science-fiction comedy

The Incredible Shrinking Woman is a 1981 American science-fiction comedy film directed by Joel Schumacher (in his directing debut), written by Jane Wagner and starring Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty, John Glover, and Elizabeth Wilson.

Lily Tomlin , Charles Grodin,

The Incredible Shrinking Woman is a 1981 American science-fiction comedy film directed by Joel Schumacher (in his cinematic directing debut), written by Jane Wagner and starring Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty, John Glover, and Elizabeth Wilson.

science fiction

The Incredible Shrinking Woman is a 1981 comedy science fiction film of a woman who drinks a potion and then begins to shrink.

a 1981 science fiction comedy from first time director Joel Schumacher

The Incredible Shrinking Woman is a 1981 science fiction comedy from first time director Joel Schumacher.

a totally bizarre mix of comedy, drama, thriller, existentialism and consumerism

The Incredible Shrinking Woman is a totally bizarre mix of comedy, drama, thriller, existentialism and consumerism via 1981.

a smart little comedy with big laughs

Tomlin's fellow Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In alumnus Henry Gibson, and featuring makeup master Rick Baker (King Kong, Star Wars) as Sidney the gorilla, The Incredible Shrinking Woman is a smart little comedy with big laughs.

about a woman who becomes smaller

The Incredible Shrinking Woman is about a woman who becomes smaller.

Mystery, Thriller, Women’s Fiction, and Fantasy

The genres of the story are Mystery, Thriller, Women’s Fiction, and Fantasy.

a take off on the sci-fi classic the Incredible Shrinking Man

The Incredible Shrinking Woman is a take off on the sci-fi classic the Incredible Shrinking Man.

satire, and plenty of sci-fi

Combining comedy, satire, and plenty of sci-fi, the Incredible Shrinking Woman is based on Richard Matheson’s classic novel.

magical realism

The film is actually perhaps more in the “magical realism” category — think of the “magical realism” category like a female-led version of Forrest Gump, or Benjamin Button, as the story features a light fantasy element, and harbors epic ambitions.

comic fantasy

The Incredible Shrinking Man would also be adapted as The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981), a comic fantasy about the dangers of industrial chemicals and deceptive advertising.

Women’s Fiction

The book is classified under two genres – Literary and Women’s Fiction.

Schumacher’s first outing as a feature-film director

The Incredible Shrinking Woman was Schumacher’s first outing as a feature-film director, after having designed costumes for Woody Allen and Paul Mazursky and written the screenplays for Car Wash (1976) and The Wiz (1978).

after having designed costumes for Woody Allen and and written the screenplays for Car Wash (1976) and The Wiz (1978)

The Incredible Shrinking Woman was Schumacher’s first outing as a feature-film director, after having designed costumes for Woody Allen and Paul Mazursky and written the screenplays for Car Wash (1976) and The Wiz (1978).