Marvel doesn’t have a monopoly on the multiverse, as the sci-fi adventure movie Everything Everywhere All at Once tackles a story where Michelle Yeoh must fight to save an infinite number of realities.
Everything Everywhere All at Once hails from A24, which many movie fans recognize as the distributor of original and daring movies like Ex Machina, Hereditary, Midsommar, The Lamb, The Green Knight, After Yang and Men. A24 also helps to produce the popular TV show Euphoria.
Here is everything we know about Everything Everywhere All at Once.
How to watch Everything Everywhere All at Once
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Everything Everywhere All at Once reviews — what the critics are saying
Everything Everywhere All at Once is one of the best reviewed movies of 2022. The movie has earned 95% "Certified Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes, as well as an 81 on Metacritic, earning the site's "must-see" designation.
You can also read What to Watch's Everything Everywhere All at Once review right here.
Everything Everywhere All at Once awards and nominations
Here are all the nominations and awards that Everything Everywhere All at Once has received:
Academy Awards
- Best Picture (nominee)
- Best Director — Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (nominees)
- Best Actress — Michelle Yeoh (nominee)
- Best Supporting Actor — Ke Huy Quan (nominee)
- Best Supporting Actress — Jamie Lee Curtis (nominee)
- Best Supporting Actress — Stephanie Hsu (nominee)
- Best Original Screenplay — Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (nominees)
- Best Costume Design (nominee)
- Best Editing (nominee)
- Best Original Song (nominee)
- Best Score (nominee)
BAFTA Awards
- Best Film (nominee)
- Best Director — Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (nominees)
- Best Actress — Michelle Yeoh (nominee)
- Best Supporting Actress — Jamie Lee Curtis (nominee)
- Best Supporting Actress — Stephanie Hsu (nominee)
- Best Supporting Actor — Ke Huy Quan (nominee)
- Best Original Screenplay — Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (nominees)
- Best Casting (nominee)
- Best Editing (nominee)
- Best Original Score (nominee)
- Best Visual Effects (nominee)
Golden Globes
- Best Picture: Comedy/Musical (nominee)
- Best Actress: Comedy/Musical — Michelle Yeoh (winner)
- Best Supporting Actress — Jamie Lee Curtis (nominee)
- Best Supporting Actor — Ke Huy Quan (winner)
- Best Director — Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (nominees)
- Best Screenplay — Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (nominees)
Critics Choice Awards
- Best Picture (nominee)
- Best Actress — Michelle Yeoh (nominee)
- Best Supporting Actor — Ke Huy Quan (nominee)
- Best Supporting Actress — Jamie Lee Curtis (nominee)
- Best Supporting Actress — Stephanie Hsu (nominee)
- Best Acting Ensemble (nominee)
- Best Director — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (nominees)
- Best Original Screenplay — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (nomniees)
- Best Production Design (nominee)
- Best Editing (nominee)
- Best Costume Design (nominee)
- Best Hair and Makeup (nominee)
- Best Visual Effects (nominee)
- Best Comedy (nominee)
Directors Guild Association
- Outstanding Directional Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (nominees)
London Critics Circle Awards
- Film of the Year (nominee)
- Director of the Year — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (nominees)
- Screenwriter of the Year — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (nominees)
- Actress of the Year — Michelle Yeoh (nominee)
- Supporting Actor of the Year — Ke Huy Quan (nominee)
- Technical Achievement Award (nominee)
Los Angeles Films Critics Association
- Best Picture (winner, tie)
- Best Lead Performance — Michelle Yeoh (runner up)
- Best Supporting Performance — Ke Huy Quan (winner)
- Best Production Design (runner up)
National Board of Review
- Best Actress — Michelle Yeoh
- Top 10 Film
Gotham Awards
- Best Feature (winner)
- Outstanding Lead Performance — Michelle Yeoh (nominee)
- Outstanding Supporting Performance — Ke Huy Quan (winner)
New York Film Critics Circle
- Best Supporting Actor — Ke Huy Quan
American Film Institute
- AFI Movie of the Year
Saturn Awards
- Best Fantasy Film (nominee)
- Best Actress — Michelle Yeoh (nominee)
- Best Supporting Actor — Ke Huy Quan (nominee)
- Best Supporting Actress — Stephanie Hsu (nominee)
- Best Writing — Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (nominee)
- Best Editing — Paul Rogers (nominee)
- Best Production Design — Jason Kisvarday (nominee)
What is the Everything Everywhere All at Once plot
A24 describes Everything Everywhere All at Once as "a hilarious and big-hearted action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman who can’t seem to finish her taxes." Of course, as we mention in the opening, we know part of the reason her taxes aren’t getting done is because she is being charged with saving the multiverse.
IMDb’s provided synopsis offers a bit more of the broader picture for the movie:
"An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led."
How long is Everything Everywhere All at Once?
Everything Everywhere All at Once has a runtime of two hours and 20 minutes.
What is Everything Everywhere All at Once rated?
Everything Everywhere All at Once is rated "R" for US audiences (no admittance for anyone under 17 without a parent) and "15" for UK audiences (only suitable for those over 15).
Everything Everywhere All at Once trailer
If you’re looking to get a better sense of the movie than what is described in the available plot, then you will definitely want to check out the Everything Everywhere All at Once trailer. The trailer does not hold back in showcasing why Everything Everywhere All at Once is unlike many other movies you’ve seen — from Michelle Yeoh with hotdog fingers to a singing racoon. Prepare yourself for what’s in store with the trailer right here:
Who is in the Everything Everywhere All at Once cast?
Michelle Yeoh leads Everything Everywhere All at Once as Evelyn Wang, who is tasked with accessing her memories and skills from the different multiverses in order to save the world.
Yeoh is no stranger to action movies. After doing many action movies in the Chinese movie industry, Yeoh broke out for the rest of the world with her role in the Pierce Brosnan-led James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies and her critically acclaimed performance in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for which she received a BAFTA nomination for Lead Actress.
Some of Yeoh’s other notable credits include Memoirs of a Geisha, Crazy Rich Asians, Star Trek: Discovery and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. She will also be in the upcoming Avatar movies and Netflix’s The Witcher: Blood Origin.
Joining Yeoh in the Everything Everywhere All at Once cast are Stephanie Hsu (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Ke Huy Quan (Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom), Jenny Slate (I Want You Back), Harry Shum Jr. (Crazy Rich Asians), James Hong (Kung Fu Panda) and Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween Kills).
Who are the Everything Everywhere All at Once directors?
Known collectively as Daniels, Everything Everywhere All at Once is written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. This is the third movie for the Daniels, as they previously directed the fantastically weird Swiss Army Man (possibly better known as the movie Daniel Radcliffe plays a farting corpse) and The Death of Dick Long, both of which are previous A24 movies.
Everything Everywhere All at Once posters and photos
Check out the poster for Everything Everywhere All at Once right here, as well as some images from the movie.
Is Everything Everywhere All at Once a Marvel movie?
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been playing around with the multiverse, specifically in its movies Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and its Disney Plus TV series Loki. Is Everything Everywhere All at Once and its multiverse adventure at all related to the MCU?
In a word, no.
Everything Everywhere All at Once is an original screenplay developed by the Daniels with no connection to Marvel and its movies (aside from Michelle Yeoh starring in the MCU movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings). In fact, Jamie Lee Curtis has had some fun poking the Marvel bear, highlighting the differences between what Everything Everywhere does with the multiverse as compared to the superhero goliath.
