It took me a third or maybe more of the movie just to get on its level, because they are throwing big absurd concepts at you from very early on. They just toss you into the deep end and dare you to catch up. Luckily, perhaps halfway through, the ambition, epic scope, earnest commitment to silliness, and heartstring-tugging ultimately won me over, and I spent the last hour or so of the movie pretty delighted at what they were mostly pulling off here.

I've no doubt this will get a lot of "not for me" responses. Think Spike Jonze/Charlie Kaufman on coke and/or MDMA. I'll be interested to see how it holds up upon rewatch, but yeah. I dug it, and I really like what the Daniels are going for so far in their career.