Probably what makes this most relevant to HN is that the film marks a triumphant return to acting for Ke Huy Quan, who we all know as Data from The Goonies and Short Round in Temple of Doom.
It's a performance that shows surprising range and leverages his later career work as a stunt choreographer. I get the sense he was happy enough with his path after film school, but we've clearly been missing out on good stuff from him.
In a recent NYTimes interview he talked about work drying up after child roles, something to the effect of 'I got a single audition for a Viet Cong part, and I didn't even get that.'
I'm not saying this applies to him (we weren't in those audition rooms), but a lot of child actors dramatically lose acting skills as they get older. There is something in child acting that makes their lines believable with relatively little effort, which then disappears with age. Grown-up actors have to work harder to achieve believability, and some child actors never manage to. Casting directors will inevitably count this sort of phenomenon against ex-child actors. Maybe without those bumps in the road, he would not have put enough effort in the craft to actually reach this quality.
I caught this at the Brooklyn Alamo a few weeks back. After finishing it, I left the theater thinking it was the movie "The Matrix: Resurrections" should have been.
Well, Resurrections was a cash grab. Not sure if this was true, but supposedly Warner Brothers told the Wachowskis that they were doing another Matrix movie with or without them. One of the Wachowskis chose to participate.
I'm confused by the theaters selected to release this. The only theaters that are showing this in NYC are smaller theaters in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Literally no theaters I can find in Queens (where I am) are showing it (including in Flushing) despite having a massive Asian population.
I had assumed from the marketing this is not an indie film targeting hipsters (which would be fine too of course). And yet I can't go see it at a theater within an hour of me.
It is an indie film, in that it's being distributed by A24 and not a major studio. It's also incredible and I highly recommend seeing it.
The rollout has been a little unclearly messaged, but it's:
March 11 2022 - SXSW premiere
March 25 2022 - NY/LA/SF limited release (including some IMAX theaters)
April 8 2022 - Wider release
April 15 2022 - Full release
So your best bet is likely the end of this week for it to get closer to you. If a theater isn't showing it by then, it probably won't before the theatrical window closes.
Saw it last weekend and loved it but still can't decide how much. Swiss Army Man was basically a screwball comdedy filmed like an art movie so when the wtf moments happen they stood out as WTF? Everywhere is very comic booky (almost too comic booky for my likeing) and it contains just as many wtf moments (if not more) but because of it's comic book nature the wtf stuff doesn't stand out as sharply as it did in Swiss Army Man. It all kinda blends into one big ball of crazy. Nonetheless, still lots of fun, lots of laughs.
I just pre-ordered the movie (digital copy). I hope it is released soon. I like owning a few movies like Prometheus, Ghost in the Shell, etc. even though they are widely available on streaming services we subscribe to.
A new friend who is a director and his wife are coming over for lunch today (I got up super early this morning to rewatch two of his movies) and it would be more than great if Everything Everywhere All at Once were to be released in the next four hours so we could watch it together.
I loved Michelle Yeoh in the 90's "The Heroic Trio" and "The Executioners". I had "The Executioners" on video tape. I have followed her films ever since. I grew up in Brooklyn, a fan of Hong Kong action movies (mostly police action dramas and fantasy) flicks that played at the local theater - The Coliseum in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. I'll have to see this one!
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It's a performance that shows surprising range and leverages his later career work as a stunt choreographer. I get the sense he was happy enough with his path after film school, but we've clearly been missing out on good stuff from him.
In a recent NYTimes interview he talked about work drying up after child roles, something to the effect of 'I got a single audition for a Viet Cong part, and I didn't even get that.'
I thought you said you weren't saying this applies to him? This sentence seems like a non-sequitur then.
I take your point about child actors losing acting skills, but why project that on him? We don't know if that was the cause in his case.
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https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/everything-everywhere-all...
3.5 stars, looks pretty promising
I had assumed from the marketing this is not an indie film targeting hipsters (which would be fine too of course). And yet I can't go see it at a theater within an hour of me.
The rollout has been a little unclearly messaged, but it's:
March 11 2022 - SXSW premiere
March 25 2022 - NY/LA/SF limited release (including some IMAX theaters)
April 8 2022 - Wider release
April 15 2022 - Full release
So your best bet is likely the end of this week for it to get closer to you. If a theater isn't showing it by then, it probably won't before the theatrical window closes.
The movie's own ticketing site might be helpful too: https://tickets.everythingeverywhereallatonce.movie
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A new friend who is a director and his wife are coming over for lunch today (I got up super early this morning to rewatch two of his movies) and it would be more than great if Everything Everywhere All at Once were to be released in the next four hours so we could watch it together.