#Everything Everywhere All At Once Has The Best Trailer Of 2021

Let’s just lay our cards out on the table right now. The two-and-a-half minutes we’ve seen from “Everything Everywhere All At Once” already makes better use of Michelle Yeoh than any other movie this year even seemed interested to attempt and presents the concept of multiverses with far more volatility, creativity, and genuine character drama than that certain multiverse-focused superhero blockbuster that, so far at least, appears to use it as a plot device for cameos and little else. Seriously, check out the synopsis and the trailer for “Everything Everywhere All At Once” if you still need convincing:

“…the film is a hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who can’t seem to finish her taxes.”

From the synopsis and the opening seconds of the trailer alone, Michelle Yeoh’s Evelyn Wang is presented as an everyday, painfully down-on-her-luck individual struggling with the most relatable problems imaginable. Cue the onset of otherworldly multiverse shenanigans that immediately throws her out of her depth entirely, plunging her into a cosmic conflict against an unknown evil that she humorously wants nothing to do with. Cleverly, this fracturing of space and time gives her the ability to tap into her thousands of alternate selves and “…access all their memories, their emotions, even their skills.” Naturally, putting her acting range on display and embodying different versions of herself from all walks of life accounts for a large amount of the appeal. But even more than the nifty concept in and of itself, the footage boasts the unconventional editing, purposeful aspect ratio changes, and stylistic flourishes that immediately set this film apart from the crowd.

Between this and the trailers for “The Matrix Resurrections,” consider us excited for more movies across a wide range of budget levels that take advantage of everything the medium of film has as its disposal, embracing abstract and non-literal storytelling fully in service of the story … and not just excess for the sake of it. Kwan and Scheinert proved their incredible grasp of tone and storytelling instincts with “Swiss Army Man,” a miracle of form meeting function that still packs a hefty thematic punch about finding beauty in the mundane. If “Everything Everywhere All At Once” lives up to the promise of this shockingly thrilling trailer, it’s a safe bet that the Daniels are only just getting started.