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- Downsizing, their most imaginative concoction yet, seems at first to be a straight-up satire about social inequality that riffs on a simple and literal-minded premise: What if, in agreeing to become a microsize version of yourself (via a process of “cellular reduction” devised by Norwegian scientists), you could shed your mortgage and debts and subsist luxuriously at a fraction of the cost of your present standard of living?
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Dec 21, 2017 · People reduce themselves to the size of peanuts in search of a better life in Downsizing, and an entire colony's waste can fit inside one plastic bag. But the new sci-fi comedy from writer ...
Nov 13, 2023 · Is Downsizing a satire? Message of the film explained. Yes, the film is a sharp satirical commentary on the foibles and contradictions of modern society.
- It Wasn’T A Festival Movie.
- It Wasn’T A Mainstream Movie, either.
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“Downsizing” reached for the high bar set by Oscar-nominated “Election,” “The Descendants,” “Sideways,” and “Nebraska.” Damon plays sad-sack occupational therapist Paul Safranak (in a role originally intended for Paul Giamatti), who convinces his wife Audrey (Wiig) to get 5 inches tall and move to Leisureland, where they can live large and save the...
For one thing, “Downsizing” is aimed at audience concerns about global warming and eco-sustainability. That’s not an easy sell. And Paramount never figured out how to reach audiences with this feathered fish — neither arthouse nor mainstream, critics-friendly nor Oscar contender, with a mediocre 63 Metascore. Expectations were high for this movie a...
Is Paul stupid, foolish, and misguided? “I see him as befuddled,” he said, “like some of my own befuddlement with the weird ways the world is turning. He becomes the vehicle to guide us through the world of miniaturization. On the way, he gets distracted from himself then falls into himself again. He is eager to please and unsure how to do so, fall...
What emerged at Telluride was scene-stealer discovery Hong Chau as Ngoc Lan Tran, a remarkable 5-inch dissident who befriends Paul, carries the movie’s emotion, and could be a Supporting Actress contender. She figured out her characterization in the audition. “She understood the screenplay,” he said. “She understood the rhythm and the intent, the h...
Alexander Payne's sci-fi satire flop "Downsizing," starring Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig, shrinks its hero down to 5 inches tall. Here's the ending explained.
Dec 22, 2017 · Downsizing, their most imaginative concoction yet, seems at first to be a straight-up satire about social inequality that riffs on a simple and literal-minded premise: What if, in agreeing to...
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Jan 25, 2018 · How cute! Paul Safranek ( Matt Damon) can see the appeal. A hard-working physiotherapist who’s still struggling to muster a deposit for a home of his own, downsizing would seem to solve all of...
Dec 21, 2017 · Downsizing boasts a terrific sci-fi premise. After the Norwegian scientists invent the shrinking technology, a pilot group of 36 people bravely shrink themselves and live successfully in a...
