Like watching a Wes Anderson backwards. Reading William Falkner upside down. A circus performance, on roller skates, during a light show, on a tab of acid... and you have epilepsy.

All the impact, none of the effect.

Perhaps I am one who does not take kindly to exorbitant, grandiose displays of trigger-happy cinematography and CGI, finding beauty more in subtlety and nuance - but I'd imagine the Daniels, in crafting their art, make no attempt at such frivolity.

(I would, however, find great entertainment in how Mr. Kwan, and Mr. Scheinert explained the conception of such a film to investors, without the presence of psychedelics.) 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' - a mouthful true to the visual storm, explosion of colour, and stark novelty that it captured. The frantic attempts to squeeze as many effects possible into the given time frame, rendered it - less a movie with a coherent storyline; and more a 2hr compilation of chaotic energy drink ads. The question is: would it have received such acclaim, if without such an exorbitant visual effects budget? Visual effects that left my head sore like it had just been punched square between my eyebrows.

However, Mr. Kwan, and Mr. Scheinert painted in a new colour (supposedly a shade of green that washed the audience's faces at the Oscars) and I will award praise to anything that stretches the lines of convention.