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Summary: Double-Sized enjoyment
Review: At theatres In the summer of '89, "Honey I Shrunk the kids" more than held it's own against box office heavyweights such as "Do the Right thing", "Batman", and "Indiana Jones and the last crusade". Quite the feat, considering it's relatively obscure cast (well, compared to the afforementioned films.) The movie starts out with a nice animation sequence that looks as good now as it did 13 years ago. The live action starts as a typical Saturday morning in suburbia at the Szalinski's house, except that Wayne (Rick Moranis) is a bumbling inventor who built a shrinking ray in his attic that he can't get to work, his son (Robert Oliveri) is a mirror-image. And the daughter (Amy O'Neill) is pretty much your typical Blond teenager [a good looking one at that ;)] who hopes she gets asked to the dance. The mother, Diane Szalinski, played by Marcia Strassman (of Welcome Back, Kotter fame) does a good job as well. Cork, the family dog also deserves mentioning. Next door are the All-American Thompsons, who have big plans for a weekend fishing trip. Their oldest son Russ Jr. (Thomas Wilson Brown) is less than enthusiastic about those plans. He's a bit scrawny for his age and Big Russ has expectations to see him excel at High School football, which isn't Little Russ's Niche. Meanwhile younger son Ron Thompson (Jared Rushton) is the apple of Big Russ's eye, and can be quite mischievous at times, setting up a booby trap that his dad walks into. The underrated Matt Frewer steals the show as Big Russ Thompson, Brash and Sarcastic (in a good way of course). And providing the perfect compliment is his wife, the calmer Mae Thompson (played by Kristine Sutherland). The backstory is this:Ron Thompson hits a baseball into the Szalinskis attic, in turn setting off the shrinking machine (which hadn't worked until that point) and in their effort to retrieve the ball, Ron and Nick get zapped and are 1/4 inch tall, Amy and Russ Jr., who walk up to the attic wondering what happened to them, meet a similar fate. Wayne returns home from a dismal day at work, having been made a laughing stock because of his lack of proof for the shrinking machine. He takes his frustration out on the machine itself, severely damaging it in the process, he sweeps the broken parts (and the four kids) off the floor and into the trash bag. He then takes it out across the yard, and the kids are, as Nick eloquently says "We're now a quarter of an inch tall, and sixty four feet from the house. That's an equivalent of three-point-two miles. That's a long way. Even for a man of science." Even more of a trek considering the extra thick grass they must walk through. En route the gang faces Swarms of bees and scorpions [among other obstacles that I won't give away;)]. There's decent use of special effects and, even if they may look a bit fake, it's still entertaining nonetheless. I'll end my description here, as anything more would spoil the film. If this review doesn't entice you to check out "Honey, I shrunk the kids", I don't know what will. It's a classic in my opinion.
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Summary: Once again, Widescreen only good enough for region 2!!
Review: Disney needs to stop giving the foreign market a better deal. Start concentrating on making the product more appealing domestically in the country where it was made! Widescreen somehow always gets put on the back burner for the US.
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Summary: Great comedy/fantasy!
Review: Having this video for about twelve years, I hadn't watched it since recently, and I just had to write a review on it. This movie is a intriguing blend of comedy, science fiction, fantasy, and a bit of romance (when Amy falls for Russell). This movie also shows unique views like what the grass and floors are like when you're 1/4 of an inch tall and teamwork between the neighbors and what Moranis does to look for his kids. Entertaining, and I enjoy watching every bit of it. Rated PG for peril and mild violence.
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Summary: Great Movie For Both Children and Adults!
Review: Honey I Shrunk The Kids is a wonderful movie, I loved it when I saw it in the theater with my nephews and I still love it and I have it on video. It is a great movie for children and also adults and doesn't insult your intelligence! I also liked The Roger Rabbit cartoon extra Tummy Trouble, but even though I like Honey I Shrunk The Kids I have to be honest and say that I really like the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit more, but I still think Honey I Shrunk The Kids deserves 5 stars too! I really Like Rick Moranis I have been a fan since his days with SCTV and I have liked Marcia Strassman ever since she played Julie Kotter on Welcome Back Kotter, and I really like Matt Frewer. Of Course the kids in the movie are good too, I especially like Amy and Nick.
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Summary: A true Disney classic.
Review: HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS is one of the better Disney, live-action films out there. It's original and unique - followed by two [HONEY, I BLEW UP THE KID and HONEY, WE SHRUNK OURSELVES] just as good sequels. This film is about a wacky scientist named Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis) who knows all about science and nothing about family or the "real world". When Wayne creates a shrinking machine, in hopes that it will shrink matter, it actually ends up shrinking his kids, Amy and Nicky (Amy O'Neill and Robert Oliveri), and his next door neighbor's kids, Russell and Ron Thompson (Thomas Wilson Brown and Jared Rushton). They escape from the trash bag and end up entering what appears to be a jungle but is actually the Szalinskis' own backyard! Now, just a few inches tall, the kids must find a way to get to the house and get their parents' attention so they can deshrink them and turn them back to their normal sizes. This is a very funny comedy, and there are some excellent visual effects, too. Everything from the shrunk kids to riding on a flying bee - there is some truly amazing special effects. The plot is solid and so is the acting. This is one Disney comedy I recommend for every family!
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Summary: Bizarre, psuedo-family film
Review: Honey, I Shrunk The Kids was a very tripped out movie. It had an extremely quriky atmosphere. It is disguised as a family movie, yet below it's packaging is a truly twisted, horror movie. From the excellent yet dark animated opening sequence, to the mad scientist music score, to the subtle oddities (Wayne picking up the phone and telling Quark it's not for him, stepping on the grass and looking at his shoe), this movie has such a Tim Burtonian style, you'd swear it was him directing. A dead-on reflection of midwestern suburbia. One of the eeriest kids movies ever. Highly recommended.
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Summary: I TOTALLY LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!
Review: I BOUGHT THIS MOVIE FOR MY BIRTHDAY.SOME FRIENDS OF MINE SAID THAT THE MOVIE WAS HILARIOUS.I THOUGHT IT WOULD TOTALLY STINK.BUT,WHEN I SAW IT I WAS ATTACHED.MY FAVIROTE PART IS WHERE THE KIDS MEET THE ANT.HA-HA!
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Summary: Wait, I get it: FRENCH CLASS! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Review: I dont know why, but I just feel like writing reviews for classic movies today. This was one of my first "real" movies(by real I mean like not kiddie), I was about... 6-7 when I first saw it, now I'm 18 & I still love it to this day. I always enjoy watching it when I need a good laugh:). But yea, everyone can agree, it's very behind-the-times- the kid says "Tubular!" for cryin out loud! But so what? Oldies are goodies. The actress who played Amy is pretty hot too :). DO NOT see the sequels- they are both horrible- Shrunk Ourselves doesnt even have any of the original cast other than Rick Moranis!
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Summary: Cute Movie!
Review: I enjoyed this movie when I saw it in it's original theatrical run and I have enjoyed watching the video, it's a cute and hilarious feel good movie that is great to watch when you are not feeling good and the only drawback to the video is it's in Pan & Scan and not widescreen and I was wanting to replace my video with a widescreen DVD so I am disappointed that Disney once again put out another great movie on DVD and didn't give us the original aspect ratio, if they are worried that some people won't like widescreen they could have included both widescreen and Pan & Scan on the same DVD like they did with Monsters, Inc or they could have put out a seperate widescreen DVD and a seperate Pan & scan DVD but anyway the ony way I would buy the Pan & Scan DVD is if I saw it used or new at such a low price that it was too good of a deal to pass up but I definitely would buy a widescreen DVD if it became a reality. Rick Moranis and Marcia Strassman are great in this movie, I have liked him ever since his Second City TV show with John Candy, Maureen O'Hara, etc, and I have been a fan of Marcia Strassman ever since her days on Welcome Back Kotter, I also like Matt Frewer (Max Headroom) and Kristine Sutherland (TV show Buffy The Vampire Slayer) and I like the rest of the cast too.
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Summary: Good!
Review: I first saw the movie Honey I Shrunk the Kids in a movie theater and I liked it so much that I got the movie on video. This is a really cute movie and the special effects are really good and I like the entire cast, Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Kristine Sutherland, etc, and I would like to buy this movie on DVD but I was very disappointed to hear the DVD just has a pan and scan format and not widescreen!
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