Honey I Blew Up the Kid (1992)

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 | Inventor | Baby

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 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: You think I'm just some guy from Fresno who tinkered with crack pot ideas in his attic? Well let me tell you something, this country was built on the shoulders of people who tinkered with crack pot ideas in their attics, basements and backyards. Alexander Graham Bell worked in a two room flat!
Clifford Sterling: Young man, don't presume to stand there and lecture me about great minds. In all my years I've never worked with anyone who is a fool and I don't intend to start now. So, Charles, you're fired.
Dr. Charles Hendrickson: What?
Clifford Sterling: You're fired! So, Szalinski, what is your plan to get your kid back to normal by bed time?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Reaper: I Want My Baby Back (#2.5)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Ours If We Want It

King Baby!

That affable, amiable, absent minded professor family man Wayne (Rick Moranis) is back, but now his experiments in size are funded by a big time company and he's a hot property. Unfortunately, his new toddler son, Adam, is the one who gets zapped this time, but instead of shrinking, he's turned into a toddler of Godzilla proportions. If you thought Wayne's wife was unhappy with Wayne shrinking their older son Nick and daughter Amy (who only cameos here) in the first film, just wait till you see her lose it here when she finds out her little boy Adam here! Now it's a race against time for Wayne to shrink Adam back down to size before he's destroyed by an uncaring society, with help from his now teenage son Nick and his girlfriend, Kerri Russell before she hit it big with "Felicity".

May strain the cuteness for some, will warm the hearts of others. Followed by a direct to video sequel that's not even worth the price of rental.