Paramount Pictures has released a few new clips from Alexander Payne’s Downsizing, which hits cinemas this week.
Downsizing imagines what might happen if, as a solution to over-population, Norwegian scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall and propose a 200-year global transition from big to small. People soon realize how much further money goes in a miniaturized world, and with the promise of a better life, everyman Paul Safranek (Matt Damon) and wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) decide to abandon their stressed lives in Omaha in order to get small and move to a new downsized community — a choice that triggers life-changing adventures.
We’ve given the film a very positive review, calling it an absolute treat. “It’s easily one of the funniest films of the year, but it’s also thought-provoking and touching too. It tells its story with such nuance and aplomb, permeated with such elegance and craftsmanship, to make for one of the finest – and, certainly, most surprising – films of the year. For a film all about the small, it has one big heart.”
Read the full review here and check out those new clips below.
