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The Incredible Shrinking Man

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The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

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Reviews Counted: 16

Fresh: 14

Rotten:2

Average Rating: 7.5/10

Runtime: 81 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: When an ordinary businessman encounters a mysterious radioactive mist during a boating trip, his life takes a bizarre and frightening twist. Soon he finds he is shrinking and within weeks he's just... When an ordinary businessman encounters a mysterious radioactive mist during a boating trip, his life takes a bizarre and frightening twist. Soon he finds he is shrinking and within weeks he's just two inches tall battling cats and spiders. [More]

Starring: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Raymond Bailey

Starring: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Raymond Bailey, Paul Langton, William Schallert, Frank Scannell, Helene Marshall, Diana Darrin

Director: Jack Arnold, Albert Zugsmith

Director: Jack Arnold, Albert Zugsmith
Composer: Elliot Lawrence

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Aug 27, 1992

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03/26/09
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Notable for its relatively intelligent script, for some imaginatively amusing special effects, and for an existential streak which finally has our (tiny) hero pondering the meaning of existence.

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06/06/07
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Surprisingly provocative 50's sci-fi that goes beyond the thrilling spider battle

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04/06/07
John A. Nesbit
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A moving, strangely pantheist assertion of what it really means to be alive. A pulp masterpiece.

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

A pulp gem.

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05/04/06
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Unless a viewer is addicted to freakish ironies, the unlikely spectacle of Mr. Williams losing an inch of height each week will become tiresome before Universal has emptied its lab of science-fiction clichés.

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03/25/06
Bosley Crowther
New York Times
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09/23/05
Michael Szymanski
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02/03/05
Robert Roten
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One of the landmark sci-fi efforts of the 1950s

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10/01/04
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

One of the best s-f flicks of the 1950s. A tragic story that is exciting and touching.

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06/26/03
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Sparse direction allows the tension to build naturally so that the terror and poignancy of the story work their way into the audience's brain without being forced. A total classic.

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01/07/03
Philip Martin
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Clever, but pretentious

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07/30/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

All-time sci-fi classic.

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
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The special effects and trick photography are cleverly done (for its time). Also, the story is intelligently handled.

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01/01/00
James O'Ehley
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The surreal intensity of outsize objects that loom as the hero shrinks is handled effectively, and the mystical happy ending is a better payoff than one would expect of the genre.

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01/01/00
Jonathan Rosenbaum
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