Downsizing

It reviews better than it plays — admired more than it is enjoyed.

• “A less polished director might have become lost and confused along the film’s lengthy running-time. But Payne’s handling is perfect. He never puts a foot wrong, rustling up a picture that is as bright as a button and as sharp as a tack.”

  Xan Brooks, The Guardian · 100

• “Captivating, funny and possessed of a surprise-filled zig-zag structure that makes it impossible to anticipate where it's headed, this is a deeply humane film that, like the best Hollywood classics, feels both entirely of its moment and timeless.”

  Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter · 100

• “Weird and wonderful, zigging where it should zag and zagging where it should zig, this wildly imaginative flight of fancy strikes an admirably poised balance between whimsy, screwball comedy, social satire and generous meditation on the foibles and highest aspirations of human nature.”

  Ann Hornaday, Washington Post · 100

• “Downsizing is an ingenious comedy of scale, a touching tale of a man whose problems grow bigger as he gets smaller, and an earnest environmental parable.”

  Owen Gleiberman, Variety · 90

• “Downsizing brims over with the pleasures of the unexpected, a hallmark of Payne's artistry.”

  Peter Travers, Rolling Stone · 88