Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
PG | 23 June 1989 (USA)
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The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.

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Karry

Best movie of this year hands down!

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Alicia

I love this movie so much

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Stellead

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

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Candida

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

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reddragonhero17

There are some movies that stick with you throughout your life that has a special magic that has you coming back again and again, and this is one of them. I've known Rick Moranis since Ghostbusters and seeing him in this amplifies the magic wackiness this film possesses, but it doesn't stop there. As soon as the kids are shrunk, that's when the real fun begins. The special effects of the insects pay homage to the monster movies of the 50's, plus a little homage to Ray Harrryhausen's creatures with the battle between the Ant and Scorpion (the ant's death still gets me to this day). Finally add in a touching theme about the reality of parenting and this is one that stands the test of time.

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Michael_Elliott

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)*** (out of 4) Scientist Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis) is working on a machine that he hopes will shrink people but it just never works properly. One day his two kids and the two neighbors kids enter his laboratory and, sure enough, it shrinks them. Soon the four kids find themselves in the backyard trying to make their way back to the house.HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS is a film that I thought played much better back when it was released. I loved the movie as a kid and perhaps it was because I could picture myself up on the screen and going through this adventure. Watching the film as an adult, it certainly didn't have the same impact and I'd argue that it hasn't aged all that well but at the same time there are enough good moments to make it worth sitting through.Of course, the highlight of the film are the special effects, which were quite good for the time. The funnest parts of the movie deal with the four kids in the backyard where they must battle everything from ants to bees to even a sprinkler that's water is like bombs going off to them. There are some really funny moments along the way including the rather dimwitted parents who never really seem to know what's going on.It also doesn't hurt that there are some fine performances from the cast. Moranis is charming in his role as the scientist and Matt Frewer gets some good moments as the neighbor. All four of the actors playing the kids do a nice job and the most important thing is that they worked quite well together and helped sell the adventure side of the story.

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Filipe Neto

There are some films that leave few memory in the cinematographic history but that make our personal memory go back in time. This is one of them. It is a rather entertaining family comedy where a very distracted scientist creates a machine that, inadvertently, shrinks his children until they are smaller than ants. Of course Disney is behind this idea. The lead role is the scientist, Wayne Szalinski. Played by Rick Moranis (who played an unforgettable role in "Ghostbusters"), he's basically a super-stereotypical goofy nerd. In fact, the whole movie is loaded with preconceived ideas, but this is not bad since this is a comedy and the idea is to laugh. And the film succeeds in that very easily, without recourse to easy jokes. It's not a brilliant movie, it's far from a good movie, but entertain, it's great to watch with the whole family on a weekend or holiday. And that's what matters here.

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AsifZamir

You must have watched this movie by now. Honey I Shrunk the Kids is a highly entertaining family movie. Wayne is a bit of an eccentric inventor and invents a machine, that blows objects up, as well as shrinks them. The machine is still in the works when his children and the children of neighbour Russ Thompson Sr accidentally shrink themselves. Wayne leaves to go to a meeting to see if he can attain funding for his project and by the time he gets back, the kids have been accidentally shrunk. Russ Sr and his wife leave ahead to go on an extended trip they had planned and Russ Sr lies about his children missing, insisting they were going to be grounded. After the kids have been accidentally shrunk to less than half an inch, Wayne returns home and doesn't realize what has happened right away. He goes to sit down on his couch, which is no longer there, and not cluing in he starts destroying the machine because he is frustrated from the meeting he had earlier which didn't go anywhere and everyone walked out on him. He sweeps up the mess and sends the kids out to the trash. They then embark on the mission of trying to get back to the house, which is miles away to children of their size, and the journey they take is full of mishaps. Nick is picked up by a bumble bee, and Russ Jr jumps onto the bee to try and save his friend, where they become divided from the other two. While battling sprinklers, and Amy nearly drowning in mud, battling a scorpion and being thrown by a lawn mower they eventually return home. Honey I Shrunk the Kids was produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It was Joe Johnston's Directorial Debut and was produced in 1989. This action comedy will keep you on the edge of your seat. I still remember Moranis saying "Honey I Shrunk the Kids." The way he said it was so original and it instilled a sense of panic with 'oh no' what happens now? Honey I Shrunk the Kids was one of my favourite movies as a child. Okay, so the dad shrunk the kids, but at least he's active in their life.

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