Then ‘Everything Everywhere’ topped our mid-year critics poll, appearing on 40% of the lists submitted. It also became an indie smash at the box-office, and A24’s highest-grossing movie of all-time with a cumulative intake of $101 million. It’s just been that kind of year at the movies Yes, here we are, many months later, and it’s practically a lock. We are being told and, are supposed to believe, that a 142 minute movie about multiverses, taxes, millennial angst and over-the-top visual nothingness is going to be a hit with the AMPAS voting body (average demographic over 50, white and male). I believe voters will go with the current and nominate the damn thing, but mostly because a vocal cabal of industry people have been banging the drums for EEAO for nearly 5 months now. This is an ice cold film, delivered in a relentless ADD-infused assault on the senses. Ironically, Kwan has admitted he wrote the film as an attempt to recognize and understand his previously undiagnosed ADHD, but why should we suffer in the process? An Academy-voting screenwriter of several top-tier dramas in the ‘90s, had emailed me about my famous (or infamous) mixed review of “Everything Everywhere All At Once”. He seemed to be in agreement about my qualms in regards to this frenetic film: Showbiz 411‘s Roger Friedman has now seen it, seven months after its release, and is NOT DOWN on it. He’s also quizzed two Academy voters about it: This afternoon, I spoke to a screenwriter, part of the writers branch, who has seen “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” I wanted to get a quote from him about the film, here it is: Matt Neglia had reported last week that at an Academy members screening, the film played like gangbusters with voters in attendance. Industry superfans of EEAO, those who have publicly claimed their love for this film, include Park Chan-wook, Miles Teller, Riz Ahmed, Sian Heder, Guillermo del Toro, Anne Hathaway, Scott Derrickson, Colman Domingo, Sam Rockwell, Edgar Wright, Kumail Nanjiani, John M. Chu, Zoe Kazan, Christopher Miller, Rian Johnson, Tobey Maguire, SZA, Andrew Garfield, Reese Whitherspoon, Kogonada, Keke Palmer, Barry Jenkins, Lilly Wachowski, Florence Pugh, Jodie Foster, The Russos, Neil Gaiman, Charlize Theron and Mike Flanagan. As much as I was mixed on the movie, “Everything Everywhere All At Once” is going to get a Best Picture nomination. Maybe even a Best Actress nod for Michelle Yeoh and Supporting Actress honors for either Stephanie Hsu and/or Jamie Lee Curtis. You can lock those up in the bank. Strange times. Contribute Hire me
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