This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Interesting idea and problem statement but the film is boring.

A *very* disappointing film, featuring my favorite Martian. I now can certainly see why it bombed so badly at the box office! I was hoping for something fun like Jurassic Park with cool special effects and some thoughtful messages. Instead I got 2 films jammed together into an overly long mess, with heavy messages that turned this into a real downer.Part I is very promising: the invention of downsizing, creation of the small world, the conversion process. Unfortunately, the minute he enters the small world in Part II he is miserable, so we never get to experience the wonders of being small. Instead, we get class warfare, with all the "rich" portrayed as thoughtless consumers who do nothing but leisure activities, attend parties to drink/take drugs, and exploit the poor but noble working class. Interesting how there is no explanation how an entire slum is packed with people in an entirely new world that has only existed for 10 years. It was so heavy-handed the only thing missing was a scene of the desperate underclass selling their organs to survive.In Part III, we suddenly have a tacked-on road trip to visit a cult. Besides moving very, very slowly, the only purpose for this part appeared to be to hammer the climate change message into our heads with a sledgehammer. I kept waiting for Al Gore to appear in a cameo! At the end, our 'hero' ends up right were he was at the end of Part II! They could have entirely cut out Part III and it would have had the same basic message. Will watch carefully to avoid future films from this director.

I was intrigued when I first saw the trailer, and I told myself:" man, this is in my must-watch list of the year". I had my hope high, despite the rating was quite poor. But once the movie started, I had a sense of the direction of the movie going, it wouldn't be great. And boy, I was right. There was barely any development or depth for most of the characters. This movie, it tried to be so much more, more than it can ever hold itself. It was 2h 15mins, and I felt like it was eternal. It was taking itself too seriously. There is not a single laughing scene. It was trying to be scientific, trying to be inspirational, to create awareness, and it was trying too hard it turns out very bad. But the production team, the writing team, they barely have anything scientific knowledge or did any in depth research. The expository scene was all done is dialogues and they are all draggy. It does make me think a little, but the way it was executed was quite boring to be honest. Frankly, I would take the comedic approach for this movie, make a lighthearted film. Focus more on the main character, Paul and explore his backstory (probably begin the movie with his childhood), make the viewers understand his intention, motivation and reasons of action. Exposition would be minimized and done as a news/commercial ads in the film. Make a not-so-serious film but prompt viewer's thinking.Like the concept, unsure the direction, loathe the execution

Norwegian scientist Dr. Jørgen Asbjørnsen invents miniaturization of human beings, shrinking people down to five inches. It is sold as environmental altruism and a way to live big on a budget. Married couple Paul (Matt Damon) and Audrey Safranek (Kristen Wiig) decides to do the downsizing but at the last minute, Audrey backs out and the couple eventually divorce. Paul is bitter and alone. He befriends his noisy neighbor Euro-playboy Dusan Mirkovic (Christoph Waltz) and Dusan's maid Ngoc Lan Tran, famed Vietnamese activist who was forcibly downsized.Ngoc Lan Tran says something compelling about facing death in the ending. That's the big point of the movie. Director Alexander Payne certainly takes his sweet time. There's no reason for this movie to be more than two hours. The point can be streamlined without Audrey. The first half is really bloated. Matt Damon's everyman does not help. His lack of drive infects the movie. He makes the first half aimless. It should have been a fifteen minute introduction and then get to Dusan and Tran quickly. She's a breath of fresh air and actually gets a few laughs. The Norway part is lacking something and the ending premise is also lacking. I would rather they do something with the slums outside the dome for the ending. There is already some rooting interest built up with the inhabitants of the slums. Going to Norway is a distracting side trip. There is a lot of world building that I question in this movie. There is a compelling movie inside this bloated film somewhere and I enjoyed that movie.