EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
The film’s simple message about the importance of family drew criticism for being predictable and a letdown after the elastic mayhem that led to it. But as much as I dislike rote wrap-ups shaded in warm Spielbergian glow, I would rather see the parent-child-hug ending with a working-class Asian family who owns a laundromat and has tax problems than in the usual mid-America, middle-class unit. The thing I didn’t understand is how you lose money running a laundromat, especially if you own the building.
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