The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans, and captures the attention of a group of people who want to take over the world. This evil group plots to kidnap Pat and perform experiments on her so that they can eventually shrink everyone.
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When an ordinary woman is exposed to a unique mix of chemicals, she begins to uncontrollably physically shrink. The Incredible Shrinking Woman is a film that i'm sure some people will see and have fun for sure but it's not something that i had fun with unfortunately this movie was just stupid and at times even incredibly cheesy. The perfomances weren't any better for sure and the characters felt like cookie cutters. The storyline was a gigantic mess and overall movie falls short on expections and delivering any significant fun or laughs. It's a big no from me. (F)
This movie is pure family fun. I remember watching it when I was very little and look forward to watching it again with my daughter. Very cute and would suggest it to anyone who enjoys a good old 80's flick. I can personally say that these days we need more films like this. Nothing is too inappropriate for children, and it's guaranteed to make you laugh! This is one you will never forget! Lily Tomlin is great in this movie. I personally think she is one of the masters of comedy, and own several of movies she is in. One of my favorite parts in the movie is when she is in the doll house. I can remember when I used to play with dolls and wanting to live inside of their home. This was too funny and cute! I just know my daughter will love it and if you have kids..I am sure they will love it too!
I've seen the Incredible Shrinking Man and now the Incredible Shrinking Woman. Whoever says this is a bad film is entitled to say so, but has it occurred to them that Ms. Tomlin is a comedian? The ESW is a comedy, the old movie was not. The funniest parts of the more recent version are that Lily Tomlin plays characters she used to play in her acts. Edith Ann, Telephone switchboard operator, a psychologist, etc. For comparison to this movie, I would look at Innerspace with Dennis Quaid (a film listed on the IMDB) . Innerspace was tedious in my opinion, this was funny. If you loved the Incredible Shrinking Man, then you might miss the point of the Incredible Shrinking Woman.
It's films like this that make you wonder if directors actually look at at the movie when it's finished. This spoof of the 50's sci-fi genre is just plain awful. With talent like Oscar nominees Lily Tomlin and Ned Beatty in front of the camera, you gotta wonder why they signed on in the first place. The movie starts out fairly bad but then nose-dives faster than you can say "tedious". Give this pathetic attempt at film a miss. My IMDb rating: 3.1/10.