Review of Downsizing (2017) by Daveisonline — 16 Mar 2019

Downsizing is a film with a very intriguing idea with promising world building, but ultimately fails to capitalize on its own concept and instead opts for a poorly executed political message that conflicts with its subject matter.

I will say the first act of the movie does a great job of setting up its world building by having its dialogue grounded in its sci-fi premise of humanity able to shrink down to a few inches to create a whole new society where they only need a fraction of the resources they would consume as normal sized beings and effectively live a life of wealth. Unfortunately once the 2nd act, its entire premise becomes completely trivial, to the point where its Sci-Fi premise is practically meaningless. And it also doesn't help that the story we have now is driven by a main character who is completely bland and uninteresting, not to mention that he seemingly fails to make any meaningful decisions for himself until the very end to run back for a cheesy romance subplot that lacks any chemistry.