Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) - Quotes

Exploring the Multiverse in Everyday Life

Quotes about Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: [[w:Sliding Doors|Sliding Doors; [Back to the Future; [The Matrix; [hope] Before it was a narrative convenience allowing for superhero crossovers, the idea of a multiverse — parallel worlds where alternative realities play out — was seen largely in films like ] or ]. Everything Everywhere All At Once reclaims this concept for non-spandex cinema. … It details the myriad disappointments of Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh), a Chinese-American matriarch who, she learns, represents a worst-case scenario for all of the infinite Evelyns in the multiverse. … Yet this movie’s meditations are far from somber. It owes more to ] than its initial flow of family drama indicates.… Could it be 2022’s biggest word-of-mouth hit? We ] so.

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Expectations Surpassed: A Unique Cinematic Experience

Quotes about Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: A movie comes along that is accompanied with massive amounts of hype. Maybe it’s a critical darling, maybe it’s a commercial blockbuster, maybe it’s something in the middle, but one thing is clear — people are singing its praises early and often. And loudly. As a rule, these films tend to be excellent offerings, though perhaps not quite clearing the exceedingly high bar that has been set for them by the discourse. Occasionally, they prove to be something of a disappointment, leaving you wondering what so many people saw in them. But every once in a while, you get something that actually manages to outperform your already massive expectations. You get a film that is somehow even better than the people shouting its quality from the rooftops have led you to believe. You get a movie that is unlike anything you’ve seen before in the very best of ways. You get "Everything Everywhere All at Once.

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Reflections on Life's Complexity and Acceptance

This is a Life: [[miracles; [worlds] We find this life somehow alright This is a life Slow and sudden ] View of other ] From our window sills With the weight of eternity At the speed of light This is a life This is our life.

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Exploring the Possibilities of Alternate Lives

This is a Life: [[light; [entropy; [eternity] This is a ] Many lives that could've been (Free from ]) Entangled for ]

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Embracing Life's Choices and Possibilities

This is a Life: [[life; [destiny] This is a ] Free from ] Not only what we sow Not only what we show This is a life (Every possibility) Free from destiny (I choose you, and you choose me)

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Miscommunication Between Two Characters

Deirdre Beaubeirdra: Did you hear me?

Evelyn Wang: Sorry. What did you say?

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Strained Family Connections and Emotional Exhaustion

Joy Wang: Mom, just stop! Good for you. You're figuring your shit out. And that's great. I'm really, really happy for you. But I'm tired. I don't want to hurt anymore. And for some reason when I'm with you, it just hurts the both of us. So let's just go our separate ways, ok? Just let me go!

Evelyn Wang: [pause] Ok. Wait. You are getting fat. And you never call me even though we have a family plan. And it's free. You only visit when you need something. And you got a tattoo and I don't care if it's supposed to represent our family. You know I hate tattoos. And of all the places I could be, why would I want to be here with you? Yes, you're right. It doesn't make sense.

Waymond Wang: Evelyn, stop. That's enough!

Joy Wang: Let her finish!

Evelyn Wang: Maybe it's like you said. Maybe there is something out there, some new discovery that will make us feel like even smaller pieces of shit. Something that explains why you still went looking for me through all of this noise. And why, no matter what, I still want to be here with you. I will always, always, want to be here with you.

Joy Wang: So what? You're just gonna ignore everything else? You could be anything, anywhere. Why not go somewhere where your daughter is more than just this? Here we only get a few specks of time where any of this makes any sense.

Evelyn Wang: Then I will cherish these few specks of time.

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The Nature of Discovery and Humility

Jobu Tupaki: Every new discovery is just a reminder...

Evelyn Wang: We're all small and stupid.

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Searching for the Right Connection

Waymond Wang: [as Alpha Waymond] I'm sorry Evelyn — I need to go.

Evelyn Wang: What!?

Waymond Wang: I need to find the right Evelyn.

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Embracing Potential Amidst Self-Doubt

Evelyn Wang: There is no way I am the Evelyn you are looking for.

Waymond Wang: [as Alpha Waymond] No, I see it so clearly.

Evelyn Wang: See what? I'm no good at anything.

Waymond Wang: Exactly. I've seen thousands of Evelyns, but never an Evelyn like you. You have so many goals you never finished, dreams you never followed. You're living your worst you.

Evelyn Wang: I cannot be the worst. What about the hot dog one?

Waymond Wang: No. Can't you see? Every failure here branched off into a success for another Evelyn in another life. Most people only have a few significant life alternate life paths so close to them. But you, here, you're capable of anything because you're so bad at everything.

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Tax Discussion Amidst Personal Concerns

Deirdre Beaubeirdra: Mrs. Wang, I'm sure you have a lot on your mind, but I cannot imagine anything mattering more than this conversation we are having right now about your tax liability.

Evelyn Wang: I know, I know. I am paying attention.

Deirdre Beaubeirdra: [Deidre places a receipt on the table. Evelyn looks at it] Good. Then, can you explain this?

Evelyn Wang: Well, what are we talking about?

Deirdre Beaubeirdra: I was just hoping you could enlighten me on how, as a laundromat owner, a karaoke machine would constitute as a business expense?

Evelyn Wang: I am a singer.

Deirdre Beaubeirdra: What?

Evelyn Wang: I... am... a... singer.

Deirdre Beaubeirdra: [shuffles randomly through a pile of forms] I see, and apparently you are also a novelist, a part-time teacher, a chef, a motivational speaker...

Deirdre Beaubeirdra: Do you see these? You don't get one of these unless you've seen a lot of bullshit. Excuse my French. Now you may only see a pile of boring forms and numbers, but I see a story. With nothing but a stack of receipts, I can trace the ups and downs of your lives. And it does not look good. It. Does. Not. Look Good.

Waymond Wang: Sorry, my wife confuses her hobbies for businesses! An honest mistake.

Deirdre Beaubeirdra: Oh. Okay. Well, with all of these "honest mistakes", I mean, even if we don't charge you with fraud, we'll most certainly have to fine you for gross negligence.

A Dire Outlook on the Future

Deirdre Beaubeirdra: [[story] Now, you may only see a pile of receipts, but I see a ]. I can see where this story is going. And it does not look good. It. Does. Not. Look. Good.

The Burden of Meaninglessness and Pain

Joy Wang: If nothing matters, then all the pain and guilt you feel for making nothing of your life goes away.

Perspective on the Vastness of Existence

Joy Wang: [[universe] The ] is so much bigger than you realize.

A Heartfelt Reflection on Alternate Lives

Waymond Wang: So, even though you have broken my heart yet again, I wanted to say, in another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you.

The Importance of Kindness in Confusion

Waymond Wang: Please! Please! Can we... can we just stop fighting? I know you are all fighting because you are scared and confused. I'm confused too. All day... I don't know what the heck is going on. But somehow, this feels like it's all my fault. I don't know. 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.

Strength in Choosing Positivity

Waymond Wang: You think I'm weak don't you? All of those years ago when we first fell in love, your father would say I was too sweet for my own good. Maybe he was right. You tell me it's a cruel world, and we're all running around in circles. I know that. I've been on this earth just as many days as you. When I choose to see the good side of things, I'm not being naive. It is strategic and necessary. It's how I've learned to survive through everything. I know you see yourself as a fighter. Well, I see myself as one too. This is how I fight.