Episode 132: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Published: Aug. 19, 2022, 5 a.m.

Andi and Lise really enjoyed this movie starring Michelle Yeoh that explores various themes around the idea of connection and finding meaning in our lives against the backdrop of the multiverse, absurdist comedy, action adventure, and moments of poignancy. Here, Yeoh plays Evelyn Wang, who lives above the laundromat she and her husband own. They\u2019re being audited by the IRS; her husband is trying to serve her with divorce papers but she doesn\u2019t realize it because so much is going on; her father is living with them and she doesn\u2019t have great history with him; and she\u2019s practically estranged from her daughter. And then suddenly, she\u2019s brought into the multiverse as the one person who might be able to save it from a potential threat.\xa0\xa0

So many layers! This is one they\u2019ll be thinking about for a while. A few minor spoilers, but they don\u2019t detract from the impact of this movie.\xa0

Movie Trailer HERE\xa0

LA Times article with the movie writers (mild spoilers)\xa0
Rent it on Amazon Prime.\xa0

Shout-outs: Lise is jazzed about Adrian Tschaikovsky\u2019s Final Architects sci fi series. She read the first book, Shards of Earth, and the world-building is amazing. She ran right out and bought the second because she had to know what happened next. Andi is reading the second in the Dread Nation series by Justina Ireland, Deathless Divide. Alt-history zombies. What\u2019s not to love? She also started watching the TV adaptation of the comics Paper Girls on Amazon Prime and is really enjoying it. Tense and creepy!\xa0