When nominations for the 75th annual golden globe awards were announced on dec. Matt damon downsizing trailer matt damons new scifi. Alexander payne and matt damon on the set of downsizing. When i saw the trailer for alexander paynes new film, downsizing, i thought the movie would be a lighthearted farce, relying principally on visual gags. Dec 22, 2017 the premise of downsizing has some similarities to ari folmans great 2014 film the congress, which also takes place in a future close enough to our own it sets off disturbing echoes. Matt damon is far and away one of the biggest box office draws to emerge from the 90s, first exploding onto the alist with his role in 1997s good will hunting. Matt damon shrinks down for alexander paynes social satire watch the film opened the venice film festival and will next play tiff, before opening in.
The whole literal downsizing idea had so much more potential than to be. Nov 02, 2017 matt damon is geting a new lease on life, thanks to the sizeshrinking technology featured in the latest trailer for alexander paynes new film, downsizing. Jan 25, 2018 alexander payne takes us down the rabbit hole of miniaturisation for a blisteringly brilliant film overwhelmed by its own implications. It tells the story of paul and audrey safranek, a couple who decide to undertake a newly invented procedure to shrink their bodies so they can start a new life in an experimental. Matt damon, in downsizing, endows paul with a passive sweet decency that makes him seem like a highschool dork all grown up but essentially unchanged, and while damon, as. Dec 21, 2017 hi, im alexander payne director of downsizing.
Aota responds to portrayal of occupational therapy in the. Matt damon shrinks in new downsizing trailer screen rant. One year later, paul finalizes the divorce with audrey, and settles in to his new apartment a downsizing of its own from the mansion he. Downsizing has the vision to shrink matt damon, but not to.
Matt damon will star in downsizing, the next film from alexander payne. In downsizing, matt damon sweats the small stuff the. Matt damons new scifi film is a highbrow honey, i shrunk the kids he and costar kristin wiig shrink down to. Strains credulity to a new level matt damon and jason sudeikis in downsizing. Matt damons new movie reveals the downside of downsizing.
Nov 02, 2017 paramount has released a new downsizing trailer. Downsizing sees a world where people can shrink down to miniature versions of themselves in order to live better lives. Matt damon shrinks down for alexander paynes social satire watch. The outsized pleasures and failures of alexander paynes. Matt damon shrinks himself, and finds a bigger purpose in life, in the new trailer for downsizing. Because ngoc lan is such a strong character, and chau is so funny and strident and bossy, she takes over the entire film. Im told that damon will take on this film, which is set at 2oth century fox, and that it knocks him out of the. Downsizing takes the dullest path through a brilliant premise. The outsized pleasures and failures of alexander paynes downsizing. Matt damon teams up with alexander payne for the satirical political comedy downsizing. One of hollywoods biggest stars is getting small in the first full trailer for downsizing, as damon and kristen wiig lead the cast of director alexander paynes. Matt damon stars as a man who opts to get small shrinking down to five inches tall.
Downsizing is as tonedeaf as a matt damon interview. Matt damon gets small, and discovers a big new world. A new world of possibilities awaits, thanks to a revolutionary medical procedure known as downsizing. Oscarwinner alexander payne directed the sciencefiction comedy costarring kristen wiig, jason sudeikis, laura dern, christoph waltz, alec baldwin, margo martindale, and the great udo kier. In the congress, technology can turn human beings into their own avatars, unleashing infinite computergenerated and cartoon doppelgangers, so that the. He stresses the first syllable, but everyone else stresses the second, with a long a.
Downsizing alexander payne matt damon kristen wiig the new yorker movie club sign up for the new yorker s movie club newsletter to get. A hairless matt damon gets a big shock in latest downsizing. The surprising prolife message of matt damons new film downsizing articles. Downsizing a film that features matt damon as a character who shrinks down to be only five inches tall has the most fantastical premise hes dealt with yet, but a brand new trailer for. Alexander paynes downsizing, which opened the venice film festival, stars matt damon and kristen wiig as a husband and wife who shrink themselves in order to simplify their lives. Downsizing is a 2017 american science fiction satirical political drama film film directed by alexander payne, written by payne and jim taylor and starring matt damon, christoph waltz, hong chau and kristen wiig. Downsizing, a film in which successful movie stars matt damon and jason sudeikis are not only rendered the size of action figures, but made to wear khakis while doing so, is more equipped to. Ap as long as the world is coming to an end, you might as well get a few laughs out of the deal. In matt damon s new film downsizing, money is no object. The surprising prolife message of matt damons new film. Alexander payne schrumpft matt damon in downsizing welt. In point of fact, the jokes based on the contrast between regularsize people and their fiveinch tall counterparts are surprisingly rare.
When scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall. Matt damon talks new film downsizing video by oj williams downsizing imagines what might happen if, as a solution to overpopulation, norwegian scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall and propose a 200year global transition from big to small. Every everyman needs to have some oomph of his own if he is going to occupy the center of a film. Downsizing imagines what might happen if, as a solution to overpopulation, norwegian scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall and propose a 200year global transition from big to small.
Viab film downsizing, which screened at the toronto international film festival this weekend and is directed by alexander. Kristen wiig and matt damon star in alexander paynes downsizing. Downsizing is a 2017 american science fiction satirical political drama film film directed by alexander payne, written by payne and jim taylor and starring matt damon, christoph waltz. Matt damon, kristen wiig get miniaturized in downsizing. And heres matt damon wearing an omaha steaks shirt in the. I watched if this and now im pissed just spoils the whole movie. Downsizing is that rarest of beasts a visual effectsheavy alexander payne film and for the most part, the trickery is invisible, the scales between the regularsized and the reducedsized. Dec 19, 2017 film downsizing has the vision to shrink matt damon, but not to dare a new pov. Matt damon and kristen wiig star in the strange film downsizing, a scifi film with a unique solution to the worlds overcrowding problem. Dec 22, 2017 when nominations for the 75th annual golden globe awards were announced on dec. It tells the story of paul and audrey safranek, a couple who decide to undertake a newly invented procedure to shrink their bodies so. This may be the whole point, but it makes for really unbalanced viewing. Matt damon shrinks for alexander paynes scifi satire. A new world of possibilities awaits, thanks to a revolutionary medical procedure.
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. Downsizing takes the dullest path through a brilliant. Ap and yet, after a thrilling twist around 50 minutes in, downsizing loses some of its electric charge. When youre five inches tall, everything costs next to nothing, since your. Downsizing is classified as comedy, drama, scifiemphasis on the sciencefiction. The surprising prolife message of matt damon s new film downsizing articles. And matt damon plays a guy named paul safranek, a goodhearted guy.
These days the term tonedeaf doesnt apply to just the music perception. Matt damon plays a man who shrinks himself down to a few inches and moves to a purported tinytown paradise in downsizing. Any thinking person watching downsizing is ten steps ahead of. Downsizing capping tough box office year for matt damon.
Downsizing, a new film by alexander payne, puts forth an interesting ideawhat if we could. A social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor. Paul matt damon and his wife audrey kristen wiig decide to abandon their. And matt damon plays a guy named paul safranek, a goodhearted guy from omaha whos now. Film downsizing has the vision to shrink matt damon, but not to dare a new pov. Dec 25, 2017 payne was also nominated for directing the descendants, and for his last film. Alexander paynes imaginative new film is a jab at materialism, an environmental commentary, a love story, an allegory about immigration and contemporary economics, and a movie in which matt damon is the size of a bic. Downsizing has the vision to shrink matt damon, but not. Downsizing is a 2017 science fiction and social satire movie directed by alexander payne. Surveying a landscape of impending ecological catastrophe, it proposes. Downsizing trailer for quirky new film with matt damon.
Dec 23, 2017 downsizing may be the most appropriate title to cap off a dismal 2017 at the box office for matt damon. Matt damon stars in downsizing matt damon and kristen wiig star in alexander paynes new film, about humans shrunk to a fraction. Omaha, neb matt damon walks to set before filming a scene for the movie alexander payne movie, downsizing, while in an alley just east of 48th street between farnam and douglas on thursday, april. Downsizing 2017 official trailer paramount pictures youtube. Kristen wiig and matt damon in downsizing photograph. Sep 20, 2017 in matt damons new film downsizing, money is no object. With matt damon, christoph waltz, hong chau, kristen wiig. The hero of downsizing is called paul safranek matt damon, and the clumsy name. Matt damon to star in alexander payne movie downsizing. Matt damon, christoph waltz, hong chau, kristen wiig. In matt damons new film downsizing, money is no object.
Alexander paynes film stars matt damon, hong chau, christoph waltz, jason sudeikis, and kristen wiig. When scientists find a way to shrink humans to five inches tall, paul safranek academy award winner matt damon and his wife audrey kristen wiig decide to ditch their stressed out lives in order to get small and live large in a luxurious downsized. Alexander paynes latest movie, starring matt damon, and the new michael haneke film. Before the movie ended i was already thinking of the recent disastrous fate of the film mother. Alexander paynes new movie, downsizing, doesnt go nearly as far. When filming the matt damon vehicle, director alexander payne and his creative team appeared to have been blithely unaware of the cultural insensitivity on display in the film. Matt damon and kristen wiig star as paul and audrey safranek, a blandly beaming couple who come to the idea of miniaturizing themselves when they. Matt damon stars in downsizing matt damon and kristen wiig star in alexander paynes new film, about humans shrunk to a fraction of their normal height. Alexander paynes new movie, downsizing, is three movies in onea. In the new film, matt damon and kristen wiig star as a couple who decide to take the. The social satire, in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself, does not portray a full picture of occupational therapy. When scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall as a solution to overpopulation, paul matt damon and his wife audrey kristen wiig decide to abandon their stressed lives in order to get small and move to a new downsized community a choice that triggers lifechanging adventures. Matt damon, kristen wiig star in new downsizing trailer.
To solve the problem of overpopulation a group of scientists develop a procedure to shrink a person to 5. The hero of downsizing is called paul safranek matt damon, and the clumsy name befits him. Alexander payne narrates a sequence from his film featuring matt damon and hong chau. Watch the new trailer for downsizing, starring matt damon, christoph waltz. Sep 14, 2017 thats what happens with downsizing, alexander paynes initially ambitious, ultimately bland film about a world where people are choosing to miniaturize themselves. From academy award winner alexander payne the descendants, nebraska comes the hilarious film that delivers big comedy. Matt damon, christoph waltz, hong chau, kristen wiig, rolf lassgard, ingjerd egeberg, udo kier, soren pilmark, jayne houdyshell, jason. Dec 22, 2017 the first half hour of the film which is quite long at 5 minutes focuses on the alluring pitch of downsizing. It also comes in handy to describe attitudes that are relatively insensitive, and downsizing is, unfortunately, tonedeaf. And heres matt damon wearing an omaha steaks shirt in the new downsizing trailer. Aug 30, 2017 matt damon, in downsizing, endows paul with a passive sweet decency that makes him seem like a highschool dork all grown up but essentially unchanged, and while damon, as doughy as a. Matt damon is geting a new lease on life, thanks to the sizeshrinking technology featured in the latest trailer for alexander paynes new film, downsizing.