Downsizing
“We are meant for something bigger.”
2017 · 2 h 15 min
Cast
Matt Damon 
Christoph Waltz 
Hong Chau 
Kristen Wiig 
Rolf Lassgård Ingjerd Egeberg
Credits
Written by: 
Alexander Payne
Plot
A man agrees to be shrunk to five inches tall to live a better life and discovers the process has problems of its own.
Sinekatalog’s take
Alexander Payne's ambitious satire starts with a clever idea but drifts away from it.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.8 / 10 (139,396 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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