Everything Everywhere All at Once Perfects Optimistic Nihilism

In 2012, the legendary Twitter account @horse_ebooks tweeted, “Everything happens so much." Everything Everywhere, the latest from the directing duo known as Daniels, centers on Evelyn, a woman who's just trying to file her taxes to keep the laundromat she owns with her husband, Waymond, running. Evelyn's foray into her multiverse gives her perspective, a chance to reconcile her boring job, whiny husband, and troublesome daughter with versions of her life in which she's a hibachi chef, movie star, and—in a twist—a literal rock. Navigation of the multiverse involves performing silly, random actions like eating lip balm or accepting an award, and each time Evelyn or a member of her family makes a decision, another timeline branches off. Throughout Everything Everywhere, characters perform ridiculous actions in order to gain new abilities, but in the end it's the minuscule and unlikely ones that ultimately change the course of the party Evelyn throws for her father.