You are here:
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie

Everything Is Terrible! The Movie

2009

R

Director

Nick Moore

Runtime

52 minutes

Average Rating

No ratings yet

Synopsis

The fine folks at EIT have spent years digging thought thrift establishments, video caverns, and haunted houses throughtout the country in order to create the most mind-melting VHS mash-up imaginable. Literally thousands of hours of video gold have been chopped up into millions of pieces and gluded back together into an ever-multiplying bizarre path to allegorical self-enlightenment and surreal resurrection. Obviously!

Where to Watch

Diversity & Representation

Overall Score

5.6/10

Fair


Category Breakdown

LGBTQ+ Representation

Fair

Specific character arcs are difficult to verify within this collage of found footage. However, the mash-up medium often utilizes queer aesthetics and non-normative editing to disrupt heteronormative broadcasting standards.

Gender Representation

Fair

The film lacks a central protagonist or structured gender hierarchy. Fragmented editing strips characters of their original context, disrupting traditional tropes of masculine leadership or feminine submissiveness.

Racial & Ethnic Diversity

Fair

Representation is a byproduct of the vast array of historical media fragments used. Because there is no curated cast, diversity is incidental rather than a deliberate effort toward intersectional storytelling.

Religious & Cultural Diversity

Excellent

The film excels at subverting Western media institutions. By repurposing low-culture VHS artifacts, it functions as an anti-capitalist critique of mainstream broadcasting and polished cultural standards.

Disability Representation

Minimal

There is insufficient evidence to determine the portrayal of disability. The focus on sensory overload and surrealism does not provide a platform for character-driven disability narratives.

Strengths

  • Subverts traditional Western media institutions through the use of low-culture artifacts.
  • Challenges mainstream broadcasting standards by utilizing non-normative, experimental editing patterns.
  • Provides a broad spectrum of human imagery via a vast array of historical media fragments.

Areas for Improvement

  • Lacks intentional, curated casting to support intersectional storytelling.
  • Provides no platform for character-driven narratives regarding disability.
  • Does not offer structured character development or clear identity-based arcs.

AI Analysis

Everything Is Terrible! The Movie is a radical work of media deconstruction that prioritizes surrealism over traditional storytelling. Because it functions as a non-linear montage of thousands of VHS fragments, it lacks the scripted characters and cohesive narratives required to measure identity-based representation through standard metrics. While the film lacks intentional character development, it achieves progressive value by rejecting institutional media hierarchies. It replaces moralistic, mainstream structures with a postmodern, fragmented reality that challenges how we consume culture. Ultimately, the film's diversity is a byproduct of its archival nature. It offers a broad spectrum of human imagery through found footage, though it lacks a curated approach to intersectional representation.

How are these scores produced? →

Rate this Movie

No rating selected
Use arrow keys to select a rating from 1 to 5 stars
Optional text review, maximum 2000 characters
Tip: Wrap spoilers with ||double pipes|| to hide them
0/2000 characters
You must be signed in to submit a rating

Reviews

No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts on this movie!

Use the rating form above to leave a star rating and optional review.