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Downsizing is a 2017 American comedy drama and science fiction film directed by Alexander Payne, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jim Taylor. The movie features Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, and Kristen Wiig in the cast. It was produced by Paramount Pictures, Ad Hominem Enterprises, and Gran Via Productions, with Phedon Papamichael serving as director of photography and Rolfe Kent composing the score. Kevin Tent edited the film, which has a runtime of 135 minutes.
The narrative is set in Norway, though filming took place in Los Angeles. The plot involves themes of the future, computers, therapists, married couples, and shrinking. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures, Netflix, and Hulu, including via video on demand. It received the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films award.
Critical assessments include a 47% rating, a 5.7 out of 10 score, and a 64 out of 100 Metascore. The film holds an IMDb rating of 5.8 and a TMDb vote average of 5.406. It had a budget of 68,000,000 and generated revenue of 55,003,890. The movie is rated R and has received one win and 16 nominations in total.
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Film · TMDB
5.4A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that he and his wife can help save the planet and afford a nice lifestyle at the same time.
Cast
- Matt Damon as Paul Safranek
- Christoph Waltz as Dusan Mirkovic
- Hong Chau as Ngoc Lan Tran
- Kristen Wiig as Audrey Safranek
- Rolf Lassgård as Dr. Jorgen Asbjørnsen
- Ingjerd Egeberg as Anne-Helene Asbjørnsen
Themes
- future
- computer
- therapist
- married couple
- shrinking
- crowd
- speculative
- meditative
- caucasian
- thoughtful
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Ratings
IMDb
5.8/10
134,931 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
47%
Metacritic
64/100
- Year
- 2017
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 16 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- science fiction film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Alexander Payne
- Screenwriter
- Jim Taylor
- Composer
- Rolfe Kent
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Phedon Papamichael
- Narrative location
- Norway
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 140
- FilmAffinity ID
- 115853
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 6 more facts
- title
- Downsizing
- publication date
- 2018-01-11
- distributed by
- Hulu
- film editor
- Kevin Tent
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 64/100
Sources (15)
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Article · Deutsch
Downsizing (dt.: „Verkleinerung“ oder „Gesundschrumpfung“) ist ein US-amerikanischer Spielfilm von Alexander Payne aus dem Jahr 2017. Die Science-Fiction-Tragikomödie basiert auf einem Originaldrehbuch von Regisseur Payne und Jim Taylor und stellt ein einfaches amerikanisches Ehepaar aus dem Mittleren Westen (dargestellt von Matt Damon und Kristen Wiig) in den Mittelpunkt. Während in der Welt eine Krise der Überbevölkerung herrscht, beschließt es, seine Körpergröße mit wissenschaftlichen Mitteln verkleinern zu lassen. Der Film eröffnete am 30. August 2017 die 74. Internationalen Filmfestspiele von Venedig. Der Kinostart in den USA war am 22. Dezember 2017. In Deutschland kam Downsizing am 18. Januar 2018 in die Kinos.
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