The INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN is a 1981 comedy starring Lily Tomlin.
It was written by Lily Tomlin’s real life partner (wife) Jane Wagner. The film takes gives us a feminist portrayal of the typical suburban housewife and mother as overworked and under valued. Lily’s title character is exposed to a combination of chemicals brought home by her husband for testing so he can develop a marketing strategy for them. The unforeseen effect is that she starts shrinking uncontrollably. She gains some celebrity status, but is then kidnapped by mad scientists who want to reproduce the shrinking agent. She escapes finally and falling into a puddle of other random household chemicals regains her original size. The film ends with her wedding ring and shoes fitting too tightly suggesting that she is still growing.
