Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty

Lily Tomlin stars as Pat Kramer, an ordinary housewife living in a quiet suburban environment. Her over-achieving, advertising executive husband treats her to all the goodies that his company represen...( read more  read more... )ts. But it seems that Pat has developed an odd reaction to the chemicals in all those soaps, hairsprays and dishwashing detergents that hubby has been bringing home. And little by little, Pat begins to shrink -- to the point where at two feet tall she is a celebrity appearing on talk shows. But an evil syndicate known only as "World Management" decides to kidnap Pat, and use her blood to make a serum and shrink the entire world population. Now Pat and her family have to figure out how to return her to normal size and save the world in the process.

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Directed by: Joel Schumacher

Release Date: January 30, 1981

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  • August 31, 2008
    This was so funny to watch now. So unrealistic. Like, why did they expect her to still cook and clean when she was so tiny? I didn't like how Lily Tomlin played so many characters, and they all looked alike.
  • November 20, 2009
    This movie was so retro and colorfuly funny. I loved it.
  • July 23, 2009
    Very Good && Very Sad!!
  • March 27, 2009
    i love this movie its still a classic
  • February 27, 2009
    A great older movie!
  • November 22, 2008
    I watched this film when I was a kid and was forever intrigued by the chances of one person shrinking to nano size.
  • July 18, 2008
    OMG!!! This is my former roomie's favorite childhood movie!
  • July 6, 2008
    remember seeing this at the movies very cute
  • June 20, 2008
    It was cute and silly. Most of it was dumb. But it was so dumb that it was funny.

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The Incredible Shrinking Woman Trivia


  • I played Pat Kramer/Judith Beasley in the Incredible Shrinking Woman.  Answer »
  • In "The Incredible Shrinking Woman", what substance causes Lily Tomlin's character to shrink?  Answer »
  • ok, fixing this... someone asked what causes lily tomlin's character to shrink in the incredible shrinking woman... it is in fact the experimental perfume dubbed 'sexpot' what are we to believe?  Answer »
  • "galaxy glue, galaxy glue, what would we do without galaxy glue?" was a line to a jingle that CHARLES GRODIN'S character came up w/ for his ad agency in what 1981 dual role playing LILY TOMLIN movie?  Answer »

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