiction film in the modern era to win an Academy Award for "Best Picture".
I cheered SO often during the Oscars this year.
I know as married couple and parents you guys gonna ADORE this movie, and sure you did. This is a freaking masterpiece
The actor who plays Waymond was in the Goonies and played Short Round in Indiana Jones. What a great movie! What a great reaction! Love you guys💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
He is a legend! So glad he came back to acting 💜
who knew that a movie featuring hot dog fingers, butt plugs, googly eyes, and a talking raccoon could cause me to ugly cry? this movie is something special and my favorite movie of the year. Michelle Yeoh and Ke Quan deserve all the awards! so glad you guys enjoyed it! ❤
I love the way Nikki and Steven look each other in some scenes …. There’s so much love between you guys !! We all can see it and we love it!!!
I love watching reactions to this movie because most have NO IDEA what the premise is going in and most end up loving it. Just the range of emotions people go through while watching is amazing.
You know, I've finally realized after rewatching this several times, the Alpha Joy, becoming Jobu means that in that universe that Joy was the "worst Joy", the one that failed at everything. Because Alpha Weymond said that in order for the mind to be able to handle all those and access all possibilities they had to be from the universe where every choice was the "wrong" choice. And then Joy at the end tells her mom, "Why wouldn't you choose to be in a place where your daughter is better than this", "this" being "me". So Jobu's Joy was a Joy that failed at everything, in a universe where her mother was the ultimate genius, and she went looking for the one universe where her mom failed at everything just like her. So she was looking for someone who's an ultimate failure like her to tell her there's an upside, a reason to go on, that she couldn't see.
So no matter where you are in the multiverse, where you are in existence, by becoming everything everywhere all at once, no matter how high you are, you get the feeling of your worst low, at all times and your worst low gets to see first hand at all times all that you'll never have.
So nothing you've ever done matters, and nothing you ever did mattered.
I don't think you have to be a parent to be emotionally attached or effected by the story. Just being a daughter is enough to have you bawling 😭😭😭
You can see the homage the writers made to Wong Kar-Wai during the scenes where Waymond is in a suit, with that particular slow motion camera that is very particular to Wong. The similarities to In the Mood for Love is very heartwarming.
NEVER expected this movie to hit as hard as it did, Nikki I’m with you I was crying a lot too 😭 the Dads speech, the realization at the end, it hit hard
I loved this movie and I am not kidding when I say that I have been waiting for you guys to react to this for months. The main message that I got from the film is to love your life and the people around you and to stop fixating on the what ifs. Had me questioning, as a person who doesn’t have the best relationship with their family, that is it because of me? Have I been too harsh with them, etc.
I actually quite like the perfume scene, it might seems nothing to us but to that old man, the perfume remind him her wife and it means everything to him, sometimes a small kind gesture meant the world to someone.
Nikki is definitely an empath too, I cried at every part she did. I bet she’s such a wonderful mother!
As a husband who's been married for 15 years, this movie hit me hard. The story between husband and wife is HEARTBREAKING.
im hard to please when it comes to movies purely because i have a bad tendency to relate them to other movies ive previously seen which ends up making me subconsciously think "Ive seen this before!" but this movie was just so new and out of the box for me that its quickly became one of my new favourites.. Amazing movie. A24 are doing really good recently.
Yeah you definitely can't say "I've seen that before" with this movie LOL
It reminded me of "Spotless Mind" so deep and refreshingly different.
You need to watch Coherence, its one of those multiverse movies that are also out of the box like this one!
This movie hit me very hard, I had all the feelings at once. The acting in general was phenomenal, I loved Waymon, but the actress who plays Joy, OMG, I felt everything she said, the sadness, the anger, the disappointment and the hopelessness. My favorite movie without a doubt.
As an older guy who has experienced - first hand - watching hundreds of movies since the 1960's, Everything, Everywhere, All at Once rises to the top of best edited films of all time. That's no mean feat. I'm so glad it won so many Academy Awards, but am especially glad it won for editing. Without the surgical precision of Paul Roger's edits, this film could have descended into a chaotic mess. And yet it became one of the best films in years.
I love the smiles this movie puts on people’s faces, and the tears it brings to their eyes 💜
This movie better win everything, everywhere, all awards at once🤪
29:50 THE WAY YALLS SMILES DISAPPEARED WHEN YALL REALIZED WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN MADE ME SCREEEAMMM JSIEJSJJSKSK
"if you could be anything, be kind"
beautifully put!
This is the only movie I've ever experienced laughing and crying at the same time. I'm not a parent, but I was a child and it hit me hard too. We are all scared sometimes, all confused and sometimes overwhelmed, and family relationships get complicated... so just be kind to each other.
And can we shout out the editors? HOW did they edit that footage so seamlessly?
This is an absolute one of a kind movie. It goes from a dramatic scene with hot dog fingers, Dialogue between 2 rocks and a butt plug fight... to a tear jerking moment of sincerity... and it works! How the hell did they do that?!
The directors initially wanted Jackie Chan for the lead but as they wrote the story they realized it had to be told through Michelle Yeoh's eyes.
Awesome fact: Ke Huy Quan, who plays the husband, is the actor who played Data in The Goonies and Short Round in Temple of Doom. He had pretty much left acting for 30 years, due to lack of real opportunities for Asian actors. He recently came back, when he saw the success of 'Crazy Rich Asians'. I'm so happy he's back acting. I loved him i the 80's when i was a kid, and he killed his role in this movie.
Needs a sequel called "Everyone loves Waymond".
one of the best films of the decade so far.
Never have I seen a film that is damn near EVERY kind of genre in film history, and not only that but have it all work!
Comedy and action galore, sci-fi aplenty, nice sprinkle of horror and mystery, family and romance, drama and feel-good, heartbreak and Joy. Add to that amazing acting, dope music, incredible editing and choreography, and on top of that it's just so much fun to watch!
Truly one of the best films I've ever seen.
This has been my favorite movie this year. It was unique, fun and emotional start to finish.
This is a movie that ticks all the boxes.
Action, Sci fi, acting, cinematography.
I felt for two rocks on a cliff. That happened. It is a thing.
It's nice.
"This just feels like chaos," he says, well before he knows truly what he is in for.
"I get it now."
Top 10 Famous Last Words
The laundry and taxes line gets everyone
I was worried Steven was going to have issues with the subtitles, but I'm so glad to see you guys watch this. This is definitely one of the top movies of the year. Completely unexpected and just flawless in its execution.
One minute you’re laughing, the next you’re crying - this entire movie is a metaphor for life. And we’ll cherish the moments in the chaotic film that mattered most.
Glad you guys gave it a chance after it won in a poll. Let’s keep watching more independent films by storytellers with original ideas!
Watched this with you guys a couple fridays ago, saw it twice in theaters when it first came out, it’s one of those movies that comes at you from all directions and completely balances it all. I’m so happy for Michelle Yeoh and all the actors that got to show off in this film, every emotion and beat was fantastic.
Going into this reaction, I knew Nikki was gonna bawl her eyes out at the third act. Love it. Hahah.
Coming back here to say that Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, the directors, and the editors ALL WON AWARDS! Lets go Oscars!
The thing about eating chapstick or any of the weird things done in this movie right before they become someone from a different universe is the idea that in order to change your life you must get out of your comfort zone, you must take a shot at something you’ve never done before.
Also, seeing Nikki finally give into tears, after so many times holding it, was beautiful.
I saw this movie with about 60 days of sobriety, super vulnerable and damn did it crack my soul open. To be honest I wasn’t ready for it but i love it so much.
I bawled at multiple points as my head, heart, & soul all vibrated internally haha
Hey, CONGRATULATIONS!!! Keep collecting the coins!
@@eddietucker7005 thanks man. Just collected 9 months on Sunday
After I saw this movie I bought googly eyes and picked out some rocks at the park and glued them on and then put the rocks in random places so that the people who saw this movie would find them and smile :)
You’re wonderful ❤️
one detail I like about this film is that one of the directors wanting it to be about a mother with undiagnosed ADHD (hence with her not focusing on the moment and only listening when its urgent and even amplified when she was jumping into different verses). So the director researched about ADHD and that lead him to getting a diagnosis himself
The writers said Albert Camus’s concept of “the absurd” was a huge influence on why the movie goes so out there. It seems like it’s there purely for humor & “randomness” but it’s really there to highlight the movies thesis statement on optimistic nihilism or optimism in the face of accepted nihilism.
Joy & wayman both accept the absurd & meaninglessness of the universe but approach it in different ways.
The term youre lookin for is absurdism.
The "optimistic nihilism" you refer to and Waymond highlights is absurdism.
Its the philosophy that posits that the universe is inherently absurd and without meaning, but the beauty in that is that we make our own meaning and find our own purpose in it. Often that is simply live and love as Waymond exemplifies, vs the nihilism ie. Joy who posits that without meaning why does anything matter?
Its a perfect dichotomy and examination of the two philosophies that are almost polar opposites and highlights absurdism (probably one of the lesser known, but my favorite philosophy nonetheless) as a solution.
The way Nikki is reacting was and still literally is me when I watch and rewatch this movie cause my heart!
I love that, with every EEAAO video reaction, there's an 'Oh hey, that's Jamie Lee Curtis! :D' moment.
they explain the multiverse better than anyone else I have seen and I absolutely LOVE the way this is filmed and edited the slow motion stuff is spot on and I love Nikki reading the rock conversation
What an absolutely incredible, touching yet still funny and totally bonkers movie! It is insane what they did with a budget of only about $25 million!
I saw this movie when it came out in theaters months ago and have seen it multiple times since loving it just as much as you both did the first time. It is truly an emotional and uplifting experience that I can’t compare to any other piece of media out there. I will surely be thinking about it for years to come. I’m so happy you both enjoyed it ❤️
There’s interviews with Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis, and it seemed like they had so much fun working together, and have so much respect and love for each other 🥺
"I can't take this scene seriously."
Exactly :D
The fact that it still makes you feel for them despite the fact that it's completely ridiculous is the whole point.
your connection as a couple is so obvious even through the screen! something kinda silly but that i think might reflect on how he treats her is the “are you ready” in the beggining of the videos. i know is for the purpose of the videos but it sounds so respectful that it leads me to think its how you treat each other in other situations💖
I love the “I get it now” around 5 min in…oh you have no idea..such a great movie
this might be the hardest i’ve cried for any movie ever
The way this movie is the absolute definition of a Rollercoaster of emotions. You go from silly to heartwarming to ridiculous to badass to sad, then back to silly so quickly, and it's so well done.
The way Steven moves his hand at 7:20 when the guy says "chaos".... he ALWAYS references "chaos is a ladder" from GOT and I love it ❤
I've been paying fairly close attention to movies for 60+ years and in production and concept this is the most astonishing work of film art I've seen this century.
There is a 'behind the scenes' choreography video on YT.
As someone that has been trough some difficult times recently, i just cried my eyes out with Joy trying to enter into the bagel. It's a clear reference to suicide and it's heartbreaking.
38:52 It's so beautiful seeing all the other tapped verses experience harmony after shaking them up throughout the movie.
Easily the best movie I’ve seen this year. Entertaining in all of the easy ways (action, laughs, and spectacle) AND it actually has SOMETHING TO SAY. Outstanding.
Absolutely LOVED this movie. So original and fun, with a strong emotional core. Great acting, choreography, cinematography, editing. One of my favorite movies in the last few years.
The Daniels knocking it out of the park for a second time, both of their movies are top 10 for me.
With all the creativity, chaos, and conflict presented throughout the movie, in the end it was kindness that resolved everyone's problems. Such a fantastic message in an already excellent movie.
How can you not cry to this ? One of you two did. Thank you.
Early on, Evelyn says her life would've been great if she hadn't married waymond. Then we also see that his life would've turned out great too in that alternate universe (he looked like a CEO or something). But thru fate or luck, their lives would cross paths anyway, and we get that heartfelt scene that reminisced on their marriage in the main universe.
"That looks like a buttplug" followed by Steven's reaction made me spill the coffee out of my mouth 🤣.
PD: Man, no one was ready for this film and we all ended up loving it
Steven (5 minutes into the movie): This feels like chaos.
EEAAO: Hold my beer.
I cried so much during the last half of this movie. Then two seconds later I’d be laughing. Such an amazing movie. Amazing.
I like to think that eventually, Waymond's take-away from the 'it was beautiful!' part was, "yeah, but you're still sticking with me, no matter how beautiful that life was." I also like to think that's what she comes to believe.
"This just feels like chaos" 3 minutes into the movie lol... my dude you are no ready
fun BTS fact: the shot of the 'feet' playing Clair De Lune on the piano is actually done with hands but wearing prosthetic 'feet gloves' lol