For the uninitiated: Paul Safranek (Matt Damon) and his wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) are an ordinary Omaha couple drowning in debt. Then they hear about a radical new procedure – scientists have figured out how to shrink humans to 5 inches tall. Why? Because a tiny person consumes almost nothing. A $50,000 retirement fund becomes a fortune in a miniature community. You can live like a king in a gated "Leisureland" condo, surrounded by lavish dollhouse mansions and cheap luxuries.
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I won’t spoil the final hour, but let’s just say Downsizing abandons satire for something closer to spiritual science fiction. There’s a doomsday plot involving a hidden bunker, a cult of Norwegian idealists, and a speech about ants that somehow becomes the emotional core of the movie. It’s messy. It’s ambitious. It doesn’t fully land. For the uninitiated: Paul Safranek (Matt Damon) and