Downsizing (2017)
Rated R
Starring Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis,
Directed by Alexander Payne
The Story:
Paul (Damon) is an occupational therapist who decides that they could have a better life if he and his wife (Wiig) were to undergo the new shrinking process that makes them roughly 5 inches tall so that humanity can lessen their detrimental impact on the earth. However, once you undergo the process, there is no going back...
Speaking of going back, if I could, I would go back and skip watching this.
Overlong... overly tedious... it was an interesting concept for a trailer, but loses its way in a long rambling 2+ hour narrative that literally does a whole lot of nothing.
A horribly wasted in casting Jason Sudeikis is in the movie for about 3 minutes and offers nothing more than a familiar face onscreen. Wiig as well is barely in the film, so any thoughts you had about this being an amusing dramedy, those dreams are shattered and gone early in the film.
Hong Chau is the feisty fireball that gives Paul a new purpose in his life to help the poor and sick with what medical training he has.
Waltz thankfully injects some much needed energy in the proceedings when he is around, but it's often a case of too little, too late.
So far for 2019, it looks like Damon is going to pull off a rare double-entry onto the Worst Films of the Year listing on Thanksgiving.
I'm sure he's too busy swimming in his mountains of cash to care.
:)
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