Release Date
December 22, 2017
DVD Release Date
March 20, 2018 (Buy on Amazon)
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Running Time
135 minutes
MPAA 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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