Downsizing Film Review

Finished watching Downsizing directed by Alexander Payne and starring Rolf Lassgård, Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz, Udo Kier and Hong Chau. The film opens with scientist Jørgen Asbjørnsen (Rolf Lassgård) discovering the ability to shrink people with the hope that it will help to make more easier for the Earth to deal with the rising population and the effects it has on the world. Years later with Jørgen's experiment being successful on human volunteers the ability to shrink people that has now been coined the term "Downsizing", people have been taking the procedure to live in better conditions due to cost of living being much lower. This leads to Paul (Matt Damon) and Audrey Safranek (Kristen Wiig) decide in taking the procedure after being unable to find a new home, however after having the procedure Paul gets a call from Audrey saying that she is leaving him as she couldn't go through it which leads to Paul trying to make a new life for himself on his own. Overall this good film as it blends together a quite lighthearted plot with some political and social commentary to great effect with the way that different communities are being set up with the people that have been shrunken down has an affect on the everyday people who haven't decided to downsize. The film also has some great character development and interactions as the relationships that Paul builds with Dušan Mirković (Christoph Waltz) Joris Konrad (Udo Kier) and Ngoc Lan Tran (Hong Chau) over the course of the film gives each character their own time to develop within the film while also having some great comedic and emotional moments throughout the film. 7.5/10.