It appears that the makers of this movie wanted to take a shortcut to success. It is customary in arts to bend the rules, or amend the customs. This seems to appeal to critics. What the makers or Everything, Everywhere, All at once seem to have missed is that you need to learn the rules, and perhaps prove that, before you break them. The mediocre acting and inferior story-telling of this movie are best described as someone who paints for the first time in their life, and calls that surrealism.

The movie attempts to associate itself with thoughtfulness when it talks, plainly, about how little we are in this universe, when it addresses the importance of not letting go of your loved ones, and when it encourages people to love and appreciate their lives as it is. However, it all seems forced upon the two meaningleas hours before that.