Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992)

The Szalinski family is back, this time hilarious disaster strikes when an experiment causes their new toddler son to grow many stories tall.

Director:

Randal Kleiser

Writers:

Stuart Gordon (characters), Brian Yuzna (characters)

Stars:

Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Robert Oliveri

10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rick Moranis	...	Wayne
Marcia Strassman	...	Diane
Robert Oliveri	...	Nick
Daniel Shalikar	...	Adam
Joshua Shalikar	...	Adam
Lloyd Bridges	...	Clifford Sterling
John Shea	...	Hendrickson
Keri Russell	...	Mandy
Ron Canada	...	Marshall Brooks
Amy O'Neill	...	Amy Szalinski
Michael Milhoan	...	Capt. Ed Myerson
Gregory Sierra	...	Terence Wheeler
Leslie Neale	...	Constance Winters
Julia Sweeney	...	Nosey Neighbor
Linda Carlson	...	Nosey Neighbor

Storyline

Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make things grow. As in the first one, his machine isn't quite accurate. But when he brings Nick & his toddler son Adam to see his invention, the machine unexpectedly starts working. And when Adam comes right up to the machine, he gets zapped along with his stuffed bunny. Now, whenever Adam comes near anything electrical, the electricity causes him to grow. Adam soon starts to grow to the height of over 100 feet. And he is now walking through Las Vegas which he thinks is one big play land.

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Plot Keywords:

growing | sudden change in size | shrinking ray | shrinking machine | toddler | 

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Taglines:

The BIG Laughs Start January 6th! (video ad)

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for frenetic action

Did You Know?

Trivia

Actor Alex Daniels portrayed Adam in his "blown-up" form (he is credited as "Uncle Yanosh"). Daniels wore a 40-pound, electronic-headed "Adam suit" for the role, and was coached on how to mimic the movements of a toddler. Once suited up on the set, Daniels had to magnify his movements so they would show through the costume's heavy, clumsy folds. Occasionally, the heat inside the outfit proved too much for its coolant system, a vest with ice water pumped through tubes, prompting crew members who noticed Daniels faltering to yell, 'Get Alex outta there!'

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Goofs

In one scene when Adam is on Fremont St. in downtown Las Vegas the marquee for Circus Circus is behind him. However, all the other signs are for casinos on Fremont St. The Circus Circus sign is not shown again.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Adam: I fix it.

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Crazy Credits

Adam's laugh can be heard after end credits

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Alternate Versions

Many scenes cut from original but added to network television version: - More scenes of Nick and Mandy running through neighborhood looking for Adam; - Mean magician neighbor pulling colored handkerchiefs out of her coat; - After Adam pulls ad sign out from ground and drops it, he steps on it; - After Nick gives Mandy a giant raisin, he tells her to relax because they're headed for Vegas; - After Adam catches the car with Nick and Mandy in it, he talks to them before stuffing them in his pocket; - Diane giving Wayne reasons why she should be enlarged to save Adam; - More scenes of Adam talking to the crowd below when he arrives in Vegas; - More scenes of the TV reporter explaining situation with Adam when he first arrives at desert highway and when he's playing "Hard Rock Cafe" guitar.

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Connections

Referenced in The Last Party (1993)

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Soundtracks

Loco-Motion
Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King

User Reviews

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.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 July 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

Big Baby

Filming Locations:

676 Coldbrook Place, Simi Valley, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$11,083,318, 19 July 1992

Gross USA:

$58,662,452

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$58,662,452

Company Credits

Production Co:

Touchwood Pacific Partners 1, Walt Disney Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1