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Is it an adult Honey, I Strunk the Kids? Kind of. Is it a social commentary on economic disparity? Is it melancholy impact on mankind's environmental impact? A little bit.

Is it just a quirky comedy with a weird premise? It's some of that too. It's a little bit of a lot of things, and if you get too bogged down in what it could be, you might get lost from what it is. If you let yourself go, and just let the movie take you where it needs to, what you'll find is a bizarre, sometimes uneven, but ultimately enjoyable adventure.

What really carries it is the characters. Everyone in this world is developed and real and I liked spending time with them. The movie asks you to go to some strange places, but I didn't mind, because I enjoyed the people I was with. It's not a perfect movie, but it's got some interesting things to say, and I found the journey an enjoyable one. Michael M Super Reviewer. Oct 23, Matt Damon teams up with Alexander Payne for the satirical political comedy Downsizing.

To solve the problem of overpopulation a group of scientists develop a procedure to shrink a person to 5 inches and launch a series of small communities, which soon attracts middle-aged physical therapist Paul Safranek who seeks to escape his boring workaday life. Co-starring Kristen Wiig and Christoph Waltz, the cast isn't too bad; but only Waltz really gives a performance. And the film pulls a bait-and-switch, as it never gets into life in the small communities or the larger social effects that they would have on the world.

The script is poorly written, going everywhere and nowhere; touching on a lot of issues but never exploring them. Also, the comedy is downplayed for most of the film. Unfocused and rather pointless, Downsizing doesn't seem to know what it wants to be.

Dann M Super Reviewer. Oct 17, The premise and the believable set-up for the impossible are really well done. You can't help but be excited about where the film might run with that idea. Unfortunately, it almost comes to a stop after the first act, bathing in its own misery for a while. The appearance of the wonderful Hong Chau turns things around. She steals every scene she's in and her character is an absolute delight. You also can't blame the film for taking the easy way out, it does end up surprising you over again.

The Norway scenes are almost as fantastic as visiting the shire. In the end, I can't blame people for being disappointed, but I applaud the film for trying to be something different and unlike anything you've seen before. Gotta appreciate that. Jens S Super Reviewer. See all Audience reviews. There are no approved quotes yet for this movie. Best Horror Movies. Worst Superhero Movies. Best Netflix Series and Shows. Go back. More trailers. Dexter: New Blood: Season 1.

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An Omaha-based occupational therapist named Paul Matt Damon and his aspirational wife Audrey Kristen Wiig wonder if they should "go small" after chatting with some friends who took the leap. Paul's friend Dave Jason Sudeikis sits perched on a box of cookies on the kitchen counter, telling Paul—who hovers over him like a giant—how great it is to live a life of leisure with no financial worries.

The biggest problem Paul and Audrey have in their lives is that they want a bigger house but can't afford it. Welcome to the club, Paul and Audrey. They decide to go for it, applying for a spot at Leisureland, a "downsized" community in New Mexico, hyped up to hopeful applicants with a promotional video starring married couple Jeff and Laura Lonowski Neil Patrick Harris and Laura Dern , both wearing ear-mikes, doing marital "banter" in their echoing McMansion the size of a dollhouse about how awesome life is once you go small.

The "downsizing" process is shown in intriguing detail, and make up the best sequences in the film. They're imaginative and funny and detailed.

People's gold teeth must be removed, otherwise their heads would explode during downsizing. All body hair is removed, too. These details support a logical universe it would have been funny to see some of the disastrous early attempts to "go small," a tiny man trailing a beard 20 miles long, etc. When Paul wakes up in the recovery rooms of Leisureland, he learns that Audrey backed out at the last minute.

Unfortunately that also means Wiig has exited the movie. Paul now must make it through Smallville on his own. His party-hound Eurotrash upstairs neighbor Dusan Mirkovic Christoph Waltz , doing his typical schtick tries to get him to have some fun with being small. Paul instead is drawn to Ngoc Lan Tran Hong Chau , Dusan's Vietnamese cleaning lady whose escape to America in a television box caused an international incident.

Through Ngoc Lan, Paul learns of the darker side of Leisureland, its rigid and racist class system, the built-in haves and have nots of our world make up Leisureland too. Ngoc Lan lives in a rundown tenement complex outside the "Truman Show" walls of Leisureland. She takes care of everyone, bringing food to the hungry, medicine to the sick.

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