Sunday, February 01, 2026

Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

 I seem to have watched or read a lot of things with parallel universes recently, but this film is easily the most the bonkers. It starts simply enough with a middle aged launderette owner called Evelyn trying to sort out her tax return while dealing with her cantankerous elderly father, a rebellious teenage daughter and a husband who she finds out is planning to ask for a divorce. At the tax office she is contacted by a representative from a parallel Earth who is the Alpha version of her husband who explains that as the greatest failure of all the parallel Evelyns she alone can save the multiverse by jumping into her parallel selves and absorbing their skills and talents. 

The first jump she makes is into a universe where she became a world famous kung fu movie star and returns with superhuman combat skills, leading to some fantastic fight scenes through the tax office building. Each jump and twist gets steadily wilder as the multiverse (and Evelyn's mind) becomes increasingly splintered. There are some genuinely laugh out loud and jaw dropping moments before the satisfying conclusion. Excellent fun.



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