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Kudos to film critic Justin Chang for his valiant, full-page attempt at explaining the premise of “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” this year’s best picture [“The HotDog-Fingered Choice for Best Picture.” March 13].

My circle of ardent moviegoers is still clueless.

Hugh K. Malay Oxnard

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The only thing that came close to holding the film together as a narrative was the character played by Ke Huy Quan. It wasn’t a story, it was a lecture with occasional narrative elements. It provided a great deal to think about, and film isn’t well-suited to doing that.

Calling the film “Everything Everywhere All at Once” only explained the rationale for the smorgasbord of deep, meaningful human dilemmas; it didn’t do justice to their depth and meaning. It should have been called “Deep Meaningful Human Dilemmas, Lite.”

Karen Robinson-Stark

Pasadena

OK, someone has to say it. “Everything Everywhere All at Once” is one of the worst films ever made.

It is ridiculous, stupid and a complete waste of one’s time.

Ray Uhler Laguna Niguel

As a sound editing professional who’s worked on films and television for over 40 years, I get frustrated when awards given for below the line achievements are still referred to as “... victories limited to technical categories ... . ” [“The Oscars: When It All Falls Into Place,” March 13]. The academy has a separate awards event for actual technical achievements; they do not include visual effects or sound.

I’m sure the visual effects and sound teams for “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” made as many artistic choices as anyone else involved in the making of those films.

If Josh Rottenberg uses a word processor, does that mean he’s a technician and not a journalist?

Michael J. Benavente

Sherman Oaks

Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel was offensive [“An Uncontroversial, Slap-Free Ceremony,” March 13]. His Irish “jokes” were not funny.

It is 2023 and Kimmel was allowed to perpetuate ethnic stereotypes from 1855. All in all, it was an embarrassment for our little town.

Robert Sheahen

Sherman Oaks