Everything Everywhere All at Once
Ranked 8 of 29 science fiction films by recommenders
Recommended for its storytelling and entertaining, inventive style; critics find it loud, overlong, and thin in its themes.
Recommended for its storytelling and entertaining, inventive style; critics find it loud, overlong, and thin in its themes.
27 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 17
- criticize it
- 10
- approval share
- 63%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 17 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Exceptional, masterpiece-level storytelling
“Everything Everywhere All at Once is a storytelling masterpiece”
Comment from 8 Feb 2026 in “Roger Ebert Reviews "The Shawshank Redemption"” “EEAaO is just better storytelling”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Roger Ebert Reviews "The Shawshank Redemption"” “the storytelling is exceptional”
Comment from 8 Feb 2026 in “Roger Ebert Reviews "The Shawshank Redemption"” - Comment from 8 Feb 2026 in “Roger Ebert Reviews "The Shawshank Redemption"”
- Comment from 8 Feb 2026 in “Roger Ebert Reviews "The Shawshank Redemption"”
Engaging, entertaining, thought-provoking layers
“It's more of a thinker if you get past the very well done and entertaining first layer of 'slop'.”
Comment from 15 Mar 2026 in “A Theory of the World as run by large adult children” “I'll recommend you three post 2015 movies that will get you thinking”
Comment from 15 Mar 2026 in “A Theory of the World as run by large adult children” “I found EEAAO to be engaging but shambolic.”
Comment from 8 Feb 2026 in “Roger Ebert Reviews "The Shawshank Redemption"”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Themes seen as shallow
“the themes are not "deep" nor complex.”
Comment from 15 Mar 2026 in “A Theory of the World as run by large adult children” “Does anyone actually believe that movie will be discussed in ten years?”
Comment from 15 Mar 2026 in “A Theory of the World as run by large adult children” “I found it pretty thin and predictable.”
Comment from 8 Feb 2026 in “Roger Ebert Reviews "The Shawshank Redemption"” Loud, chaotic, constant fight scenes
“I got extremely annoyed with the constant ridiculous fight scenes”
Comment from 8 Feb 2026 in “Roger Ebert Reviews "The Shawshank Redemption"” “Extremely loud, lots of flashing and fast cuts.”
Comment from 8 Feb 2026 in “Roger Ebert Reviews "The Shawshank Redemption"”
Other science fiction films people recommend
The four most recommended other science fiction films, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blade Runner | 54 | 11 | 83% | 10 | 34 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| Colossus: The Forbin Project | 35 | 2 | 95% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Jurassic Park (1993 film) | 32 | 7 | 82% | 8 | — | Approved |
| The Fifth Element | 24 | 3 | 89% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Everything Everywhere All at OnceThis page | 17 | 10 | 63% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
23 of the 29 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“has ridiculous parallel universes which obey the rather more relaxed rules of "anything the writers can think of that looks silly"”
“more compelling than stargate imo”
“My favorite movie of all time is Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (2022).”
“Does anyone actually believe that movie will be discussed in ten years?”
“It's more of a thinker if you get past the very well done and entertaining first layer of 'slop'.”
“the themes are not "deep" nor complex.”
“EEAaO is a fun slop movie, but a thinker it is not.”
“I'll recommend you three post 2015 movies that will get you thinking”
“It started very strong but then lost its way.”
“EEAaO is just better storytelling”
“All of them are better than EEAAO.”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once is a storytelling masterpiece”
“I got extremely annoyed with the constant ridiculous fight scenes”
“I found EEAAO to be engaging but shambolic.”
“It could've been so much tighter in the edit.”
“Extremely loud, lots of flashing and fast cuts.”
“a storytelling masterpiece”
“I found it pretty thin and predictable.”
“the storytelling is exceptional”
“I thought it was so awful I gave up half way through.”
“is a storytelling masterpiece”
“it’s all just a pointless swirling bucket of bullshit”
“I think "Everything Everywhere All At Once" should make the list.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.