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The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)

The Incredible Shrinking Woman poster
Directed by
Joel Schumacher
Genre
comedy film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 121 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A suburban housewife starts shrinking after exposure to household chemicals. She navigates everyday life from a tiny perspective while her family and the media react to her unusual condition.

campywhimsicalsatiricallightheartedoffbeatcomedicsillycolorful

What happens

The Incredible Shrinking Woman is a 1981 American science-fiction comedy film directed by Joel Schumacher, written by Jane Wagner, and starring Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty, John Glover, and Elizabeth Wilson. A parody of the 1957 science-fiction film The Incredible Shrinking Man, it is credited as based on Richard Matheson's 1956 novel, The Shrinking Man. The original music score was composed by Suzanne Ciani. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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