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 | Shrinking | Baby | Inventor

Awards:

10 nominations

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 | Germany:6 | 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:

The scene when Adam was about to put the car in his mouth and Nick said, "Adam, don't eat us", was a nod to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) in which Nick said, "Dad, don't eat me".

Goofs:

Continuity: When Adam is in the dining room, he knocks one of the light shades from a fixture hanging from the ceiling, but in the next shot, the shade is back in place.

Quotes:

Mandy: [seeing how large Adam has gotten] There is no way I'm changing those diapers.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Shrek 2 (2004)

Soundtrack:

Kids Wanna Rock

Not a patch on the first one

Was this movie really made in the '90s? The reference to 'The Amazing Colossal Man' is only too fitting, as the visual effects used to realise the premise don't seem to have moved on much since that movie was made. In this charmless reversal of the first film's plot, Rick Moranis's baby son is zapped and grows to poorly blue-screened proportions, after which he takes a stroll through Las Vegas and picks up model cars. Meanwhile the writers run out of what little inspiration they had to begin with, and Lloyd Bridges has the good sense to look embarrassed. The original film has aged pretty well and is still a lot of fun, whereas whatever enjoyment this tacky follow-up has to offer begins and ends with its poster.