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Title: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Rick Moranis | ... | Wayne Szalinski | |
| Matt Frewer | ... | Big Russ Thompson | |
| Marcia Strassman | ... | Diane Szalinski | |
| Kristine Sutherland | ... | Mae Thompson | |
| Thomas Wilson Brown | ... | Little Russ Thompson (as Thomas Brown) | |
| Jared Rushton | ... | Ron Thompson | |
| Amy O'Neill | ... | Amy Szalinski | |
| Robert Oliveri | ... | Nick Szalinski | |
| Carl Steven | ... | Tommy Pervis | |
| Mark L. Taylor | ... | Don Forrester | |
| Kimmy Robertson | ... | Gloria Forrester | |
| Lou Cutell | ... | Dr. Brainard | |
| Laura Waterbury | ... | Female Cop | |
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Trevor Galtress | ... | Male Cop |
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Martin Aylett | ... | Harold Boorstein |
On the brink of perfecting his state-of-the-art matter-shrinking machine, the suburban paterfamilias and indefatigable inventor, Professor Wayne Szalinski, realises that his device truly works, when it zaps both his kids and their friends. Now, to return to the relative safety of their home while being reduced to a mere quarter-inch size, the minuscule humans must venture out into the dense and perilous landscapes of their now-immense backyard--a hostile environment where nearly everything spells trouble. Can the kids exit the green maze of grass in one piece? Written by Nick Riganas
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Basically this one great and fun adventure movie, for kids especially. It's a Disney movie, so it's most definitely kid orientated, which means that it doesn't have the most complicated script, drawn out characters, or other mind boggling elements but it more than serves its purpose.
What is the most appealing aspect of "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" are its adventures elements. It was a great move to let the movie for most part be set in the backyard of an ordinary house, of a not so ordinary family. The shrunken kids have to overcome all sorts of dangers in the backyard, such as 'giant' insects, water drops, muddy rivers, lawnmowers and of course avoid being squashed by humans. A new adventure and obstacle awaits at every corner, which makes sure that there is always something happening in the movie and makes things flow well.
The movie is perhaps more adventurous and fun than really funny. The most comical aspects of the movie mostly come from the adult cast, from actors such as Rick Moranis and Marcia Strassman as the parents and Matt Frewer and Kristine Sutherland as the neighbors. They mostly make sure that the movie is a perfectly enough watchable and entertaining one for adults. Rick Moranis of course suits the role very well as a nutty scientist. He is perhaps also known best for his roles in the "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"-movies than any other one.
The movie is well made and Joe Johnston shows himself again a capable director. I have always liked him as a director. He never made any really great movies but his movies are always entertaining, which always make a Joe Johnston movie a pleasant one to watch. This movie was his directorial debut and he could had done a lot worse.
The movie has some good effects, also especially considering the time it got made. The movie uses all kinds of effects. Mostly of course consisting out of over-sized sets and objects but also stop-motion effects, mechanical effects and some early special effects. Especially the over-sized objects aren't really convincing looking and are obviously made out of light and non-nature materials but I don't know, this seemed sort of right and a suiting style for a kids movie such as this one. The musical score by James Horner is also a perfectly fine one.
About as good and entertaining as a kid's movie can get, though there is also plenty left to enjoy for adults.
7/10
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