So I recently watched Downsizing and I'm here to bring you my review. So without further ado...
When scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall as a solution to overpopulation, Paul (played by Matt Damon) and his wife Audrey (played by Kristen Wiig) decide to abandon their stressed lives in order to get small and move to a new downsized community — a choice that triggers life-changing adventures.
This is a film that is ambitious in the way it wants to tell the story, but the story itself isn't anything that haven't already seen before. Alexander Payne is one of the best working directors today and he never really gets a lot of credit for how good his films are and this film is really good with a few minor gripes. The concept of miniaturizing people down to small little figures and then have them live in their own society that is sort of mixed in with regular size humans and the fact that being small can give you so many more opportunities than being normal. Matt Damon is terrific in the film and one of the best performances of his career along with a breakout performance from relative newcomer Hong Chau who could potentially get nominated for an Oscar in only her second feature film appearance which would be remarkable. Visually the film does look impressive when you consider seeing the small versions of people up close to the regular size humans and how much they are able to interact with each other. The biggest problem with the film is the execution and the fact that you have a great premise so now how are you going to tell a compelling story to go along with it and Payne fails to do that and it ends being something of an advertisement in a political nature that just takes the film in a whole new and unnecessary directions. Overall this film is full of great performances and ideas, but the attempted execution of those ideas don't work as often as they should. I give Downsizing a 6 out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of Downsizing, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
When scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall as a solution to overpopulation, Paul (played by Matt Damon) and his wife Audrey (played by Kristen Wiig) decide to abandon their stressed lives in order to get small and move to a new downsized community — a choice that triggers life-changing adventures.
This is a film that is ambitious in the way it wants to tell the story, but the story itself isn't anything that haven't already seen before. Alexander Payne is one of the best working directors today and he never really gets a lot of credit for how good his films are and this film is really good with a few minor gripes. The concept of miniaturizing people down to small little figures and then have them live in their own society that is sort of mixed in with regular size humans and the fact that being small can give you so many more opportunities than being normal. Matt Damon is terrific in the film and one of the best performances of his career along with a breakout performance from relative newcomer Hong Chau who could potentially get nominated for an Oscar in only her second feature film appearance which would be remarkable. Visually the film does look impressive when you consider seeing the small versions of people up close to the regular size humans and how much they are able to interact with each other. The biggest problem with the film is the execution and the fact that you have a great premise so now how are you going to tell a compelling story to go along with it and Payne fails to do that and it ends being something of an advertisement in a political nature that just takes the film in a whole new and unnecessary directions. Overall this film is full of great performances and ideas, but the attempted execution of those ideas don't work as often as they should. I give Downsizing a 6 out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of Downsizing, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
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