Frankly the movie lost me when Dr. Asbjørnsen can on board and proclaimed it was the end of the world. Everything before that was o.k. The whole underground chamber felt like it was taken from Moonraker and The Spy Who Loved Me.

Yeah...I was expecting a totally different type of film...something like Stepford where everything seems perfect but there's a dark secret,or some Shrunk the kids or Antman kinda scenes, downsized person kinda issues.

Agree that eventually you'll sometimes forget that they were supposed to be small

@lmao7 said:

Yeah...I was expecting a totally different type of film...something like Stepford where everything seems perfect but there's a dark secret,or some Shrunk the kids or Antman kinda scenes, downsized person kinda issues.

Agree that eventually you'll sometimes forget that they were supposed to be small

At the end when they were going close off the exit to the tunnel. I was expecting this huge explosion. Then a little pile dirt just came down. I totally forgot they were small.

I don't know if i'd even go that far. It has a good premise and maybe the first half hour is good, but then it just goes no where.

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@acontributor said:

... It was totally uninteresting from a scientific standpoint. And frankly it was not very interesting from a humor standpoint either. If they wanted funny, they would have showed tiny Matt Damon trying to make love with his full size wife.

It doesn't set out to be either... I think people have come to this movie with particular expectations perhaps due to the premise or marketing... If you come ready to assess it without baggage and meet the movie on it's terms... It is a much richer and rewarding experience...

Anyway, if you'd like to see that miniturised intercourse scene, check out Talk To Her (Hable con ella) by Pedro Almodovar... Warning though, it's not funny, nor is it sensual... It's very, very creepy! ... Still a good movie, if a bit out there and very mature themes...

@rudely_murray said:

Downsizing lost me at about the two third mark, after which only the broad but amusing playing of Hong Chau (and the reliably deadpan Udo Kier) kept it moderately engaging.

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I found myself wishing the story had remained in Leisureland. There was ample potential mileage in Matt Damon's character's adjustment to a newly single AND newly shrunken life. The introduction of Hong Chau's character was effective, albeit with some crashingly obvious social commentary attached. But Payne felt the need to make the ultimate story bigger, less personal. The Norway/original downsized community/'end of the world' plot was an unnecessary twist, for me, which killed much of the film's magic.

Still well worth seeing, with some super production design - and that first hour or so really does run with its high concept.

One other quibble. Christoph Waltz really does become more unbearable with every role I see him in - I honestly think that Tarantino may be the only filmmaker able to do anything worthwhile with him.

I wish it was more of a comedy.

Honestly, I felt cheated a bit.

The movie and its marketing builds around the strange concept of downsizing and I sort of liked the idea of doing it to save resources ... and then it turns out that the core of the story is not at all about this and starts to focus on social inequality, drips in to cult followings, nature disaster and end of the world prophesies ... and oh, we have downsized peps also... a mess of a story.

Do A or B. I was expecting A and was expecting a comedy about this far out but interesting idea... and I could have enjoyed B, was it done right... but this odd mishmash of everything and so nothing , frankly annoyed me.

I agree with the general thrust of people's disappointment. The movie title references economics and Dusan makes this explicit in his conversation with Safranek. As some kind of satire or commentary on contemporary inequality, (and isn't that what 'little people' invites us to do?), might have worked even with some ecological considerations thrown in. But this goes from one thing to the next and onto something else again, not settling on any kind of useful theme. Yet again a big budget movie falters even before it has left the screenwriter's laptop. What is happening in Hollywood that such lacklustre scripts are being turned into movies? Are there no quality writers today, or is it that producers and directors no longer have the requisite literacy to distinguish good from bad writing?

The comedy is nearly non existent. The only time I laughed out loud was at Audrey's single eyebrow whine from the airport, but this was in such sharp distinction to the underlying horror facing Safranek it just seemed bizarre mere seconds later. The romance is infantile. The cliches rife. Swiftian it isn't.

I sort of enjoyed this movie despite its flaws mostly because Damon and Waltz are able to bring some warmth to their characters, and it is still a very odd and intriguing idea, however silly. Give the calibre of the people involved this should have been a lot better.

A total mess, I kept waiting for Colin Kaepernick to make his cameo appearance kneeling to the injustices portrayed . I honestly fell asleep about three times and it was still on. Other than Ocean's Eleven, Jason Bourne and Good Will Hunting has Matt Damon did any other good movies?

I agree with most of you...a GREAT premise and first half+ of a movie...only to trail off and forget the whole "small world" concept that could've easily been tacked on to another dramatic movie...just not this one (the whole Norway trip). Its a shame cause I was sold on the trailer and when I saw it on the EPIX app, it was a no brainer..too bad

@mrmoovee said:

A total mess, I kept waiting for Colin Kaepernick to make his cameo appearance kneeling to the injustices portrayed . I honestly fell asleep about three times and it was still on. Other than Ocean's Eleven, Jason Bourne and Good Will Hunting has Matt Damon did any other good movies?

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