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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

1989

Joe Johnston

Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman, Kristine Sutherland ...

5.1

100,329

Comedy. Fantasy. Adventure. Kids 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 ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Caryn James The New York Times	"'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids', is as sweet, straightforward and funny as its title (...) It is an innocent, old-fashioned delight."	POS
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"Though it relies on special effects, this cutie-pie caper never loses sight of the protagonist (...) It stands out for its lack of pretensions, a flower growing in a crack"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It uses the same sorts of visual effects we remember from 'The Incredible Shrinking Man,' but it lacks the same sense of fun (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Variety	"[It's] in the best tradition of Disney -- and even better than that, because it is not so juvenile that adults won't be thoroughly entertained"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"While the plot abounds in improbabilities and even a few absurdities, and the special effects are uneven, the poetics of the basic idea really pay off"	NEU
United Kingdom	David Hepworth Empire	"Joe Johnston achieves a happy balance between the FX and the humans (...) Inventive, funny, and pacey enough for that rare breed, the family audience (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"There are wonderful moments (...) Sterling entertainment"	POS
United Kingdom	Alan Jones Radio Times	"[A] joyous, innocuous and thrilling Walt Disney adventure that will appeal to both young and old (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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