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... [More]
Starring: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Raymond Bailey
Director: Jack Arnold, Albert Zugsmith
Reviews for The Incredible Shrinking Man
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A moving, strangely pantheist assertion of what it really means to be alive. A pulp masterpiece. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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3/4 |
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. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Surprisingly provocative 50's sci-fi that goes beyond the thrilling spider battle
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A pulp gem. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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5/5 |
One of the landmark sci-fi efforts of the 1950s
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4/5 |
One of the best s-f flicks of the 1950s. A tragic story that is exciting and touching.
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3/5 |
Clever, but pretentious
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5/5 |
All-time sci-fi classic.
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3.5/4 |
The special effects and trick photography are cleverly done (for its time). Also, the story is intelligently handled. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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