'Everything Everywhere All at Once'
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For over three decades, Yeoh has built an iconic career that’s made her one of the most prominent Asian actors in Hollywood. But her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once was the one she didn’t realize she’d been waiting for.
An absolute exhilarating blast from directors Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" proves improbably worthy of its title and then some. As a critic, it can sometimes be difficult to come up with a suitable answer when someone asks you what new stuff they should watch. There are a lot of different tastes out there, and for every person who might love a focused indie drama, there are two more who would prefer a big sci-fi throwdown with lots of cool effects and dope fight scenes. Well, here, at last, is a film that can be equally recommended to both tastes...
Check out our interviews with the cast and filmmakers behind A24's 'Everything Everywhere All At Once'
Known collectively as “Daniels”, Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan wrote and directed Everything Everywhere All at Once, the best American movie showcase of Michelle Yeoh’s talents yet. In the film, Yeoh plays Evelyn, a wife, mother and launderette owner facing an impossible tax audit. She is also dozens of other “Evelyns” – from an action star to a Chinese opera...