

Release Date
December 22, 2017
DVD Release Date
March 20, 2018 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Alexander Payne
Writer
Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Cast
Matt Damon, Alec Baldwin, Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Sudeikis, Christoph Waltz, Kristen Wiig
Studio
Running Time
135 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for language including sexual references, some graphic nudity and drug use
Downsizing imagines what might happen if, as a solution to over-population, Norwegian scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall and propose a 200-year global transition from big to small. People soon realize how much further money goes in a miniaturized world, and with the promise of a better life, everyman Paul Safranek (Matt Damon) and wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) decide to abandon their stressed lives in Omaha in order to get... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Matt Damon needs to read scripts before accepting projects going forward. The generally reliable actor has had a bad year (save for a great cameo), starring in two critically panned flops - The Great Wall and Suburbicon - and now Downsizing, a movie that isn’t as bad as it is maddeningly flat.
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