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The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)

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Average Rating: 3.7/10
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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 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

PG, 1 hr. 29 min.

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Directed By: Joel Schumacher

In Theaters: Jan 30, 1981 Wide

MCA Universal Home Video

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Cast

Lily Tomlin
Judith Beasley, Pat Kra...
Charles Grodin
Vance Kramer
Ned Beatty
Dan Beame
Henry Gibson
Dr. Eugene Nortz
Elizabeth Wilson
Dr. Ruth Ruth
Maria Smith
Concepcion
Mark Blankfield
Rob
Pamela Bellwood
Sandra Dyson
John Glover
Tom Keller
Nicholas Hormann
Logan Carver
Jim McMullan
Lyle Parks
Shelby Balik
Beth Kramer
Justin Dana
Jeff Kramer
Richard James Baker
Sidney
Todd Everett
Cop
Sally Kirkland
Charles Woolf
Bruce Logan
Mike Douglas
Mike Douglas/Himself

Critic Reviews for The Incredible Shrinking Woman

All Critics (6) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (6)

The film's major difficulty is the screenplay by Jane Wagner.

December 10, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

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What's really incredible is how far this film goes to avoid the ideas, feminist and otherwise, embedded in its premise.

December 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

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The Incredible Shrinking Woman is not inane, is sometimes wickedly knowing, and is only periodically boring.

December 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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Excruciatingly bad Lily Tomlin comedy.

January 2, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Scott G. Mignola

Common Sense Media

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.

December 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

Is it a satire or a farce?

December 10, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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

September 3, 2007

Dean McKenna

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

September 18, 2007

Dannielle Albert

Super Reviewer

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