Everything Everywhere All at Once blew me away with its audacious scope and bewildering gags, so it was quite nice to return and properly absorb this marvelous movie.

The Daniels carefully unfold Everything Everywhere All at Once, clearly explaining each progression in the world building so they can toy with the ridiculousness that's the multiverse. Meanwhile, the Daniels are transparent with this movie's themes, as each significant character gets a monologue explaining their existential perspective and every unusual subplot has an essential point that pays off.

Everything Everywhere All at Once is a simple story of family, despair, reconciliation and perseverance, told with mindboggling maximalism and gigantic heart. I wouldn't characterize it as the greatest movie of all time, mostly cause that simplicity can seem a little contrived and artificial. I don't mind though. To me, the multiverse is a silly thought experiment so filled with endless and meaningless possibility that it takes contrived choices to fashion meaning from it. The Daniels go about telling a "contrived story" and they chose one that's resonant and most importantly fun, and it makes for one of the most satisfying and entertaining things I've seen in ages.