Downsizing Page #2

Synopsis: "Downsizing" follows a kindly occupational therapist who undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that he and his wife can help save the planet and afford a nice lifestyle at the same time.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Alexander Payne
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 14 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
63
Rotten Tomatoes:
51%
R
Year:
2017
135 min
$22,932,429
1,131 Views


I feel like I'm gonna throw up.

Here, wait, let me

do the neck thing.

Yeah, do the little neck thing.

Mm.

Just relax, honey.

Let me take all the weight.

Okay, here's the beautiful

formal living room

with the wonderful fireplace.

And come around here,

we have

a nice big breakfast

area for the kitchen.

Big eating area.

And this kitchen

is just a complete wow.

No, it's awesome. Just...

maybe we should look again

at that place in Benson.

Come on, let's just

check out the rest.

This is great in here,

double oven,

six burner gas stove.

It's got this wonderful

butler's pantry over here.

-Oh, hey, Sean.

-Oh, hey, Paul, how you doin'?

Good.

Do I look fat?

No, you look very handsome.

Anesthesiology, huh?

My wife says I put people to sleep

even without the drugs, so.

Surprised you're still awake.

He uses that joke

like twice a week.

What's your field, Paul?

Uh, occupational therapy.

Okay.

Oh, like-like career counseling?

Uh, no, it's just like

physical therapy

but focused on workplace

injuries and rehab,

repetitive stress, lower back,

that sort of thing.

A lot of shoulder problems.

I-I'm in-house over

at Omaha Steaks.

-He does a lot of paperwork.

-Yeah, well...

I get a little carpal tunnel

of my own from time to time.

Tell me about it.

Medicine these days is

all about covering your ass.

But weren't you pre-med

down in Lincoln?

Good memory, yeah.

I put in two years

uh, then my mom got real sick

so I moved back to Omaha

to take care of her.

I wanted to be

a surgeon, actually.

You know, we might've ended

up working together.

I...you could've been

my anesthesiologist.

-How 'bout that?

-Yeah.

Oh, my God! No way.

I saw her heading to the table

Like a tall walking big black cat

Dave?

It's Dave, Dave Johnson.

And Carol!

Can I have a hand?

I-I heard he was coming.

I had no idea.

He never struck me as the kind

of guy who'd go get small.

Wow!

A-jumping out

of doors and tables

When I heard somebody

shootin' a gun

Well the DA was

pumping my left hand

Ah, but she was

a-holding my right

-Hey, everybody!

-Hi!

-Hey.

-Hi.

Hope we're not intruding.

-No.

-No, Dave.

Hey, Andy?

Could you get Carol a, uh...

Uh, gin and tonic.

A gin and tonic.

With lime.

With lime.

Well, actually, we weren't

planning on coming at all at first.

But then, you know, we started

getting all the e-mails.

Plus my sister was

having a lump removed.

I mean, she's-she's fine,

thank God.

But I still needed to see her.

So, what's traveling like?

How'd you guys get up here

from New Mexico?

Oh, gosh, it's great.

Yeah, the airlines are getting

more and more small-friendly.

All the seats are first-class...

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Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer, known for the films Election, About Schmidt, Sideways, The Descendants, and Nebraska. more…

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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