Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Rick MoranisWayne Szalinski
- Matt FrewerBig Russ Thompson
- Marcia StrassmanDiane Szalinski
- Kristine SutherlandMae Thompson
- Thomas Wilson BrownLittle Russ Thompson
- Jared RushtonRonald Thompson
- Amy O'NeillAmy Szalinski
- Robert OliveriNick Szalinski
- Carl StevenTommy Pervis
- Mark L. TaylorDon Forrester
Recommendations
- 80
Variety
Pic [story by Stuart Gordon, Brian Yuzna and Ed Naha] is in the best tradition of Disney and even better than that because it is not so juvenile that adults won’t be thoroughly entertained. - 80
Washington Post
Director Joe Johnston, a veteran of Industrial Light and Magic, brings a wry Rube Goldberg approach to his first-ever feature. The sets are definitely plastic, but that slightly homemade look is refreshing in the hardware movie decade. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is the happiest surprise of this summer so far, a children's film from Walt Disney Productions that effortlessly renews the best tradition of that studio's live-action features. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The cheery result is enough to renew one's faith in Uncle Walt and the boys - a family picture that transcends the cliche, a light-bright romp where the sentiment isn't cheap and where the action isn't childish. Now there's a novelty item for you. [27 June 1989] - 70
The New York Times
The director, Joe Johnston, paces this adventure to suit the film's tone. It is swift and smooth, never wild or raucous. - 70
Tampa Bay Times
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids pulls some familiar plot - and emotional strings. It's a tad too predictable. But it's resourceful and well-crafted. It's the type of movie that works on one level for parents and another for kids. Both will be pleased. [23 June 1989, p.12] - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
The special effects are all there, nicely in place, and the production values are sound, but the movie is dead in the water. It tells an amazing and preposterous story, and it seems bored by it. - 50
Los Angeles Times
In a weird way, what happens to the kids is what happens to the movie. The humans shrivel to crawling piffles or get deformed into caterwauling robots; the super-tall grass and the giant cookies and insects take over.
