The film's major difficulty is the screenplay by Jane Wagner.

Good intentions and one's own goodwill are soon diminished as script and direction conspire to render a sitcom satire that's indistinguishable from its target.

What's really incredible is how far this film goes to avoid the ideas, feminist and otherwise, embedded in its premise.

The Incredible Shrinking Woman is a fun picture, although its savage satire occasionally gets in the way of the laughs.