1 One Of My Favorite Movies Ever!
This Movie Is Funny,Exciting,Adventurous,And Just A Wonderful Movie!I Definately Reccomend It!There Is A Sad Part In It,But After That It Gets Better Again! One Word:SEE OR BUY THIS DVD OR VIDEO!!!!!!!!!
2 In a word: CRAP!
Jesus, what is wrong with you people, how in any shape or form can you call this a good movie? This film was trying to be cutting edge what with all the corny special effects and it's intentions to be different than most family films, but failed BADLY!
Should've been called 'Honey I made a terrible film!'
3 where did the widscreen for honey i shrunk the kids go
i whould have liked it better if it were widescreen i think fullscreen movies are a thing of the past please do away with full screen if possible but if the movie was only filmed in full screen then i dont mind but if the movie can be made for full screen then it should thank you yours truely a disturbed fan of disney movies.
4 Fun and full of adventure
Who knew cheerios in milk could be so dangerous? This is a fun adventure of a film. I still enjoy watching this film. Rick Moranis plays the bungalking inventor who shrinks his children. The special effects in this film were good.
5 Okay...but emphasizes special effects
This is a nice kids movie...but pretty stereotypical story line. Clearly devised to show off the Disney special effects. Can be scary for a 5 year old. Kids characters are stereotypes. And of course, it is the one girl who needs rescuing!
6 Double-Sized enjoyment
At theatres In the summer of '89, "Honey I Shrunk the kids" more than held it's own against box office heavyweights such as "Do the Right thing", "Batman", and "Indiana Jones and the last crusade". Quite the feat, considering it's relatively obscure cast (well, compared to the afforementioned films.)
The movie starts out with a nice animation sequence that looks as good now as it did 13 years ago. The live action starts as a typical Saturday morning in suburbia at the Szalinski's house, except that Wayne (Rick Moranis) is a bumbling inventor who built a shrinking ray in his attic that he can't get to work, his son (Robert Oliveri) is a mirror-image. And the daughter (Amy O'Neill) is pretty much your typical Blond teenager [a good looking one at that ;)] who hopes she gets asked to the dance. The mother, Diane Szalinski, played by Marcia Strassman (of Welcome Back, Kotter fame) does a good job as well. Cork, the family dog also deserves mentioning.
Next door are the All-American Thompsons, who have big plans for a weekend fishing trip. Their oldest son Russ Jr. (Thomas Wilson Brown) is less than enthusiastic about those plans. He's a bit scrawny for his age and Big Russ has expectations to see him excel at High School football, which isn't Little Russ's Niche. Meanwhile younger son Ron Thompson (Jared Rushton) is the apple of Big Russ's eye, and can be quite mischievous at times, setting up a booby trap that his dad walks into.
The underrated Matt Frewer steals the show as Big Russ Thompson, Brash and Sarcastic (in a good way of course). And providing the perfect compliment is his wife, the calmer Mae Thompson (played by Kristine Sutherland).
The backstory is this:Ron Thompson hits a baseball into the Szalinskis attic, in turn setting off the shrinking machine (which hadn't worked until that point) and in their effort to retrieve the ball, Ron and Nick get zapped and are 1/4 inch tall, Amy and Russ Jr., who walk up to the attic wondering what happened to them, meet a similar fate. Wayne returns home from a dismal day at work, having been made a laughing stock because of his lack of proof for the shrinking machine. He takes his frustration out on the machine itself, severely damaging it in the process, he sweeps the broken parts (and the four kids) off the floor and into the trash bag. He then takes it out across the yard, and the kids are, as Nick eloquently says "We're now a quarter of an inch tall, and sixty four feet from the house. That's an equivalent of three-point-two miles. That's a long way. Even for a man of science." Even more of a trek considering the extra thick grass they must walk through.
En route the gang faces Swarms of bees and scorpions [among other obstacles that I won't give away;)]. There's decent use of special effects and, even if they may look a bit fake, it's still entertaining nonetheless. I'll end my description here, as anything more would spoil the film.
If this review doesn't entice you to check out "Honey, I shrunk the kids", I don't know what will. It's a classic in my opinion.
7 Double-Sized enjoyment
At theatres In the summer of '89, "Honey I Shrunk the kids" more than held it's own against box office heavyweights such as "Do the Right thing", "Batman", and "Indiana Jones and the last crusade". Quite the feat, considering it's relatively obscure cast (well, compared to the afforementioned films.)
The movie starts out with a nice animation sequence that looks as good now as it did 13 years ago. The live action starts as a typical Saturday morning in suburbia at the Szalinski's house, except that Wayne (Rick Moranis) is a bumbling inventor who built a shrinking ray in his attic that he can't get to work, his son (Robert Oliveri) is a mirror-image. And the daughter (Amy O'Neill) is pretty much your typical Blond teenager [a good looking one at that ;)]
who hopes she gets asked to the dance. The mother, Diane Szalinski, played by Marcia Strassman (of Welcome Back, Kotter fame) does a good job as well. Cork, the family dog also deserves mentioning.
Next door are the All-American Thompsons, who have big plans for a weekend fishing trip. Their oldest son Russ Jr. (Thomas Wilson Brown) is less than enthusiastic about those plans. He's a bit scrawny for his age and Big Russ has expectations to see him excel at High School football, which isn't Little Russ's Niche. Meanwhile younger son Ron Thompson (Jared Rushton) is the apple of Big Russ's eye, and can be quite mischievous at times, setting up a booby trap that his dad walks into.
The underrated Matt Frewer steals the show as Big Russ Thompson, Brash and Sarcastic (in a good way of course). And providing the perfect compliment is his wife, the calmer Mae Thompson (played by Kristine Sutherland).
The backstory is this:Ron Thompson hits a baseball into the Szalinskis attic, in turn setting off the shrinking machine (which hadn't worked until that point) and in their effort to retrieve the ball, Ron and Nick get zapped and are 1/4 inch tall, Amy and Russ Jr., who walk up to the attic wondering what happened to them, meet a similar fate. Wayne returns home from a dismal day at work, having been made a laughing stock because of his lack of proof for the shrinking machine. He takes his frustration out on the machine itself, severely damaging it in the process, he sweeps the broken parts (and the four kids) off the floor and into the trash bag. He then takes it out across the yard, and the kids are, as Nick eloquently says "We're now a quarter of an inch tall, and sixty four feet from the house. That's an equivalent of three-point-two miles. That's a long way. Even for a man of science." Even more of a trek considering the extra thick grass they must walk through.
En route the gang faces Swarms of bees and scorpions [among other obstacles that I won't give away;)]. There's decent use of special effects and, even if they may look a bit fake, it's still entertaining nonetheless. I'll end my description here, as anything more would spoil the film.
If this review doesn't entice you to check out "Honey, I shrunk the kids", I don't know what will. It's a classic in my opinion.
As an added bonus, the hilarious Roger Rabbit short "Tummy Trouble" is included.
8 Great fun movie.
This is what an entertaining, funny, clean, family movie should be. Great special effect as well, without none of the CGI nonsense we see today. Awesome.
9 Good!
I first saw the movie Honey I Shrunk the Kids in a movie theater and I liked it so much that I got the movie on video. This is a really cute movie and the special effects are really good and I like the entire cast, Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Kristine Sutherland, etc, and I would like to buy this movie on DVD but I was very disappointed to hear the DVD just has a pan and scan format and not widescreen!
10 Wait, I get it: FRENCH CLASS! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I dont know why, but I just feel like writing reviews for classic movies today. This was one of my first "real" movies(by real I mean like not kiddie), I was about... 6-7 when I first saw it, now I'm 18 & I still love it to this day. I always enjoy watching it when I need a good laugh:). But yea, everyone can agree, it's very behind-the-times- the kid says "Tubular!" for cryin out loud! But so what? Oldies are goodies. The actress who played Amy is pretty hot too :).
DO NOT see the sequels- they are both horrible- Shrunk Ourselves doesnt even have any of the original cast other than Rick Moranis!
11 Once again, Widescreen only good enough for region 2!!
Disney needs to stop giving the foreign market a better deal. Start concentrating on making the product more appealing domestically in the country where it was made! Widescreen somehow always gets put on the back burner for the US.
12 No WIDESCREEN???
I just got the DVD after waiting years and was totally bummed when I opened it and it was in "Pan & Scan"....
If it were not such a great movie we never would have bought it. Why wouldn't Disney just offer a dual format like everyone else?
13 C'mon Disney!... Why are you anti-original aspect ratio?!
I had waited for quite some time for this film as well as Jungle 2 Jungle, Babes In Toyland, and White Fang to be released on DVD. I was only to be disapponted by Disney that it's awaited release was only available in the full-frame/pan and scan version. A benefit of owning a DVD player is the ability to own films widescreen and with extras (which these DVDs lack). If we are turning into a digital society... then make it worth our while. Disney's choice of the aspect ratio 1:33:1 release has cheated these films' directors in that the widescreen anamorphic format is how the director intended us to see it. Disney cheated us, the audience, as well leaving us with a full screen of plot rather than the wonderful vision of the films' crew.
P.S. Hey Disney give us a reason to buy your DVD's
14 COLLECTORS BEWARE
This DVD presents the film in full frame, not widescreen. Why Disney did not include a widescreen transfer on the other side of the disc or as a separate release is beyond my reasoning capabilities. I had to return mine unopened once I realized this. Same for HONEY, I BLEW UP THE KID.
15 Honey, I Finally Launched on DVD
INTRODUCTION
In summer 1989, this worldly-weird movie bursted onto the screen by Disney, with the audience expecting another blockbuster hit like the previous summer's "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". Include that with the rave reviews recieved, the great idea and Rick Moranis (very big at the time), and the audience flocked to the theaters announcing "1 for Honey, I Shrunk the Kids". Yet, people used to mix it up like, "I Shrunk the Kids" or "Honey, I Shrunk" or even (I heard this one myself) "Honey Shrunk Kids". Soon enough, "Honey, I..." was a household phrase. Just because of this movie. What was so good and wonderful, and yet quirky and weird about this movie? Read on...
MOVIE
...continuing on, here's a brief, yet spefic description: When a baseball from the neighbor kid enables Wayne Syzlinski's shrinking machine to work, Amy and Nick Syzlinski and with the neighbor kids. To the kid's unfortune luck, they are stuck in the rear of the backyard, and need to walk about five miles (which is actually not that long, it will only take you about three hours, but it is a backyard full of dangers) to get back home. Throughout, romance blossoms between Russel and Amy, they ride bees (at the time, the response was the same as the door vault scene in 2001's Monsters Inc: Make a Disney ride out of it!), avoid huge water droplets from sprinklers, dangerous scorpions and huge forgotton toys, and don't forget the horrible world under the grass (which A Bug's Life gave us a second helping of nine years later).
REVIEW OF MOVIE
This movie has got to be the greatest display of how trippy the live-action movies of the late 80s were. Watch the first 30 minutes, complete with a completely-80s animated opening sequence (which gave a first look into computer graphics and hand-drawn animation combined). But, later, the very quirky mad scientist score and trippy idea gets on you...until the scorpion and Russel kissing Amy...it gets pretty trippy again. Just until the kids almost get eaten (yes, the Cherrios-ad scene) the movie's a weird experience. If you happen to take a trip to Disney/MGM Studios at Walt Disney World, the HISTK playground gives you exactly what this movie was like. But, this movie is wonderful, a great experience for all...
16 fullscreen? Fullscreen?? FULLSCREEN?!
The movie - 5 stars, the DVD - not even 1 star! The only things good are the OK film quality and it's in surround sound and not just stereo. The DVD has no features, and when I say that, I mean NO features...not even a trailer! It doesn't even have the Roger Rabbit "Tummy Trouble" cartoon that came with the VHS! It's not in Widescreen (and it WAS in theaters, I remember). You would think that a movie with great special effects (for it's time) would have a making of featurette. Disney had it's chance to finally show us how the movie was done, and they destroy it. I am fed up with Disney. This movie was huge when it came out in 1989, and Disney does this to it. I still picked it up (along with the 2 awesome sequels) because I know that Disney will never wise up to their classics, they just want to destroy them with making sequels to them (Cinderella, Lady & The Tramp). The Beauty & The Beast DVD is awesome though, who knows, maybe there's hope for Disney DVD yet, but not for Honey I Shrunk the Kids. I recommend buying this DVD ONLY if you are a huge fan of the trilogy. We've waited too long for it, and Disney shorts us. I'm glad I only paid [price] each for mine, a penny above that, and I would have walked away.
17 What was Joe Johnston thinking?!
This is the dummest movie I had ever seen. I hadn't seen the 2nd sequel, but I've seen the third and they both stink. I give it * (1 out of 5).
18 GREAT CLASSIC
Man I love this movie. It has lots of humour and more. I can't wait to buy this on DVD.
19 Great, Great, Great!
The story is about an inventor Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis) who is trying to perfect his machine which, when working, will shrink matter. The problem is, nothing he does seems to make it work. But somehow, his kids Amy and Nicky (Amy O'Neill and Robert Oliveri), and his next door neighbor's kids, Russell and Ron Thompson (Thomas Wilson Brown and Jared Rushton) are shrunk! Being only a few inches tall, they end up in the garbage bag and are taken outside. They get out but the only way back to the house is through the Szalinski's front yard. They meet up with a friendly ant, a killer scorpion, the danger of being chopped up by a lawnmower, and being drowned by a water sprinkler. Will they make it home so they can be made back to their normal size?
This movie is just GREAT! Even though it's a kids movie, it's great for adults, too. I love to watch this movie with my parents. I especially love Robert Oliveri and Jared Rushton. They did a very good job acting in it. Anybody who wants to enjoy a good movie with the family, watch "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids." You won't regret it!
20 A true Disney classic.
HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS is one of the better Disney, live-action films out there. It's original and unique - followed by two [HONEY, I BLEW UP THE KID and HONEY, WE SHRUNK OURSELVES] just as good sequels. This film is about a wacky scientist named Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis) who knows all about science and nothing about family or the "real world". When Wayne creates a shrinking machine, in hopes that it will shrink matter, it actually ends up shrinking his kids, Amy and Nicky (Amy O'Neill and Robert Oliveri), and his next door neighbor's kids, Russell and Ron Thompson (Thomas Wilson Brown and Jared Rushton). They escape from the trash bag and end up entering what appears to be a jungle but is actually the Szalinskis' own backyard! Now, just a few inches tall, the kids must find a way to get to the house and get their parents' attention so they can deshrink them and turn them back to their normal sizes.
This is a very funny comedy, and there are some excellent visual effects, too. Everything from the shrunk kids to riding on a flying bee - there is some truly amazing special effects. The plot is solid and so is the acting. This is one Disney comedy I recommend for every family!
21 Bizarre, psuedo-family film
Honey, I Shrunk The Kids was a very tripped out movie. It had an extremely quriky atmosphere. It is disguised as a family movie, yet below it's packaging is a truly twisted, horror movie. From the excellent yet dark animated opening sequence, to the mad scientist music score, to the subtle oddities (Wayne picking up the phone and telling Quark it's not for him, stepping on the grass and looking at his shoe), this movie has such a Tim Burtonian style, you'd swear it was him directing. A dead-on reflection of midwestern suburbia. One of the eeriest kids movies ever. Highly recommended.
22 One of my all time favorite movies
Wayne Szalinski is convinced he has figured out a way to shrink the size of matter. It works great on paper, but he can't make it work in real life. While he's at a conference presenting his ideas, the machine accidentally shrinks his and his neighbor's kids. When they get thrown out with the trash, they must journey across the backyard, avoiding bugs, sprinklers, and lawnmowers. Meanwhile, Wayne and his wife try to fix the machine and find the kids. Will they find them before it's too late? Can Wayne figure out how to make the machine work to reverse the process?
This is one of my favorite movies. It combines a great story and great characters with great special effects. All the characters grow because of their experiences, even both sets of parents. The special effects still hold up today, and are there to tell the story, not the other way around. The story moves effortlessly from comedy to drama and back again.
It's a shame that there aren't more movies like this. Gather the entire family together and enjoy a great family film.
23 THE BEST MOVIE I RENTED
I RENTED THIS MOVIE AT THE VINEYARD MY FAVORITE PARTS WERE: ROGER RABBIT'S TUMMY TROUBLE THE MINI-MOVIE,THE APPLE EXPLODED,THE KIDS MEET ANTY THE SAD PART WAS WHEN ANTY DIED FROM THE SCORPIN,THE KIDS SHRUNK. YOU GOTTA GET THIS MOVIE IT'S FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!
24 Honey, I Shrunk The Kids
I want the Honey, I Shrunk The Kids Video Tape okay
25 Great comedy/fantasy!
Having this video for about twelve years, I hadn't watched it since recently, and I just had to write a review on it. This movie is a intriguing blend of comedy, science fiction, fantasy, and a bit of romance (when Amy falls for Russell). This movie also shows unique views like what the grass and floors are like when you're 1/4 of an inch tall and teamwork between the neighbors and what Moranis does to look for his kids. Entertaining, and I enjoy watching every bit of it. Rated PG for peril and mild violence.
26 A fantasy movie with great special effects included
I remember when I was a kid, sometimes I would imagine what it would be like to be as little as an ant and how everything would look. When I first watched "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids," it pretty much proved to me exactly what it would be like in a way. An inventor of a new machine that can supposedly shrink people, accidentally shrinks his kids. His kids are trapped somewhere in the lawn, and that's when the adventure begins. The special effects in the movie are what makes the movie so good. You'll see the kids witness such phenomena as riding a bee and almost getting eaten as cereal. To the kids, raindrops are like huge water explosions, and the grass is like towering redwoods. They must find a way to deshrink themselves before they get squashed, eaten, etc.
The special effects aren't the only good thing about this movie. Parts of it are hilarious, and it has a good plot. I recommend anybody to get "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids."
27 I TOTALLY LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!
I BOUGHT THIS MOVIE FOR MY BIRTHDAY.SOME FRIENDS OF MINE SAID THAT THE MOVIE WAS HILARIOUS.I THOUGHT IT WOULD TOTALLY STINK.BUT,WHEN I SAW IT I WAS ATTACHED.MY FAVIROTE PART IS WHERE THE KIDS MEET THE ANT.HA-HA!
