Too much of everything

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

DONT WATCH THIS MOVIE YOUR MONEY WILL NO RETURN. The story is awful the script is horrible

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.

This movie was absolute hot trash. I don't even usually leave reviews for movies but I felt the need to warn others. The trailer is NOT anything like the actual movie. It was so boring I ended up fast forwarding through just looking for something interesting about it. Even the ending was a complete flop. Not only was it an environmental trashing of mankind, it was stale and I found myself rolling my eyes far too many times for any person. I wish I could get the time back I wasted on this horrifyingly terrible excuse for a movie!!! Hollywood is crumbling as we speak.

Depressing, pathetic waste of time. Matt Damon in his element as a loser wasting his life. No redeeming qualities to this movie, after they took an arguably thought-provoking premise and drove it over a cliff. Anyone who likes this movie has a downsized IQ. Do yourself a huge favor and AVOID this!!!