A heat-shrinkable packaging article (10, 10', 10A-10L, 22, 22', 22", 70) comprising a heat-shrinkable multilayer film (11, 11', 23, 71) having an inside seal layer heat sealed to itself at a heat seal (16, 16', 16A-16L, 26, 27, 74, 75, 76), the article (10, 10', 10A-10L, 22, 22', 22", 70) further comprising a first side (17, 17', 17A-17L, 28, 77), a second side (18, 18', 18A-18L, 27, 78), and a skirt (19, 19', 19A-19L, 30, 31, 79, 80, 81) or header outward of the heat seal (16, 16', 16A-16L, 26, 27, 74, 75, 76), the skirt (19, 19', 19A-19L, 30, 31, 79, 80, 81) or header comprising an article edge and a first tear initiator (20, 20', 20A-20L, 31, 82, 201, 207), the first tear initiator (20, 20', 20A-20L, 31, 82, 201, 207) being in the first side (17, 17', 17A-17L, 28, 77) of the article (10, 10', 10A-10L, 22, 22', 22", 70), the article skirt (19, 19', 19A-19L, 30, 31, 79, 80, 81) or header also comprising a second tear initiator (21, 21', 21A-21L, 33, 83, 202, 206, 211), the second tear initiator (21, 21', 21A-21L, 33, 83, 202, 206, 211) being in the second side (18, 18', 18A-18L, 27, 78) of the article (10, 10', 10A-10L, 22, 22', 22", 70), the article (10, 10', 10A-10L, 22, 22', 22", 70) being capable of having a manually-initiated, manually-propagated first tear in the first side (17, 17', 17A-17L, 28, 77) of the article (10, 10', 10A-10L, 22, 22', 22", 70), and a manually-initiated and manually-propagated second tear in the second side (18, 18', 18A-18L, 27, 78) of the article (10, 10', 10A-10L, 22, 22', 22", 70), the first tear and the second tear each being capable of being propagated in a machine direction from the respective first and second tear initiators (20, 20', 31, 82, 21, 21', 33, 83), with each tear being propagated in the machine direction through the heat seal and down the length of the article (10, 10', 10A-10L, 22, 22', 22", 70), or across the article (10, 10', 10A-10L, 22, 22', 22", 70), with each tear being capable of being manually propagated in the machine direction through and to an opposite article edge, so that upon using the multilayer film to make a packaged product by providing a product inside the article (10, 10', 10A-10L, 22, 22', 22", 70) with the article (10, 10', 10A-10L, 22, 22', 22", 70) being sealed closed around the product (10, 10', 10A-10L, 22, 22', 22", 70) so that a package is formed, and thereafter shrinking the film (11, 11', 23, 71) around the product, the resulting package can be manually opened, and the product readily removed from the article (10, 10', 10A-10L, 22, 22', 22", 70), by manually initiating machine-direction tears from the first and second tear initiators (20, 20', 31, 82, 21, 21', 33, 83), with the tears being manually propagated through the seal and toward the opposite edge of the article (10, 10', 10A-10L, 22, 22', 22", 70), with the multilayer film (11, 11', 23, 71) exhibiting a Peak Load Impact Strength of at least 1.97 N/μm (50 Newtons per mil) measured using ASTM D 3763-95A, with at least one layer of the multilayer film (11, 11', 23, 71) containing a blend of incompatible polymers, wherein the blend comprises a blend of ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer and ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer having a vinyl acetate content of from 10 to 50 weight percent based on copolymer weight, the blend containing the ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer in an amount of from 80 to 35 weight percent based on blend weight and ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer in an amount of from 20 to 65 weight percent based on blend weight, the multilayer film containing the blend in an amount of from 20 to 95 weight percent, based on the weight of the multilayer film, and wherein the multilayer film has been biaxially oriented in the solid state and has a total free shrink, as measured by ASTM D 2732, of from 15 to 120 percent at 85°C (185°F), wherein the multilayer film has a total thickness of from 38 to 254 μm (1.5 to 10 mils).