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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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"Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" is a quite unusual adventure/comedy film, one of the most eccentric movies of all time. It's one of those live-actions films produced by Disney's studios.
The movie's title refers to Wayne Szalinski, a stereotypical nutty/mad scientist. He invents a machine with the ability of shrinking objects to a size even smaller than ants. This character is portrayed by Rick Moranis, the perfect actor for a role like this (with his intellectual looks).
Rick Moranis is funny as Wayne Szalinski, Matt Frewer is hilarious as the impatient and temperamental "Big" Russell Thompson. The kids also do a good job: Thomas Wilson Brown as the clever "Little" Russell Thompson, Jared Rushton as the paranoid Ron Thompson and Robert Oliveri as the nerd Nick Szalinski. One of the funniest parts for me is when "little" Russell forces his brother Ron to confess that he broke Szalinski's window with his baseball.
The Szalinski kids (Nick and Amy) and the Thompson kids ("Little" Russell and Ron, the Szalinski's neighbors) are accidentally shrunk by the machine and thrown into the garbage by accident. Because they are so tiny, they live a big adventure full of dangers and nightmares (from insects to a remote-controlled lawn mower) until reaching their house, something which would only take seconds on their normal size.
The story becomes a bit odd and of a somehow discussable taste, but it also makes the difference... for good and for bad. However, I must be fair: at least this is a thousand times better than those stupid "Problem Child" movies. Not that they have anything in common, but...
Overall, nothing extraordinary, but amusing, hilarious, great fun, entertaining, original, bizarre and with some funny lines («French class» is just one among many others). There's also a certain 80's charm on it.
The success of this movie inspired a very imaginative 3D film created as an amusement for Disneyland parks around the world called "Honey, I Shrunk the Audience".