Honey I Blew Up the Kid (1992)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Randal Kleiser

Writers (WGA):

Stuart Gordon (characters) &
Brian Yuzna (characters) ...

Release Date:

17 July 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make things grow...

Plot Keywords:

Growing | Electricity | Inventor | Shrinking | Baby

Awards:

10 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 16	10:00 AM	TBS
Fri. July 17	1:10 AM	TBS

Cast

Rick Moranis	...	Wayne Szalinski
Marcia Strassman	...	Diane Szalinski
Robert Oliveri	...	Nick Szalinski
Daniel Shalikar	...	Adam Szalinski
Joshua Shalikar	...	Adam Szalinski
Lloyd Bridges	...	Clifford Sterling
John Shea	...	Dr. Charles Hendrickson
Keri Russell	...	Mandy Park
Ron Canada	...	Marshall Brooks
Amy O'Neill	...	Amy Szalinski
Michael Milhoan	...	Captain Ed Myerson
Gregory Sierra	...	Terence Wheeler
Leslie Neale	...	Constance Winters
Julia Sweeney	...	Nosey Neighbor
Linda Carlson	...	Nosey Neighbor

Also Known As:

Big Baby (USA) (working title)
Honey, I Blew Up the Baby (USA) (original script title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for frenetic action.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Portugal:M/6 | Peru:PT | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:K-8/5 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:U | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

Touchwood Pacific Partners 1

Trivia:

Keri Russell's feature film debut.

Goofs:

Continuity: When we see Adam sleeping in his playpen he has chocolate all over his face but when he wakes up and scares the baby-sitter the chocolate is gone.

Quotes:

Wayne: I blew up the baby!
[Diane faints]
Adam: Mama fall down! Mama!
Nick: [appears from behind Adam] How'd she take it?
Wayne: About like usual.
Adam: Mama sleeping?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Honey I Blew Everybody (1992) (V)

Soundtrack:

Ours If We Want It

It just does not work, fails to captivate intended audience

'Honey, I Blew Up The Kid' is the sequel to 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'. This time, the professor builds a machine that makes objects larger, and you can see the direction that this film is going in.

I found this film to be more geared to adults. The previous film was all about the children, but this film is about the parents and their baby. It's also not a funny film, but it tries to be funny. The characters also seem far removed from the previous film; I was expecting to see the same characters that I enjoyed watching in the original.

The film takes on the approach of the baby as Godzilla or King Kong. I suppose that this had to be a baby because the older children are more reasonable and know what they are doing, but a baby cannot comprehend on this level. I think this is the fault of the whole film. It's really not a film that children are going to want to see. (Children don't like babies because it is a big responsibility, with no pun intended.) The characters just are not believable or particularly engaging, and the story lacks substance. I would not recommend it because I think it fails to captivate a majority of the audience and the intended audience.