The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.
When Captain Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy.
Director:
Steven Spielberg
Stars:
Dustin Hoffman,
Robin Williams,
Julia Roberts
Wayne Szalinzki, a wacky, absent-minded inventor, is back again but only this time he decides to use his infamous shrink machine just one more time. His wife Diane asks him to get rid of ... See full summary »
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Wayne Szalinski is your average "nutty scientist", working on a top secret machine that shrinks objects. When it unexpectedly starts working, he's so amazed he forgets to tell his family to be careful. And when they wander into his lab...Written by
Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
The theatrical release included a seven-and-a-half-minute animated short which preceded the film titled Tummy Trouble (1989), featuring "Roger Rabbit" from Disney's recent blockbuster Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). Tummy Trouble marked the first animated short Disney had released since 1965, and it cost $1.8 million. After an initial trailer devoted entirely to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids played in theaters for three months, another trailer for the film devoted its first two-thirds to the short, aiming to draw in Roger Rabbit fans. See more »
Goofs
In the second shot of the film where a mailman is seen walking and delivering mail for the Thompsons and the Szalinskis, you can clearly see the backlot wall in the background which is painted in blue to stand in for the sky. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Mailman:
Good morning, Quark.
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Absent-minded genius Moranis accidentally shrinks his kids to microscopic size and they end up in the yard. At their size, they must fight dangerous creatures like ants and bees and menacing household items like a lawnmower and a garden hose before they can traverse back to the house and hope to be restored to normal size. Amusing Disney comedy is fun for the whole family. The special effects are pretty good as simple household objects are shown as humongous from the perspective of the kids. Moranis is likable as the mad inventor and Strassman is cute as his wife. The young actors don't try to be too cute and Frewer is funny as the neighbor whose son has also been shrunk.
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Absent-minded genius Moranis accidentally shrinks his kids to microscopic size and they end up in the yard. At their size, they must fight dangerous creatures like ants and bees and menacing household items like a lawnmower and a garden hose before they can traverse back to the house and hope to be restored to normal size. Amusing Disney comedy is fun for the whole family. The special effects are pretty good as simple household objects are shown as humongous from the perspective of the kids. Moranis is likable as the mad inventor and Strassman is cute as his wife. The young actors don't try to be too cute and Frewer is funny as the neighbor whose son has also been shrunk.