The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) on Netflix
Pat Kramer lives in Tasty Meadows with her husband Vance, an advertising executive, and their two children. Chemicals from his workplace, an experimental perfume among them, start her shrinking.
- Netflix3.0/5
- IMDb5.5/105,570 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes27%
Trailer
Plot summary
Pat Kramer is a suburban housewife in Tasty Meadows and the mother of two children, Beth and Jeff. Vance, her husband, works as an advertising executive. An experimental perfume and other chemicals from his company reach her, and she starts to grow smaller. The change is gradual at the start, then quickens. Scientists are baffled by her case. Once she is the same height as Beth and Jeff, the daily work of raising two children becomes difficult.
Cast
- Maria Smithas Concepcion
- Shelby Balikas Beth Kramer
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Original director John Landis said he wanted a teaser trailer featuring Alfred Hitchcock in silhouette announcing the film, then uncupping his hands at his desk to reveal a miniature Lily Tomlin underneath.
- Rick Baker, who plays Sidney the Gorilla in the film, was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Makeup, for An American Werewolf in London, when the category was introduced at the 54th Academy Awards in 1982.
- Comedian Julie Brown got her first film role, and the Screen Actors Guild card that came with it, after Lily Tomlin saw her perform live and cast her, though her part ended up cut down to a few seconds of non-speaking screen time.
- Filming began in February 1979 with John Landis directing, but was suspended after only a few days over budget issues, and Joel Schumacher took over that August.
- Lily Tomlin plays four different characters in the film, including her Laugh-In personas Ernestine the telephone operator and, in the TV cut only, the little girl Edith Ann.
