Mark Kermode Reviews Matt Damon’s Downsizing

Small Isn’t Beautiful

♦ Alexander Payne’s Downsizing starring Matt Damon is a sci-fi comedy which is out now in UK cinemas and here’s Mark Kermode reviewing it on the BBC…

Written and Directed by: Alexander Payne
Starring: Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Jason Sudeikis and Kristen Wiig

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 small and move to a new downsized community — a choice that triggers life-changing adventures.

Downsizing is in UK cinemas now.