Hello, and forgive me for any spelling/writing mistakes.

I want to begin saying this movie is the most pick-me/cringey thing I have seen in the recent years. It tried soooooo hard to be different and funny, but it mostly failed.

When I was a hyper kid with lots of creativity and just finished watching Terminator and an unknown movie with Gwyneth Paltrow (Sliding Doors I believe it is called) I wrote a similar story. Minus the nihilistic philosophical part, Which you will argue it was the most important theme. And while the story I wrote and this movie is fun and creative, it is ultimately dumb.

The nihilistic motif has been done soooo many times before. Like don't we all know we are just a tiny dot in the infinite universe and nothing matters??? But we still have to appreciate the small things in life??? That thing has been done and said million times better in other movies. Heck, go outside and you will se a Coca Cola billboard telling you the Same thing. Enjoy the small moments. Time is precious. You do not matter, but give us your money.

The plot is so messy and I get the point, it would not have bothered me if the message wasn't so damn boring. I also understand the generational trauma theme. Nice, seen it better. I also understand (how much I am capable as a privilleged white woman) the theme of immigration struggles. That was a good point actually, the only thing somewhat original in this movie.

Beside the fact that the entire movie felt like a live action Rick and Morty movie (it has so many similarities), I know the writers said they wrote it before those episodes aired, it was so unfunny. It had one good joke, with the raccoon, but it was overly stretched. What was with the dog part and who finds that funny? The CGI was awful by the way.

This is what bothered me the most. It tried so hard to be funny, and harder to be original. But it ultimately ended Being pick me and cringe. From the costumes Joy wears (because she is nOt LiKe oThEr ChArACTeRS), the writing, the entire plot.

I could not finish it, sorry. Don't know what the directors took, good for them, but I want to know who and how they bribed to win those Oscars.

The three stars go only for the actors that were amazing (especially Mr. Wong) and the action sequences.

This is my first review after having an account for many many years. What. Was. That.