Explained ending of ‘Everything at once everywhere’, the 2023 Oscar-winning film

We are going to take a breath, to concentrate on everything we have already learned explain the ending of ‘Everything at once everywhere’the film by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (better known simply as Daniels), which made half the world’s heads explode at its premiere (it is one of the best films of 2022 for a reason) and which has now been crowned the leader of the Winners at the Oscars 2023.

“The excessive, gratuitous and puzzle film by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert owes a lot to the Pythons, at least one of them: Terry Gilliam”, pointed out, 4 stars through, our review of ‘Everything at once everywhere’ . “Martial arts comics, science fiction worthy of the Moebius from Metal Hurlant magazine, romantic dystopias, watercolor evocations of stills by Wong Kar-wai… they take turns in this concentric and amazing journey, ambitious in its staging and generous in its gargantuan feast of genres“.

Daniels, those responsible for the film, became known at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival when half the attendees fled a screening of their ‘Swiss Army Man’ and, despite everything, they won the award for best director in the competition, a feat that they repeated in Sitges months later, even winning the award for best film.

In 2022, With the Marvel multiverse at its peak, Daniels created their own infinitely layered event film. in which we were introduced to Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh, winner of the Oscar 2023 for Best Actress), a Chinese immigrant to the United States who, following a reality-altering interdimensional rift, finds herself drawn into an adventure in which only she can save the world.

“It was fun to write from that perspective, to start with something people can connect with, rather than just a farting corpse from the start,” explains Scheinert. “From that most accessible place, try to explore other philosophical, crazy, weird and absurd things that reflect our point of viewand they say something about generational divides and how we struggle to understand each other.”

“This is how we live life now. We are constantly experiencing comedy, tragedy, confusion, and rage all at once.“, says Kwan. “You’re scrolling on social media and people are talking about someone’s death along with a weird video of a cat dancing.”

And those explanations are very good to understand the devilish rhythm of the film and its multiple layers but, what the hell is really going on in ‘Everything at Once Everywhere’?

What is ‘Everything at once everywhere’ about?

It’s not that difficult, really. Like all those genre movies that crash horror festivals every year with a (small or large) paranormal excuse to tackle the drama, ‘Everything at once everywhere’ uses science fiction to review the life of a woman who must rethink her existence before the disaster. Could you enter our collection of horror movies that hide social metaphors? Well, not quite.

Drowning in debt, desperate to keep her job afloat, and surrounded by a family that can’t stand her way of seeing the world, Evelyn lives a journey through infinite multiverses with the sole mission of reviewing the big decisions of her lifethus understanding how it has reached the critical point in which it is.

Not only is she asking too much of herself, but that demand has caused her husband to withdraw from her until preparing an imminent divorce and her daughter finds herself on the brink of a depression with no return. Just going through multiple perspectives, and becoming aware that poor Joy (forced villain) wants to end everything in the face of the impossibility of being happy due to her harsh judgmentEvelyn discovers that she must change.

And if, All this occurs in an argument that includes a mechanism that allows you to move to the mind of infinite versions of yourself in different universes.but that doesn’t matter now.

‘Everything at once everywhere’, ending explained

Evelyn finally accepts herself. Embracing her husband’s poisoned advice (be careful about pretending to be nicer), she discovers that the key to saving the universe from the void that Joy has decided to condemn it to is to be present in a family that, on the other hand, has always been willing. to embrace a positive attitude change.

This is how she makes peace with her past choices and manages to make her daughter see that she will always be there, that she will never judge her actions in such a severe way. and that, from that moment, the understanding and support expected from a good mother will be the foundation of their relationship. And Joy, of course, gives up.

Will he be able to keep his balance for a long time? That remains to be seen, this “new age” idea so ‘Mr. Wonderful’ doesn’t seem too stable. Life is fucking, what are we going to tell you…