“Everything Everywhere All at Once” is big winner at the 95th Annual Academy Awards

Everything Everywhere All at Once went into Oscar night leading the pack with (11) nominations so it should be no surprise that the film took him (7) Academy Awards, including Best Picture, at the 95^th Annual Academy Awards.  The film also took home both awards in the Supporting categories, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Film Editing and Best Director.

The other major award of the evening was won by Brendan Fraser, who captured Best Actor for his incredible work in The Whale.  Germany’s All Quiet on the Western Front was named the Best International Feature Film and also scored awards for Original Score, Production Design and Cinematography while Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio was named the year’s Best Animated Feature.  Sarah Polley won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Women Talking.

As someone who has watched the awards religiously since 1975, I can say that for the first time in several years, the show delivered.  The night was full of many pure emotional moments.  From Ke Huy Quan’s moving acceptance speech as he accepted the trophy for Best Supporting Actor to his Everything Everywhere All at Once co-star Jamie Lee Curtis’ tearful tribute to her Oscar-nominated parents, the show had many more high points then in previous years.  The evening was capped off by Quan capturing his former Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom co-star Harrison Ford in a bearhug as the latter awarded Everything Everywhere All at Once the night’s final award, Best Picture.

All in all, an enjoyable night with just enough surprises to keep you interested until the end.

Here is a list of the night’s winners:

Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

All Quiet on the Western Front, Germany

“Naatu Naatu” from RRR

Brendan Fraser, The Whale

Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, Everything Everywhere All at Once