Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves! (1997)

Mischief device, created by Wayne Szalinski, mess up again - this time not the children have shrunk, but the adults themselves.

Director:

Dean Cundey

Writers:

Stuart Gordon (based on characters created by), Brian Yuzna (based on characters created by)

Stars:

Rick Moranis, Eve Gordon, Bug Hall

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rick Moranis	...	Wayne
Eve Gordon	...	Diane
Bug Hall	...	Adam
Robin Bartlett	...	Patti
Stuart Pankin	...	Gordon
Allison Mack	...	Jenny
Jake Richardson	...	Mitch
JoJo Adams	...	Ricky
Bryson Aust	...	Vincent
Theodore Borders	...	Trey
Carlease Burke	...	Marcia
Laura Dunn	...	Trina
Robert Harvey	...	Postman (as Bob Harvey)
Mila Kunis	...	Jill
Erica Luttrell	...	Jody

Storyline

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 the "Tiki Man" a large tiki sculpture. Wayne refuses to get rid of it so he decides to restart the shrink ray and reduces the Tiki Man to pocket-size. However, after Wayne shrinks the Tiki Man the machine is accidentally activated and Wayne ends up shrinking himself and his brother Gordon. Meanwhile, when Gordon's wife Patty and Diane were going on a vacation they went back to the house when Patty suddenly realizes she forgot Mitch's medicine for his potassium deficiency. When they were about to leave, they decide to sneak into the attic and surprise the men, but the shrink ray is activated once again, and the ladies are shrunk as well. So the team must be very brave of disgusting household insects the size of dinosaurs and more in their biggest adventure to get their children's attention.

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Plot Keywords:

miniaturization | bespectacled man | bespectacled male | inventor | sequel to cult film | 

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Taglines:

The world's wackiest scientist has done it again!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild language

Details

Official Sites:

Disney's Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 March 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves

Filming Locations:

1230 Milan Avenue, South Pasadena, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

74 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Marcia Strassman didn't reprise her role as Diane Szalinski. Eve Gordon takes over the role of Diane from Strassman.

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Goofs

(at around 33 mins) When Adam and Mitch are playing with their chili volcano and it is getting ready to "erupt," a crew member's hand can be seen pushing the balloon back down into the volcano.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Diane Szalinski: [on the phone] I'm so excited, Patty. I've been looking at the La Costa brochure every day for two months.

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Crazy Credits

On the original VHS release of the film, the Walt Disney Home Video logo doesn't appear till the very end of the movie.

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Alternate Versions

On the Netflix print of this movie, the 2006-present Walt Disney Pictures logo (reading simply "Disney") plasters the 1991-2002 Walt Disney Home Video logo that appeared on DVD, VHS and television prints.

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Connections

References The Simpsons (1989)

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Soundtracks

Thrill of It
Written by Dominique Davalos
Performed by The Delphines
Courtesy of Delphonic Recordings

User Reviews

Not the worse sequel I've ever seen

I bought this film because a) Allison Mack is in it and b) I own the other two "Honey" films, so I decided to complete the collection.

This movie is a pretty good family film that actually does logically take off from the series. We saw Amy leave in the second film, in this, the third film, we just assume Nick is gone. He was already a teenager when Adam was 2 (in the second film) and Young Adam (played by Bug Hall in this film) is at least seven or eight years older than he was back then which makes both Nick and Amy old enough to have moved out. If the film had taken place in the space of months or years instead of a few days, I might have expected more Nick and/or Amy ref. , but as the film stood it wasn't neccessary to do more than acknowledge they exsist (which they did). As for the new family, again because of the time-frame of these films, it's easy to assume we just never met these people before. Cousin Jenny (Allison Mack)is annoying at points, but that a fault of her characters age group. She's filling the role of teenage girl in the film, a role first fullfilled by Amy in "honey I shrunk the kids" and filled by Nick's love intrest Mandy (Keri Russell) in "Honey I blew up the kid". There is a problem with "Honey we shrunk ourselves" recycling plots from the previous films (riding in toy cars, taming large bugs) and they also pulled the overused "teen invites a few friends over and it turns into an out of control party" trick, but overall it's fun to watch. Instead of the parents panicking because something has happened to the kids, the kids rejoice in having the house to themselves not knowing there parents have been watching the whole time. And while the parents don't hessitate to want there kids "back to normal" that isn't as true when the situation is reversed. It's not a Great film, but as far as sequels go, this pretty much remains believable and loyal to the previous story (unlike movies like 'The Lion King II' and 'the Neverending Story III') and it is still as fun to watch as the other two films. I have two types of 'family' movies in the house, the ones I have to put in and I leave the kids alone to watch (because they are annoying) and the ones I can watch with them. This one I can easily sit and enjoy with them.