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2017
· Movie
· 135 min
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MEANRANK
49/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #5310
- IMDb #4812
- Google retired #3844
- Rotten Tomatoes #4472
- Metacritic #3182
- Letterboxd #5412
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3920
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #5035
- Metacritic Critics #2003
- Metacritic Audience #4516
- Criticker #3460
- Douban #2609
- Kinopoisk #5238
- AlloCiné #4985
- Trakt #4740
Every rating
26–64
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 26, highest is Metacritic critics on 64.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In a near future, a revolutionary technology allows people to be permanently shrunk to five inches tall to live in luxurious, sustainable communities with a vastly improved cost of living. An occupational therapist, seeking a better life, undergoes the procedure, only to discover that his new miniature world is not the paradise he was promised.
Details
- Director
- Alexander Payne
- Writers
- Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
- Released
- 22 December 2017
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $68.0M
- Box office
- $55.0M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 14 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 16 →2 wins from 16 nominations across 16 ceremonies
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2018 | Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film | Stefania Cella | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2018 | Best Supporting Actress | Hong Chau | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2018 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Hong Chau | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2018 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Hong Chau | Nominee |
| Venice Film Festival 2017 | Golden Lion | Downsizing | Nominee |
| Columbus Film Critics Association 2018 | Best Supporting Actress | Hong Chau | Nominee |
| Golden Trailer Awards 2018 | Best International Poster | Paramount Pictures & Ignition Creative | Nominee |
| International Film Music Critics Association 2018 | Best Original Score For A Comedy Film | Rolfe Kent | Nominee |
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Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film | Stefania Cella | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Hong Chau | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Hong Chau | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Hong Chau | Nominee |
Venice Film Festival
1 nomination
| Golden Lion | Downsizing | Nominee |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Films | Downsizing | Winner |
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Virtuoso Award | Hong Chau | Winner |
Columbus Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Hong Chau | Nominee |
Florida Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Hong Chau | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
1 nomination
| Best International Poster | Paramount Pictures & Ignition Creative | Nominee |
International Film Music Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Original Score For A Comedy Film | Rolfe Kent | Nominee |
Online Film & Television Association
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Hong Chau | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Art Direction and Production Design | Downsizing | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Fantasy Film | Downsizing | Nominee |
St. Louis Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Hong Chau | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society
1 nomination
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Lindy de Quattro, Susan MacLeod, Stéphane Nazé and James E. Price | Nominee |