The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)

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The Incredible Shrinking Woman, directed by Joel Schumacher, is an attempted social satire focusing on the position of women in our society and our social values. After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer (Lily Tomlin) begins to shrink. While this baffles scientists… More The Incredible Shrinking Woman, directed by Joel Schumacher, is an attempted social satire focusing on the position of women in our society and our social values. After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer (Lily Tomlin) begins to shrink. While this baffles scientists and makes parenting difficult, Pat captures the hearts of the American people. An evil political group who plots world domination kidnaps Pat and performs experiments on her to learn the secret of how to shrink everyone. The screenplay was written by Jane Wagner, Tomlin's frequent collaborator; Charles Grodin plays Pat's husband. ~ Linda Rasmussen, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 28 min.
Directed By: Joel Schumacher
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

In Theaters: Jan 30, 1981 Wide
Studio: MCA Universal Home Video

Critic Reviews

Vincent Canby, New York Times
The film's major difficulty is the screenplay by Jane Wagner.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
What's really incredible is how far this film goes to avoid the ideas, feminist and otherwise, embedded in its premise.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The Incredible Shrinking Woman is not inane, is sometimes wickedly knowing, and is only periodically boring.
Scott G. Mignola, Common Sense Media
Excruciatingly bad Lily Tomlin comedy.
, Time Out
Good intentions and one's own goodwill are soon diminished as script and direction conspire to render a sitcom satire that's indistinguishable from its target.
, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Is it a satire or a farce?

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Dean M

This comic adaptation of Richard Matheson's classic science-fiction novel (<i>The Shrinking Man</i>) is not a bad movie.
Dannielle A

It was cute and silly. Most of it was dumb. But it was so dumb that it was funny.