Downsizing is directed by Alexander Payne, stars Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, and Christoph Waltz, and hits theaters December 22.
The new teaser for Downsizing welcomes us to Leisure Land, the idyllic tiny city populated by the downsized, those brave enough — or, maybe, desperate enough— to shrink themselves to five inches tall forever.
Downsizing introduces us to an overpopulated world in which the concept of shrinking yourself to quell the human population explosion has become the new Big Thing. Everyone’s doing it!
It’s a fascinating socio-economic satirical concept that unfortunately gets lost in the film our Oliver Whitney called “bland and misguided” in their review.