Review of Downsizing (2017) by Eludiumq36 — 11 Apr 2018

Though couched in a scifi/fantasy trope of human miniaturization, make no mistake, this is a Hollywood lecture on climate change and how we're doomed in your lifetime, not some theoretically distant future.

Matt Damon is no action hero hero, more the middle-aged with spare tire love interest of a barely paraplegic Vietnamese who plays to stereotype. Don't think too hard about the miniaturization process and its world, there are MANY plausibility problems with it so it's not even worth criticizing in detail but the cinematic technique they use to show us this is of some interest.

Kristen Wiig plays against her comic-type in a chicken-sh*t, heartless role which makes us hate her character so I guess she figures that works for her career as a diverse actress. Christolph Waltz was the only character of amusement making your sit-through somewhat tolerable.

Rolfe Kent's whimsical accompanying music echoes John Williams' ET job and cast events in a lighter mood than they should've been so that was some weirdness. Disappointing film.