Bruh I was thinking the same thing. She did an amazing job in this. I hope she gets a lot more leading roles and recognition cuz she CRUSHED every scene IMO.
She MADE this movie. Shes so cool and smart and dignified. So nice to see a portrayal of a Veitnamese person like this! Big props to the creators for the perfect representation!
The tears...the timing..the accent..eye cordination..reactions from the 3 men and ofcourse Hong Chau herself create a magical 4 minute treat...this is unarguably the best female acting I have seen...there are a couple of more Hong chau's magical moments in the movie..
Of the over 2 million people of Vietnamese heritage in the US, just under 6% live in my county. I don't find the accent annoying at all. If anything I find it pleasant to listen to.
When Hollywood actors is older than before, they can be closed God ! Generally belived that when someone killed , after that goodness more over than The Other attitude , they can be fairy for responsibility of nature circules power, Whereas The movie is showing us downsizing meaning you RE in need The Other one helping ... I never thougt Any homosaphiens shorter than shorter ... Generally that downsizing symbol used giving punishment of some guilty such as rapid , killer etc . After That punishment made Object and then burned /burried and after all who has qualty goodness , they can turn back fairy life with task such as helping circules of natural life power . That is different mentalite such as before of all take punishment and then this paid give Any heaven such as between fairy and homosaphiens ... But some Science saying all creature have tide of unseen contact about life circules .. that means Any butterfly wings can change anywhere life is That Asian is Vietnam or any where she makes me funny , she is more focused than Others . When i watched that movie , i feel stupidly smiling
This movie just limped along, I was going to sleep...then this scene happens ...and then I literally sat up and went..wtf ...that was academy award winning right there!
yup, i had all but tuned it out entirely, don't think I had even smiled a single time, much less laughed....and then this Scene... i wound up rewinding and giving another go to the front half - still wasn't good, but by the time this scene came around again I had at least an investment in the Characters. Later on, on the beach, when her face lights up and goes "soo...was luv fck!?" pretty sure melted some of the ice out of my heart. She is an extremely Talented woman. I loved her in The Menu, but didn't catch her name. And then just happened to watch this the other day not knowing it was her again.
The second half of the movie was, and that's why it sucked. What started out as a fun premise became a completely jumbled mess with ridiculous moral questions constantly being thrown at a bored audience. At least we got to find out what happened to SHORT ROUND from TEMPLE OF DOOM. "Dr. Jones!".
@ Um, what are you arguing about? You said her first name is 'Chau' and now you're saying it's 'Hong'. You need to make up your mind. Also, she's Thai, not Vietnamese.
Hong Chau was brilliant in this movie! As everyone has already pointed out, this movie had a lot of potential, but it didn't really develop it anything special. Hong Chau's acting is so superb in this film, it is worth seeing just for her performance alone.
I had never seen a film with Hong Chau in, until "The Menu", she made such an impression in that film, I decided to look into her other work. She's very talanted.
Oh my god this scene ... grt piece of acting 😘😘..U deserve best of the best Award for this .. I did a Google search about her ,after I watched this movie ..and i cried again..
The Vietnamese - American English accent is my favorite. It makes even the dullest words sounds exciting. I watched this several times due to Chau’s outstanding performance!
I worked with the sweetest Vietnamese lady at a factory years back. Hong Chau did an amazing job with the mannerisms also accent just like my coworker. I honestly believed Alexander Payne found an actual Vietnamese or Filipino actress for the part. Although Hong Chau is Vietnamese with heritage she sounds nothing like this and is just extremely talented.
So I was watching a video about accents in movies and they ran a clip of this actress in Downsizing. I knew nothing of her and did not see Downsizing. The brief clip played on the accent video made me research the actress and then I came here and really, she is tremendous. The dynamic between three white guys and this asian woman felt so immediate and real and she threw gasoline on it with her acting.
@@FalconWindblader actually, i thought it was really good. you cant tell people who like a movie that it sucked like a moron. opinions differ. you didnt like it, doesnt mean it sucked.
@@mikeo5003 People are entitled to their opinions & my opinion's that it sucked. Doesn't matter if you think it's good, cuz if you can tell others it's good, i can tell others it sucked.
I liked it all except for the 15 minute infomercial on global warming. I mean, the whole movie was about what humans were doing to the environment. It was like they decided the audience was too stupid to understand the plot of the WHOLE MOVIE UP TO THAT POINT. Not to mention, not long after we find out they're going underground which would have driven home the point anyway.
34 down votes....really?? I guess some just have really cold hearts. Like so many here, I think she made the movie. I know through the years there have been many well-portrayed characters that are easy to fall in love with. But dam, I can't stop thinking about her even if she was a fictional character. It was a brilliant performance deserving of all accolades.
downsizing is an awesome movie and deserves higher imdb rating imho. i believe its because alot of people where expecting a pure comedy but there is more to it. when i was watching it i thought i was going to see a remake of that old movie where they shrink their kids. pleasent surprise. sad seeing alot of comments being so negative towards it.
idk to me there were alot of funny intelligent scenes but i can see how people dislike because they expected something specific. i was randomly watching it w/o watching trailers or smth ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Hong Chau is the actress who plays Ngoc Lan Tran. I just watched Driveways with her, and Brian Dennehy . She has no accent, and is very Americanized. Brilliant actress!
Y’all making me want to see this movie. I was worried it would be sad. I love the line “now Jesus give me special gift to go Norway.” To be able to cry like that while acting so believable is a true talent. You can’t do that without calling up deep emotions. It ain’t easy, I would have to call people and make them tell me memories they have about my family that is now gone. Then I could cry. I did last night on my cousins birthday just hearing her talk about my mama.
I thought the movie really lost its way near the end, I give 2 1/2 stars out of 4 But she definitely Stole this movie with a Beautiful Performance and I'm happy that most of the comments on here agree
Me go often Thailand, Thai people speak same same... Chau is an amazing actress she touched you right to the heart... and she is cute too... me love Asian people, they live with honour inside themselves....one of the best movie for long time...
Her back must hurt from carrying this movie
U said it
Bruh I was thinking the same thing. She did an amazing job in this. I hope she gets a lot more leading roles and recognition cuz she CRUSHED every scene IMO.
No kidding...there were soo many things wrong with this movie....what a waste of real talent.
Best comment that I have heard in a long while.
Hey she was definitely the star but the entire cast was flawless
She MADE this movie. Shes so cool and smart and dignified. So nice to see a portrayal of a Veitnamese person like this! Big props to the creators for the perfect representation!
Her character also made the film banned in Vietnam lol
@@buingockhoa1998 what for? Tbh her character is incredibly cute, but may be seen as a racist stereotype.
@@bijuutamer729 her character is a Vietnamese dissident. Our gov just preferred them dead or away than being potraited on the screen
@@buingockhoa1998 oh wow
@@buingockhoa1998yes, according to those communist lãnh địt, she's a phản địt
The tears...the timing..the accent..eye cordination..reactions from the 3 men and ofcourse Hong Chau herself create a magical 4 minute treat...this is unarguably the best female acting I have seen...there are a couple of more Hong chau's magical moments in the movie..
Hong chau
I’m not going to lie. I got misty eyed at this scene. She was definitely the best thing about the movie.
"Lets try the most annoying accent on the planet!"
@@Tinkering902 She's supposed to play a Vietnamese who ain't all that good in speaking English, what the fuck do you expect??
Awww why were they tryin'to ditch her in the first place ???
I gotta see this movie !!
Of the over 2 million people of Vietnamese heritage in the US, just under 6% live in my county. I don't find the accent annoying at all. If anything I find it pleasant to listen to.
When Hollywood actors is older than before, they can be closed God !
Generally belived that when someone killed , after that goodness more over than The Other attitude , they can be fairy for responsibility of nature circules power,
Whereas The movie is showing us downsizing meaning you RE in need The Other one helping ...
I never thougt Any homosaphiens shorter than shorter ...
Generally that downsizing symbol used giving punishment of some guilty such as rapid , killer etc . After That punishment made Object and then burned /burried and after all who has qualty goodness , they can turn back fairy life with task such as helping circules of natural life power .
That is different mentalite such as before of all take punishment and then this paid give Any heaven such as between fairy and homosaphiens ...
But some Science saying all creature have tide of unseen contact about life circules .. that means Any butterfly wings can change anywhere life is
That Asian is Vietnam or any where she makes me funny , she is more focused than Others .
When i watched that movie , i feel stupidly smiling
I'm a Second-Generation Vietnamese-American and Hong Chau NAILS the accent, she sounds exactly like my aunt and I love it.
I love this scene, and yes, she saved the entire movie. Very compelling, well done, Hong Chau!!
Exactly…SHE was the STAR of this movie for sure!
singlehandedly turned an extremely forgettable film into a little-known-gem
everytime she's on camera, she steals the whole show
I loved this scene. It had me in tears. Wonderful job Hong! Thank you
This was Oscar worthy. She was the best part of this movie and made it watchable.
This movie just limped along, I was going to sleep...then this scene happens ...and then I literally sat up and went..wtf ...that was academy award winning right there!
Me too 100%!
yup, i had all but tuned it out entirely, don't think I had even smiled a single time, much less laughed....and then this Scene...
i wound up rewinding and giving another go to the front half - still wasn't good, but by the time this scene came around again I had at least an investment in the Characters.
Later on, on the beach, when her face lights up and goes "soo...was luv fck!?" pretty sure melted some of the ice out of my heart.
She is an extremely Talented woman. I loved her in The Menu, but didn't catch her name. And then just happened to watch this the other day not knowing it was her again.
Love this she outsmarted all three of them.
I started crying then laughing when I realized the other guys are now in the same hole the original guy was after trying to get him out lol.
I feel bad for Paul lol
She should have won best supporting actress
Charon58 exactly, don’t see a lot of Vietnamese American Actresses win awards lately
Charon58 best supporting actress?
She was The LEAD actress for this film and should been nominated for best actress instead!
I can guess why and it's not because she wasn't the best actress
I though the same thing. The flick was rather drab untill her charactor was introduced.
The best performances regularly get robbed at the Oscars. Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday comes to mind.
Blind faith can be a beautiful thing. This scene had tears rolling down my face.
This speech makes me cry a bit and laugh every time I see it. I love the reactions by the men at the end too :)
The movie should have been completely about Ngoc Lan.
It'sq Ngọc Lan not Gnoc Lan
@ " It's Ngoc Lan. " not " It Ngoc Lan. "
The second half of the movie was, and that's why it sucked. What started out as a fun premise became a completely jumbled mess with ridiculous moral questions constantly being thrown at a bored audience. At least we got to find out what happened to SHORT ROUND from TEMPLE OF DOOM. "Dr. Jones!".
@ you?
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So you don’t understand the message. Thats ok.
Hong is pure magic.
@ Um, what are you arguing about? You said her first name is 'Chau' and now you're saying it's 'Hong'. You need to make up your mind. Also, she's Thai, not Vietnamese.
@@moresnare she is of Vietnamese descent, but was born in a Thai refugee camp when her family fled Vietnam.
@@moresnare She's American Vietnamese.
*Hong Chau truly saved this film*
Exactly
Agree
Daniel Fountain exactly. it seems she's a star in this film. she delivered every scene. 😍
Daniel Fountain Yep!😅
Fuck no!
She was amazing in this film! Well deserved Golden Globe Nom...
One of the best scenes I’ve seen in years. She is pure magic.
Jesus Christ this is amazing acting! Down to her perfect timing of those tear drops.... I mean, wow!
She is soooo incredible! I loved her acting!
Hong Chau was brilliant in this movie! As everyone has already pointed out, this movie had a lot of potential, but it didn't really develop it anything special. Hong Chau's acting is so superb in this film, it is worth seeing just for her performance alone.
She was amazing in this movie!!!
One of the most brilliant moments in acting history
This woman deserves an award..with her broken english,she made me cry in this scene
I watched this scene 20 times, I can not stop laughing !!!
She made everyone cry, me, my Thai wife, our daughter.
She speaks perfect english in real life 😅
I had never seen a film with Hong Chau in, until "The Menu", she made such an impression in that film, I decided to look into her other work. She's very talanted.
The Vietnamese accent is, without question, my favorite accent in the world.
Oh my god this scene ... grt piece of acting 😘😘..U deserve best of the best Award for this .. I did a Google search about her ,after I watched this movie ..and i cried again..
I don't know how anyone can't love this woman.
I just spend half and hour searching for this scene so I can watch it again again. Makes me cry every time.
The Vietnamese - American English accent is my favorite. It makes even the dullest words sounds exciting. I watched this several times due to Chau’s outstanding performance!
Hong Chau performance is excellent.
I love her accent, i love her role in this great movie 😊
What a performance!!!
Really, I can't stop watching this scene...
And this is why you don't beat around the bush and try to lie your way out of a situation- it can backfire spectacularly.
Her Real accent is more American than mine. Hilarious!
Even more testiment as to her acting ability.
finally, the serb in the American film is presented in a positive way, many thanks Christoph Waltz and congratulations on the phenomenal acting.
This is a inspiring performance.
I got teared eyed and the scene was perfectly funny
Wow..
She is incredible..
She made this movie
She nails it very well. Keep it up Hong.
Give this woman an Oscar she’s amazing
She deserves an Oscar right here and now.
Hong Chau!!!! Amazing actress and woman!!! Extraordinary ❤️
I have a friend (Cambodian, not Vietnamese) who is a first gen immigrant and Ngoc Lan reminds me so much of her with her accent and I love it.
Aww, such a sweety pie.
She’s such a great actress!!
Hong Chau is absolutely gorgeous
She was amazing in this movie...she holds the whole thing together.
Ngoc Lan , Liz, Elsa .. oh my gulay ! took me a while to connect it ..she's brilliant !
Came here after seeing "the Menu", Hong is a brilliant actress, severely underrated.
I cried from laughter on this scene :)
This is my favorite scene of the movie she made me cry because she’s so raw and
Honest person.
Her acting is INCREDIBLE!😎
She made me tear up legit
Jesus Christ that was exceptional work.
Hong Chau should have won an Oscar for this role. Brilliant.
So powerful! How could anyone say no to her after that speech?
This is how an underrated actress can turn to a star
I worked with the sweetest Vietnamese lady at a factory years back.
Hong Chau did an amazing job with the mannerisms also accent just like my coworker. I honestly believed Alexander Payne found an actual Vietnamese or Filipino actress for the part.
Although Hong Chau is Vietnamese with heritage she sounds nothing like this and is just extremely talented.
This movie wasn't the best or worst, but that lady did bring life into the movie for sure. I just love her accent. "I go No way too."
It's as much a treat to see Messrs Damon, Waltz and Kier lined up like that. I need view this film.
I love her character. I wish i could meet a woman like her. This scene was incredible.
I know. It's sad to realize it's just acting. I don't think they exist.
autocrow lol you not gonna meet a poor villager anywhere
She is fiction Marky baby. I woman like that, only in dreams and Hollywood.
@@TheBoone57 no, goodness is everywhere.
@@markbigelow2608 So a picture of your wife?
After her emotional speech, how on Earth could you say "no"? I like this movie.
So I was watching a video about accents in movies and they ran a clip of this actress in Downsizing. I knew nothing of her and did not see Downsizing. The brief clip played on the accent video made me research the actress and then I came here and really, she is tremendous. The dynamic between three white guys and this asian woman felt so immediate and real and she threw gasoline on it with her acting.
I share your thought. Incredible acting. I not like see her interviews. I wish she stay in character. What a professional!
Extremely underrated movie
No. the movie itself sucked. THIS part where she got increasingly involved, was what saved the whole pile of shit.
Completely agree. I think it was extremely misunderstood - chalk it up to how it was promoted.
They sold it as a comedy and it was not funny at all. They shouldn't have lied to the audience. They deserved what happened.
@@FalconWindblader actually, i thought it was really good. you cant tell people who like a movie that it sucked like a moron. opinions differ. you didnt like it, doesnt mean it sucked.
@@mikeo5003 People are entitled to their opinions & my opinion's that it sucked. Doesn't matter if you think it's good, cuz if you can tell others it's good, i can tell others it sucked.
Call me crazy but I liked the complete movie. "She died, gave too many pill"
Ya that scene is what i expected,but was damn too funny😂
I liked the movie also.
But she died happily.
I liked it all except for the 15 minute infomercial on global warming. I mean, the whole movie was about what humans were doing to the environment. It was like they decided the audience was too stupid to understand the plot of the WHOLE MOVIE UP TO THAT POINT. Not to mention, not long after we find out they're going underground which would have driven home the point anyway.
The reaction is the best
Awesome actress!
Damn my personality is gangster and I’m crying 😢 at a clip lol 😂
That accent is so cute like omg i'm vietnamese too but this is so cuteeee
I love it, melting me.
@@TheBoone57 thank you for loving our accent 🥰
@@louisng656 I think is classic, would not change it for the world. And thank you for learning it!!
Can't believe this is the same person yelling "Yes Chef!" at that "The Menu" movie... AMAZING
I could not believe she is the same person in The Whale. Which she uses her real voice in that movie
Her accent is so spot on
AxelsChakram KH2 tbh I thought that was her just talking regularly
I loved how she spoke. My Thai lover and I mimmick it to this very day.
I'm in love with her what an actress
34 down votes....really?? I guess some just have really cold hearts. Like so many here, I think she made the movie. I know through the years there have been many well-portrayed characters that are easy to fall in love with. But dam, I can't stop thinking about her even if she was a fictional character. It was a brilliant performance deserving of all accolades.
She plays a beautiful, lovable woman you just want to care about. You don't care who she is, but you care about her.
Indeed.
downsizing is an awesome movie and deserves higher imdb rating imho. i believe its because alot of people where expecting a pure comedy but there is more to it. when i was watching it i thought i was going to see a remake of that old movie where they shrink their kids. pleasent surprise. sad seeing alot of comments being so negative towards it.
The trailer sold it like a really funny movie but all the jokes were in the first 10 minutes. They lied to the audience, that's why people are mad.
idk to me there were alot of funny intelligent scenes but i can see how people dislike because they expected something specific. i was randomly watching it w/o watching trailers or smth ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Nothing really happened tho
Too preachy, not even done subtlety. Poor writing, good concept
The movie is a snoozefest but she absolutely kills her performance.
Hong Chau is the actress who plays Ngoc Lan Tran. I just watched Driveways with her, and Brian Dennehy . She has no accent, and is very Americanized. Brilliant actress!
Beautifully timed acting.
I love her character...
Best monologue ever
This scene made me roffl, but nothing will ever beat what kind of fuck you give me.
Tbh she sounds like me when im imitating my mom lmao
Movie sucks. But this girl made me happy I watched it.
cdrbmw same!
By the fact that she made you happy and you watched it - By definition this movie rocks.
@@maxmaxtrial2075 no
She definitely made the movie!!!!
Y’all making me want to see this movie. I was worried it would be sad. I love the line “now Jesus give me special gift to go Norway.” To be able to cry like that while acting so believable is a true talent. You can’t do that without calling up deep emotions. It ain’t easy, I would have to call people and make them tell me memories they have about my family that is now gone. Then I could cry. I did last night on my cousins birthday just hearing her talk about my mama.
Nope not a Sad movie
You are absolutely right she has carried this movie so lovingly
I knew the scene, I knew what she would say, still cried. She’s good.
she is awesome
She’s brilliant. Never seen the movie but she’s excellent
Lol "Dušan" has a photo of himself (Chrsitoph Waltz) is from the 90s smoking a cigar. I just noticed it
The little sniffle from Dusan at 4:00 is hilarious
I’ve never even seen this movie, or seen that actor before but... damn. She’s amazing.
Best character in this movie
How could they say no after that 😭🥰
Pure class acting!
I thought the movie really lost its way near the end, I give 2 1/2 stars out of 4
But she definitely Stole this movie with a Beautiful Performance and I'm happy that most of the comments on here agree
It should have been about her
Me go often Thailand, Thai people speak same same... Chau is an amazing actress she touched you right to the heart... and she is cute too... me love Asian people, they live with honour inside themselves....one of the best movie for long time...