Though there is mult-versal travel and plenty of sight gags involving dildos and butt plugs and hot dog fingers, Everything Everywhere All at Once, in our minds, still remains as one of the best of the films recent memory, comedy or otherwise. As something that started off as an indie release on top of being a trippy genre-bending comedy,  there usually would be little hope for any sort of recognition for the oncoming awards season. The Daniels’ tour-de-force fortunately is poised to overcome such stigma that fall out of the typical historical drama fare that normally gets all the awards attention.

The nominations for Film Independent’s Spirit Awards, the indie cousin to the Oscars, were announced yesterday and Everything Everywhere All at Once garnered 8 nominations including Best Feature, Best Screenplay, Best Director,  Best Lead Performance, and Best Supporting Performance. Normally, comedic fare gets more of a fair shake at the Spirit Awards, but it’s a rarity to see a full length comedy feature get seeded as the front runner.

We shall only see if those nods of recognition will actually play into the sort of awards win that the Daniels deserve on Mar. 4th, 2023 when the actual Spirit Awards take place. In the meantime, you can peruse the full list of Spirit Awards nominees here including nominations for other comedies Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul, Catherine Called Birdy, and Funny Pages.