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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 21 Dec 2017

Dense with captivating ideas and visual feats, Downsizing is a packed offering whose oversized ambitions may outstrip its accomplishments…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 21 Dec 2017

As the movie grinds on, Payne tries to steer it into a parable about climate change and the refugee crisis, issues that sit heavily on its…

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By Jocelyn Noveck (253) for Associated Press (1,685) on 21 Dec 2017

There's no doubt about one thing: the director's considerable talent is on full display here. Let him keep shifting; we'll keep watching…

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By Christopher Lawrence (234) for Las Vegas Review-Journal (433) on 21 Dec 2017

It's hard not to at least appreciate the effort of a movie that wears its environmental message, along with its enormous heart, on its little,…

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By Vincent Mancini (369) for Uproxx (697) on 21 Dec 2017

Like life, Downsizing drags a bit in the last third and it isn't nearly as fun at the end as it is at the beginning, but there are some incredible…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for TIME Magazine (1,130) on 21 Dec 2017

The movie is a surprise, the good kind, an instance of a filmmaker zigging just when you’re expecting him to zag…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 21 Dec 2017

It's hard not to appreciate the visual and thematic scope of Downsizing's reach…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 21 Dec 2017

Downsizing is an ambitious movie about the value of modesty, and its faults are proportionate to its insights…

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By Ethan Sacks (28) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 21 Dec 2017

In a multiplex full of sequels and retreads Downsizing does stand out. Much of Payne's political satire does hit the mark and hit it well…

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By David Medsker (361) for Bullz-Eye.com (1,091) on 21 Dec 2017

Alexander Payne is 'credited' with directing the film, but it's clear that he was bound, gagged, thrown in a locker and left for dead the moment…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 21 Dec 2017

Although Downsizing is often thoughtful, funny and poignant, ultimately it really is just another movie about a middle-aged white dude pondering…

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By Gregory Wakeman (182) for Metro (930) on 21 Dec 2017

Ultimately, it all feels like a wasted opportunity, as we've seen much better from Payne, Damon, Wiig, Waltz, and Sudeikis…

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By Mara Reinstein (308) for Us Weekly (308) on 21 Dec 2017

Co-writer and director Alexander Payne takes an intriguing premise and inexplicably flushes it down the toilet…

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By Josh Bell (1,421) for Las Vegas Weekly (1,340) on 21 Dec 2017

Part satire, part domestic drama, part political commentary, and almost all a disjointed mess…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 21 Dec 2017

By the end, Downsizing is one of those great ideas that should have just stayed an idea…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 21 Dec 2017

The film’s ultimate message — help other people, basically — is, while useful and necessary, dramatically rather slack, and you notice…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 21 Dec 2017

Weird and wonderful, zigging where it should zag and zagging where it should zig, this wildly imaginative flight of fancy strikes an admirably…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 21 Dec 2017

Alexander Payne has a lot of fun — and has some serious things to say — in Downsizing, a film that goes from fascinating to sometimes merely…

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By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 21 Dec 2017

Although the sci-fi trappings of Downsizing make it seem like a big departure from Payne’s previous work — The Descendants, Sideways, About…

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By Nick Rogers (786) for Suite101.com (114) on 20 Dec 2017

By the end, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor have essentially abandoned altogether the idea of a world where shrinking is commonplace - unimaginatively,…

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