Miniature Is the Fad in First ‘Downsizing’ Trailer

By Max Covill

The Earth is in trouble. We use way too many resources given our population and there needs to be a solution. Lucky for us, director Alexander Payne is on the job. Payne, famous for films such as Sideways and Nebraska, has a brand new feature that is a wild new take on the word Downsizing. Downsizing typically is associated with businesses and the letting go of personal, but this new film takes Downsizing literally. Giving off similar vibes as other Science-Fiction features such as Being John Malkovich or Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Downsizing is about people trying to save money by shrinking themselves to a fraction of their original size.

The story of Downsizing finds normal every man Paul (played here by Matt Damon) trying to make a better future for his family. Paul and his wife Audrey (Kristin Wiig) are having a tough time with work and making ends meet. Luckily for them, a brand new technology has been invented that will solve all their problems. They will never be able to return to their original size, but life will be much better taking up a smaller footprint of the Earth. Paul and Audrey have their financials explained to them and the trailer and it seems that their life savings are worth so much more in this new small world.

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