Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
1989 Directed by Joe Johnston
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The most astonishing, innovative, backyard adventure of all time!
Wayne Szalinski is a crazy scientist who invents a miniaturizing machine that is so powerful it only blows things up. When the kid next door hits a baseball through the window and it lands in the path of the machine's laser, it begins working. Wayne's two kids plus the two kids next door end up becoming tiny. Wayne accidentally sweeps them up and puts them out with the garbage, so the kids then have to travel through the thick grass back to the house, while braving giant bugs, sprinklers and a lawn mower.
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While taking a break from grading papers and searching for something to alleviate my brain from all the hard work it had been doing, I stumbled upon this one on TV. I had seen it a long, long time ago and remember thinking it was awful and childish. But that was the angry young Dirk who liked his cinematic exploits dark and bleak.
Older, sappy and nostalgic Dirk got a huge, huge kick out of this. This is adventure the way it should be done, a thrill a minute, a lot of laughs and an engaging premise.
It still looks absolutely fantastic and there is just so much creative enthusiasm going on here it is highly infectious, leaving you a…
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Efectos prácticos. Nunca dudamos que los niños estén en pelígro en un jardín gigante, monten una hormiga y coman una oreo del tamaño de una casa... porque lo hacen. Todo está ahí. Nada se agregó en postproducción. Es por eso que esta aventura no envejece.
Archivada en "Ya no las hacen como antes."
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As sweet, as straightforward, and as funny as its title.
This is a perfect example of a family movie done perfectly.
Mainly, due to the wonderful Rick Moranis.
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As soon as the opening credits started I remembered just how often I had watched this as a kid and just how much I had loved it. Even if I didn't have a ton of nostalgia attached to it, I would have found Honey, I Shrunk the Kids to be a creative story with great effects and an all around entertaining, feel-good movie.
Rick Moranis needs to come back to movies, I miss him.
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Continuing on from My Big Fat Greek Wedding, we watched a VHS of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids taped off Australian TV in 1992. I like the movie, and love Rick Moranis, but I can't help but feel the backyard location is overused and limites the original idea of regular objects appearing huge. They should have moved into the house in the second act. This was the highlight that we were all waiting for:
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I don't think any other film reminds me of my childhood more than this film. I was blown away by this when I saw this in the theaters at 9 years old and it was one of the first VHS tapes that I bought for myself. I must have watched it over 100 times as a child.
A great family film that I feel holds up pretty well. It's set up well-it's fun-adventurous-it has some nice life lessons thrown in there concerning father's and their sons-lessons that aren't shoved down our throats making it a sappy family film.
The kids are good in their roles-each has their own distinct personalities that are shown to us very easily in the opening…
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It was one of my favorite movies growing up. I was impressed by how amazing the effects looked (it's interesting how perception changes) and many of the images were embedded in my brain. I hadn't seen it for about 20 years and I'm happy to say I still like it. Lots of silliness here and there and some characters fail at prioritizing (mother worried about her daughter making out when she could be killed in a thousand different ways, girl upset she won't go to the mall, etc), but still kind of awesome.
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klassiekertje uit mijn jeugd. Niet zo leuk als de herinnering tbh...
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watching a childhood classic with my son. he loved it, so it still works. even the outdated effects didn't bother him.
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I really, desperately wanted this to happen to me.
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GOOD FAMILY FUN
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I don't think any other film reminds me of my childhood more than this film. I was blown away by this when I saw this in the theaters at 9 years old and it was one of the first VHS tapes that I bought for myself. I must have watched it over 100 times as a child.
A great family film that I feel holds up pretty well. It's set up well-it's fun-adventurous-it has some nice life lessons thrown in there concerning father's and their sons-lessons that aren't shoved down our throats making it a sappy family film.
The kids are good in their roles-each has their own distinct personalities that are shown to us very easily in the opening…
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Surprised how much I continued to like it. A really strong adventure flick set in "the jungle" of a Surburban backyard. Highly recommended viewing for young and old alike.
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Fun movie to watch as a kid, mainly because of all the impressive effects. Haven't seen it in awhile so I don't know how well it holds up, but it's probably still enjoyable.
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It's not really fantastic, but it sure is memorable.