Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (1997) (V)

Director:

Dean Cundey

Writers (WGA):

Karey Kirkpatrick (written by) and
Nell Scovell (written by) ...

Release Date:

18 March 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A tiny glitch causes Wayne, his brother, and their wives to shrink big time! Soon they must brave household insects the size of dinosaurs...

Plot Keywords:

Inventor | Spider | Cult Favorite | Sequel | Sudden Change In Size

Cast

Rick Moranis	...	Wayne Szalinski
Eve Gordon	...	Diane Szalinski
Bug Hall	...	Adam Szalinski
Robin Bartlett	...	Patti Szalinski
Stuart Pankin	...	Gordon Szalinski
Allison Mack	...	Jenny Szalinski
Jake Richardson	...	Mitch Szalinski
JoJo Adams	...	Ricky King, Party Bully
Bryson Aust	...	Vince - Party Bully
Theodore Borders	...	Trey, Party Bully
Carlease Burke	...	Marcia
Laura Dunn	...	Trina, Wayne's Secretary
Robert Harvey	...	Postman
Mila Kunis	...	Jill, Party Guest
Erica Luttrell	...	Jody, Party Guest

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language.

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Australia:PG | Finland:S (video premiere) | Portugal:M/6 (video premiere) | UK:PG (video premiere) | USA:PG

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

The first "Honey" movie to get a direct-to-video release.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: After Mitch has fainted and Adam and Jenny are feeding him a banana, Jenny is speaking to to Mitch but her lips aren't moving correctly.

Quotes:

Wayne Szalinski: The kids are messy eaters, so there'll be plenty of crumbs for us to eat.
Gordon Szalinski: Wayne, we're not gonna spend the rest of our lives tiny; we're gonna get big again.

Movie Connections:

Follows Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

Honey they shrunk the running time (and plot & effects...)

The premise of shrinking Moranis himself seemed natural after the first two films, however their execution was way off. I never had any intention of watching this but I had on the TV Guide channel and saw the name Eve Gordon and it was driving me nuts trying to figure out why I knew her name... So I watched it. At first I didn't realize why I knew the name and then it hit me -- both Eve Gordon (who doesn't even look like the same person in this film) and Robin Bartlett starred together in the shortlived sitcom "The Powers That Be." They had good chemistry as enemies on that series (an all-time favorite show), but their chemistry together in this film really sucks. And then came all the other TV actors (Mila Kunis, Stuart Pankin, Allison Mack)... Talented Moranis and his cohorts are completely wasted in this film. What were these people thinking?

The effects are atrocious -- there's perhaps only two shots of the shrunken parents that look like they might actually be in the house rather than standing in front of a bluescreen. The plot's a rehash (drolly executed). The script is laughable, and not in a good way. Most of the "jokes" are painfully unfunny and/or in poor taste, even for a child demographic audience. It seemed like each commercial break lasted 10 minutes and I found out why when I came here and discovered the film is only 74 minutes.

Can't really say much that hasn't already been said, so I'll leave it at this with apologies to the cast: avoid this turkey!