Everything Everywhere All at Once

After the quirky Swiss Army Man, the directing pair known as Daniels head even further into oddball terrain with this wacky and ambitious sci-fi comedy drama. It centres on Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh), a Chinese immigrant in America, whose mundane life running a launderette with her husband (Ke Huy Quan) and daughter (Stephanie Hsu) is upended when she discovers she has the power to cross into other dimensions. With the fate of all worlds at stake, Evelyn must kung fu kick her way across the "multiverse", and even has to fend off Jamie Lee Curtis's possessed auditor. The film is filled with zany invention, but also a pile-up of puerile jokes and laboured attempts to be profound. As a result, some viewers may struggle to stay the course. However, Yeoh has gravitas in spades and is a much-needed focal point in the head-spinning visions of time and space.