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The Incredible Shrinking Man

A fascinating adventure into the unknown!

1957 · 1h 21m · Approved Adventure, Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by Jack Arnold

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Overview

A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.

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83%
Tomatometer
Fresh

A moving, strangely pantheist assertion of what it really means to be alive. A pulp masterpiece.

Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten

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 cliches.

Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh

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.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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