Review of Downsizing (2017) by Tanya B — 11 Jan 2018

I loved it. I thought it was such a solid exploration of ecocide, American materialism & alternatives. It got to the same emotional places for me as Lars von Trier's Melancholia, but this movie has so many jokes and sweet visuals.

I love the misspelling on the cake, for example. I thought it was hilarious, plus epically poignant. And the plot was so surprising. The party-boy cynical pragmatist characters. The "super-service oriented and embedded in relationships" character.

The ultimate question of what need survive? The species? Or our narratives / relationships? I went with someone who got hung up on plot holes, but it's a fictional story about 5 inch tall people, I was happy to suspend disbelief.

I think this is an important movie that will become soooooo much more important as climate collapse continues.