The film swept the Oscars and holds a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 25 February) is Everything Everywhere All at Once, the 2022 sci-fi action comedy that picked up seven Academy Awards.
The film tells the story of Evelyn Quan Wang (Michelle Yeoh, who won an Oscar for her turn), a middle-aged Chinese American woman facing several difficulties.
Her marriage to her husband, Weymond (Ke Huy Quan, another Oscar-winning performance), is on the rocks, while she is also struggling with the pressures of running a laundromat.
Amidst all these everyday problems, she is visited by another version of her husband, dubbed Alpha-Waymond, from a parallel universe.
Sweeping her up in an insane multiverse-hopping adventure, Alpha-Waymond explains to Evelyn that she alone is the key to saving all existence from an all-powerful but familiar threat.
Co-starring James Hong, Stephanie Hsu and Jamie Lee Curtis in an Oscar-winning supporting turn, Everything Everywhere All at Once was written and directed by the filmmaking duo The Daniels (Swiss Army Man).
An ambitious and rich blend of emotional human drama, eye-popping action set-pieces, screwball comedy and expansive sci-fi storytelling that lives up to its title, Everything Everywhere All at Once holds an impressive 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
The movie also swept the Academy Awards, winning along with its acting trophies in the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing categories.
On top of this, the film was a big box office hit, grossing nearly $145 million on a reported budget of $14–25 million.
And since its release, it has continued to garner acclaim, with IndieWire placing it ninth in a list of the best 50 action movies of the 21st century.
Everything Everywhere All at Once is airing on TV tonight on Film4 at 9pm. It should also be available to stream on Channel 4’s website after it airs.
Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:
This is the End – Comedy Central – 9pm
In this hilarious comedy horror, the apocalypse kicks off while a bunch of celebrities (all playing themselves) are at a gaff party in LA.
Deepwater Horizon – Legend – 9pm
Mark Wahlberg stars in this well-reviewed biographical disaster film based on the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Aftermath – Legend Xtra – 9pm
Inspired by real events, this 2017 thriller centres on a man (Arnold Schwarzenegger) who seeks justice after his family is killed in a plane crash.
Riddick – Sky Showcase – 10pm
The third and maybe best entry in Vin Diesel’s sci-fi action horror franchise Pitch Black, which will be getting another sequel soon.
Nighthawks – ITV4 – 10pm
Sylvester Stallone stars in this cult ’80s action crime flick as a New York cop tasked with finding a pair of terrorists.
Drive Hard – Legend Xtra – 10.55pm
In this direct-to-video action buddy flick, a professional thief (John Cusack) takes a former race car driver (Thomas Jane) hostage and forces him to drive his getaway car.
Clemency – BBC Two – 11.05pm
Holding a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score, this 2019 drama centres around an American prison warden (Alfre Woodard) who oversees death row executions, with the work taking an emotional and psychological toll upon her.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye – Film4 – 11.45pm
Jessica Chastain won the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of real-life American evangelist Tammy Faye Messner.
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