There is so much happening in Everything Everywhere All at Once that the premise that partnered filmmakers Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert might ever make another feature together almost defies belief. What ideas, themes, gags, and sparks of narrative invention … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2022 — Number Two
I have rarely encountered a film more aptly titled than Everything Everywhere All at Once. The second feature film written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (cheekily billed as “The Daniels”) earns that accuracy through its densely complicated … Continue reading Now Playing — Everything Everywhere All at Once
With Swiss Army Man, the directing duo that bills themselves as simply “Daniels” succumb to a very common shortcoming of first-time feature filmmakers: they’re better at showmanship than storytelling. Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan wrote and directed the film, which begin with a scruffy castaway (Paul Dano) slipping his head into a makeshift noose, fully planning to off himself rather than spend one more moment in stranded isolation. He’s given pause when he spies a body that’s washed up on the beach. Hoping for companionship, he instead finds a corpse (Daniel Radcliffe). As it turns out, this waterlogged cadaver proves to … Continue reading Now Playing: Swiss Army Man
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