Paul in Shrinking is Harrison Ford's best role ever. He is consistently superb throughout the series. So is Jason Segel. Indeed, every character is perfectly written and cast—except for Derek #2, who is so impossibly dull that one could not help but to anticipate a plot twist whereby he would turn out to be a villain in disguise.
The motion picture is perfectly written, perfectly directed, perfectly photographed (one does not notice the cinematography), and perfectly edited. It is intelligent, optimistic, and witty (which is another way to say that it is optimistic). This coherent project has been conceived and executed by a pride of producers, a wisdom of writers, and a murder of directors. Only in Hollywood may an ecosystem like this exist and resist (and perhaps occasionally profit from) the recent onset of climate change.
The motion picture leans into the idea that people need (and, in some corners, can still afford) people.
