# Everything Everywhere All at Once

17 Hacker News commenters recommended Everything Everywhere All at Once and 10 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for its storytelling and entertaining, inventive style; critics find it loud, overlong, and thin in its themes.

## Why people recommend it

- Exceptional, masterpiece-level storytelling (5 comments): "Everything Everywhere All at Once is a storytelling masterpiece" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46939111)) "EEAaO is just better storytelling" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46943113)) "the storytelling is exceptional" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46934789))
- Engaging, entertaining, thought-provoking layers (3 comments): "It's more of a thinker if you get past the very well done and entertaining first layer of 'slop'." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47388212)) "I'll recommend you three post 2015 movies that will get you thinking" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47387730)) "I found EEAAO to be engaging but shambolic." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46936176))

## What people warn about

- Themes seen as shallow (3 comments): "the themes are not "deep" nor complex." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47387772)) "Does anyone actually believe that movie will be discussed in ten years?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47388490)) "I found it pretty thin and predictable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46935992))
- Loud, chaotic, constant fight scenes (2 comments): "I got extremely annoyed with the constant ridiculous fight scenes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46937413)) "Extremely loud, lots of flashing and fast cuts." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46936047))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Blade Runner](https://hackerapproved.com/p/blade-runner.md): 54 recommend
- [Colossus: The Forbin Project](https://hackerapproved.com/p/colossus-the-forbin-project.md): 35 recommend
- [Jurassic Park (1993 film)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jurassic-park.md): 32 recommend
- [The Fifth Element](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fifth-element.md): 24 recommend
- [Terminator 2: Judgment Day](https://hackerapproved.com/p/terminator-2-judgment-day.md): 21 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Everything Everywhere All at Once", https://hackerapproved.com/p/everything-everywhere-all-at-once/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).