See life in a big way.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Kristin Wiig, Rolf Lassgård, Ingjerd Egeberg |
| Director |
Alexander Payne |
| Screenplay | Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor |
| Music | Rolfe Kent |
| Cinematography | Phedon Papamichael |
| Editing | Kevin Tent |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2017 |
| Produced by | Paramount Pictures, Ad Hominem Enterprises, Annapurna Pictures |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Language | Fairly frequent, moderate impact. |
| Nudity | Low to mild, non-sexual. |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | None |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None (sic) |
| Comments | |
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| R: Restricted | Rated R for language including sexual references, some graphic nudity and drug use. |
| Runtime | 135 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Suggested age limit 16 + |
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| Consumerism |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Helen Herimbi  Big idea falls short on the little details. | 0 |  |
| 24.com Herman Eloff Downsizing is different, quirky and even a little bit funny. It’s a tiny film with a lot of heart and totally worth the watch. | 10 |  |
| Metacritic.com 48 critics | 13 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 247 critics | 11 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Downsizing assembles a talented cast in pursuit of some truly interesting ideas -- which may be enough for some audiences to forgive the final product’s frustrating shortcomings. | 10 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 11 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Overlong sci-fi comedy has a heavy message, mature content. | 5 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 88 users | 11 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 7793 users | 6 | |
| IMDB 23496 Netizens | 11 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 10 | |
Average .. 45% | 9 | |