Review of Downsizing (2017) by The3Academysins — 25 Dec 2018

Downsizing takes an interesting premise and turns it into one of the most boring, plodding blunders I have ever seen. The pacing of this movie is all over the place. Some scenes fly by so quickly you cannot understand what is happening, and others go by so slowly that you wonder when the movie will end. The movie is very liberal with scenes accompanied by music in which nothing happens. In an attempt to be artsy, these scenes come off as nothing more than poorly disguised attempts to pad the run time.

The script is hit-or-miss at best and asinine at worst. Matt Damon does his best to give an honest performance, and he and Christoph Waltz are the only watchable parts of the movie. Downsizing is just a giant let down.