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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 22 Dec 2017

[Director Alexander] Payne [is] wrestling with big ideas about climate change and human rights…

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By John (179) on 22 Dec 2017

First hour is decent and just when you think it's about to get good.... Falls flat. Don't waste your time on this film…

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By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 22 Dec 2017

While the whole thing looks interesting and there's no shortage of provocative ideas, it all seems to float off into one big muddle…

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By Pete M (211) on 22 Dec 2017

First hour is decent and just when you think it's about to get good.... Falls flat. Don't waste your time on this film…

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By J.r. Kinnard (152) for PopMatters (2,617) on 22 Dec 2017

Alexander Payne will do good work again, but Downsizing is more than a tiny blemish on his resume…

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By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 22 Dec 2017

Perhaps its flaws seem greater because the entire enterprise is so bold, imaginative, funny, troubling and daring…

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By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 22 Dec 2017

The best thing that one can possibly say about Downsizing is that it is such a mess that it feels as if Payne is getting rid of all of his…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 22 Dec 2017

It’s a movie in which too-muchness ends up being not-enoughness, since the script lacks a vital center. But the premise remains appealing…

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By Frank Wilkins (257) for Reel Reviews (165) on 22 Dec 2017

Isn't as big as the britches it pretends to wear…

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By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 22 Dec 2017

Less isn't really more, but there's an intriguing premise at the heart of Alexander Payne's affecting and surprisingly sweet Downsizing…

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By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 22 Dec 2017

Payne's brand of prickly humanism is on full display here; he seems to revel is the notion that it's only when we're uncomfortable that we…

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By James Verniere (1,180) for Boston Herald (1,433) on 22 Dec 2017

Damon, Waltz and brilliant Hong Chau save conceptually flawed Alexander Payne sci fi satire…

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By Tony Medley (1,109) for Tolucan Times (639) on 22 Dec 2017

It sounds ridiculous and up until Hong Chou's appearance, it was no better than all right…

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By Dirk Libbey (36) for CinemaBlend.com (1,378) on 22 Dec 2017

Downsizing sets itself up as interesting social satire, and that part of the movie is interesting, but it gets overshadowed by a much more…

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By David Sims (534) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 22 Dec 2017

All of Downsizing’s story elements are so audacious that I was rooting for Payne to make some narrative sense of them…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 22 Dec 2017

Decent enough to earn a slight recommendation...I just wish the filmmakers had figured out a way to make it all come together better…

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By Christian Toto (897) for HollywoodInToto.com (350) on 22 Dec 2017

The film's Oscar hopes shrink so quickly you'd think it's a meta part of the movie…

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By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 22 Dec 2017

Downsizing thinks it's playing with fire but is really just rubbing two twigs together and hoping for the best…

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By Adam Graham (720) for Detroit News (2,682) on 22 Dec 2017

Little people. Big ideas. Massive misfire…

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By Robert Kojder (605) for Flickering Myth (680) on 22 Dec 2017

Downsizing is the second failed social satire of 2017 prominently featuring Matt Damon…

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