Everything Everywhere All at Once 4K 2022

And I'm going to smash all this glory. Because I honestly don't understand the wild enthusiasm for this movie.

Oh yeah, Michelle Yeoh is awesome. And she plays just great. No complaints here, just pure praise. And her husband is very good, too. But just about everything else...

Remember a similar (externally, from the synopsis) movie with Jett Leigh? It was a sci-fi action movie. But here it is... An Irish stew of genres and meanings. It's like a Hong Kong waffle from a mad chef.

This film is practically pure art house. Yes, there will be melodrama and drama and sci-fi and even burlesque.

Except that I did not like this movie. For, among other things, it is an extremely uneven movie. The first part (almost magnificent!) flows into a not-know-what. When the pseudo credits began, part of the audience stood up and headed for the exit of the hall. But the movie went on... And the insanity was growing. And then it got almost totally psychedelic. And that's when I realized what it was. It's zen. A stream of nonsense across an ocean of emptiness. Don't look for meaning in it. It's just a glitch. And the clues-symbols of that are perfectly visible here.

And then it's all over again. And again this propaganda of same-sex relationships (I understand, narrative. How is it now in American cinema, for crying out loud!).

It's a strange feeling to be left with this movie. They almost made it. And they ruined everything themselves. There were several times they could have put a beautiful ending to their film. But they preferred to chase the cadastre further and further away. But sometimes good is the worst enemy of beautiful. And two pluses suddenly form a complete minus.

Yes, the fight using the fanny pack as a weapon was great. Jackie Chan would have appreciated it. But the fight with the strap-ons in hand... Ahem.

The reference to "The Matrix" was rather enjoyable, but the "Black Donut" in the finale managed to ruin almost all the good impressions of the film.

What we have here is a very badly balanced, drawn-out and unbaked festival film. Almost pure art house. The movie is very much for the amateur. What a pity. The beginning of the picture gave me hope for a great movie. And what a pity that all the good stuff ended up being covered in this very... black doughnut.