Tuesday, January 9, 2018

"Downsizing" (2017), Alexander Payne. Capsule review.

Disjointed and meandering, the last movie by Payne is preachy and ineffectual in equal measure. It does not work as science fiction, comedy, or social commentary. An initial burst of energy is derailed by a nihilist ecologist discourse that belongs in Greenpeace pamphlets. The high concept had an interesting potential shown in the socioeconomic variables in play, quickly hidden to bring up survivalist American progressive lunacy, even when is spew in foreign accents. Not recommended. And shame on Payne for ruining the concept in the first place.

www.imdb.com/title/tt1389072/

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