Everything, Everywhere, All At Once had a fantastic night at the Oscars this year, winning numerous accolades.
At the 95th Academy Awards, the bizarre sci-fi comedy received seven awards, including best motion picture of the year, accomplishment in film editing, original screenplay, and directing for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.
Jamie Lee Curtis was named best supporting actress for the first time, while co-star Michelle Yeoh was named best actress in a leading role and Ke Huy Quan was named best actor in a supporting part.
Nevertheless, following the star-studded event, money-saving guru Martin Lewis turned to social media to query why the critically-acclaimed film was so successful.
‘Anyone else watched Everything Everywhere Etc and struggling to understand stand why it won so many Oscars,’ Lewis, 50, posted to Twitter.
‘I watched it and thought it was fine, but nothing extraordinary. Am I missing something?’ he continued.
Supporters were eager to defend the film, citing its profound topics and Asian representation as key factors in its popularity.
‘Family. Forgiveness. Sacrifice. Change. Seeing people for who they are and acknowledging their potential across the multiverse showing that no matter where these connections matter all the same. Also it’s the story told from an Asian perspective but that doesn’t limit the meaning,’ one user posted.
The continued: ‘And by limit I mean you shouldn’t discard it just because you don’t see yourself on screen. Billions of others do, and that’s not a bad thing to acknowledge either, y’know?’
Another replied: ‘As an overseas part-Chinese person with a Chinese mum, it meant a lot to me personally as it evoked very familiar memories about Asian family structures, the struggles of immigrants and the overarching weight of being Chinese anywhere in the world and the legacy we hold. I cried.
‘However, it’s more than just the Asian perspective. A lot of people around the world have parents, grandparents or great grandparents who sacrificed a lot for a better life & to give their families better futures. The Chinese are just ace about making sure you never forget it.’
Some did concur with the journalist and broadcaster, saying that the video was a ‘relentless assault of strangeness’.
The film follows Evelyn Quan, a Chinese immigrant who reluctantly goes on an epic quest in which she must unite multiple versions of herself in parallel universes in order to stop someone who threatens to ruin the multiverse.
It got a stunning 11 nominations for this year’s Oscars after winning big at the Critics’ Choice and Independent Spirit Awards.
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Source My Celebrity Life.