<em>Downsizing</em> Has Big Ambitions but Little Payoff
Alexander Payne’s satirical sci-fi comedy shrinks Matt Damon to five inches tall but can’t make him interesting in the process.
In Alexander Payne’s , there’s a solution for everything. Can’t keep up with your bills? Worried about your carbon footprint? Seeking a way to shake up the mindless reverie of your job, your marriage, or your day-to-day routine? There’s a (literally) one-size-fits-all answer. At the beginning of the film, a kindly Norwegian scientist named Dr. Asbjørnsen (Rolf Lassgård) invents a way to shrink people to a height of about five inches, presenting his discovery to the world as a way to stave off climate change by producing
