Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
The most astonishing, innovative, backyard adventure of all time!
1989 • 93 min • Adventure · Comedy · Family · Science Fiction
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.
Our family guide
Best from age 6- 100 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
- 63 Audience · 3396 · 47%
An inventor dad accidentally shrinks his kids and two neighbors to insect size. Lost in their own backyard, the tiny group faces giant challenges, from insects to sprinklers, as their father desperately tries to find them and reverse the shrinking.
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 0/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 4/10
Heads up
- Children facing peril (though never seriously harmed)
- Some scenes with large insects might be unsettling
- A few moments of parental frustration
What it models well
- Family bonds
- Resourcefulness
- Scientific curiosity
Talk about it after
- Understanding consequences of scientific experiments
- Overcoming fears and working together
- The importance of communication in families
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Top billed cast
Director: Joe Johnston • Crew: Ed Naha, Tom Schulman, Stuart Gordon, Ed Naha, Brian Yuzna
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Reviewer notes
Recommended"Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" employs a large quota of traditional values which many people still unashamedly cherish and use as the corner stone in the foundation of their lives: Children, family, and friends. Of course, the children must always be the most important people in your life and they make everything worthwhile even though they often misbehave and are unappreciative and downright ungrateful at times.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersRick Moranis is the geeky scientist working on a means by which he can shrink matter. Using a complex series of gadgets and a laser - he is confident the his Eureka moment is close when... a baseball shatters a window, activates his equipment and suddenly his children and those of the family next door have essentially disappeared! Where can they have gone?…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersWell, it didn't age well. At least not the special effects. But, they were more practical than digital and that makes a difference. You get the feeling that the people are actually there when the effects are practical and not digital, and you don't have that sensation that you are watching other people play a video game like you do with a lot of the digital effects heavy movies these days.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.3/10 (3,396)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $18,000,000
- Box office
- $222,724,172
- Franchise
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Collection
- IMDb
- tt0097523
