The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Genre: Fantasy / Drama
Duration: 81 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Jack Arnold
Stars: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart and April Kent
IMDb score:
7,6 (22.175)
Releasedate: 22 February 1957
The Incredible Shrinking Man plot
"A fascinating adventure into the unknown!"
When Scott Carey comes into contact with a strange fog, he suddenly begins to shrink. As he gets smaller and smaller, it becomes more and more difficult not to be in danger. When he ends up in the basement, he has to fight for his life.
Actors and actresses
Scott Carey
Louise Carey
Clarice
Charlie Carey
Doctor Thomas Silver
Doctor Arthur Bramson
Barker
Nurse
Nurse
Midget
Reviews & comments
Chainsaw
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- 8845 messages
- 3690 votes
When you think of sci-fi films from the 50s full of special effects, you quickly think of hopelessly dated monster flicks. But The Incredible Shrinking Man is of a completely different caliber. A very simple starting point and a very strong execution. Richard Matheson originally wanted the film to be told through flashbacks, but the studio insisted on a linear narrative. Fortunately, the introduction is interesting enough. The film is not exciting in the first half, but mainly focuses on the drama. Sometimes it gets very witty, the image of Scott at a table with a huge cup of coffee is hilarious. But the thrills don't begin until Scott is left home alone and later ends up in the basement. The much-discussed sequences with the cat are fantastic and the spider still gives me the creeps. Of course, certain effects of a film that is more than 60 years old are now somewhat dated, but a part still looks surprisingly good. But it is presumably unbelievably charming.
4 stars.
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scorsese
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- 13477 messages
- 11297 votes
Excellent film about a man who shrinks further and further due to an inexplicable phenomenon. Well worked out and not just visually. Inventive sets where, of course, the perspective is played a lot. Furthermore, it is all quite adventurous with a few exciting moments and an unconventional ending. The special effects are outdated, but that doesn't detract from the whole.
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ZAP!
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- 5572 messages
- 3690 votes
Brilliant, those sets and props in the basement area! Here and there it could have been a bit better in terms of proportions, and at first I sometimes had to chuckle a bit with, for example, that big receiver of the telephone and the sulking behavior of Carey that is more reminiscent of Jiskefet and then there is the heavily unnecessary ending, but swa. Crazy that this one never got a worthy remake or rehash, to my knowledge...?
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