Press Release Criterion Press Release: The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) (Blu-ray) (1 Viewer)

[Jack P]

The only major disappointment is Tom Weaver's rather snide commentary track. It would be better classified as a Mystery Science Theater lampoon of the film!

Agree 100%. I gave up listening to this after ten minutes because I was getting fed up with his biting sarcasm and his constant put-downs of the lead character and his emotional struggle. He'd been so good on "Creature From The Black Lagoon" that I expected better.

 

[Angelo Colombus]

Thanks to my local library I just finished watching the film for the first time and did enjoy it and was well made. The ending was different from what I was expecting and that made the film better.

 

[mskaye]

Thanks to my local library I just finished watching the film for the first time and did enjoy it and was well made. The ending was different from what I was expecting and that made the film better.

Yes the ending is one of those transcendent moments in cinema...fun piece on Criterion The Current: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7591-10-things-i-learned-the-incredible-shrinking-man

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Thanks to my local library I just finished watching the film for the first time and did enjoy it and was well made. The ending was different from what I was expecting and that made the film better.

That was my reaction too! I thought I had seen this before I had bought it but as I watched I realized the film was wholly unfamiliar to me. I was really impressed not only with the quality of the effects work and the general set/costume/prop design work but also the storytelling. I didn’t expect something so humanistic and life affirming.

They really don’t make ‘em like Jack Arnold anymore!

 

[TravisR]

They really don’t make ‘em like Jack Arnold anymore!

Universal's greatest 50's sci-fi director.