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The Szalinski Family has moved from Fresno to the Las Vegas suburbs. Wayne (Rick Moranis) has been hired by the Sterling Corporation, and they are trying to use his original invention to enlarge things now, but it just isn't working. One weekend while Diane (Marcia Strassman) is dropping Amy (Amy O'Neal in a cameo) off at college, Wayne figures it out. Taking son Nick (Robert Oliveri) and the newest addition to the family, two year old Adam (Joshua and Daniel Shalikar), to the lab, he tries to make it work.
At first, he thinks he new idea was a bust. But then Adam starts growing. While Wayne tries to figure out how to reverse things, Diane and Nick just try to keep Adam calm. But how to you keep a hyperactive two year old who is bigger than you from destroying the house? Can they keep his sudden growth a secret? And if he gets out of the house, how will they ever control him?
This movie came out while I still looked forward to all sequels to movies I had loved. Okay, so this one doesn't quite measure up to the first, but it is darn close. While there are some family issues, they are different than the ones from the original. There are so many great jokes about Adam being a big boy even before he starts to grow. Some of the special effects show their age, but for the most part, they work quite well. John Shea's villain is absolutely wonderful.
That isn't to say this movie is a perfect sequel. I was sad to see Amy leave so quickly. There's only one slight reference to the Thompson family from the first one. And the scenes with Adam in the Szalinski house are a tad too long and drawn out.
As an aside, Keri Russell makes her film debut here playing babysitter Mandy, the teen of Nick's dreams.
As far as sequels go, this one is pretty good. It doesn't measure up to the original, but it has plenty of fun along the way.
At first, he thinks he new idea was a bust. But then Adam starts growing. While Wayne tries to figure out how to reverse things, Diane and Nick just try to keep Adam calm. But how to you keep a hyperactive two year old who is bigger than you from destroying the house? Can they keep his sudden growth a secret? And if he gets out of the house, how will they ever control him?
This movie came out while I still looked forward to all sequels to movies I had loved. Okay, so this one doesn't quite measure up to the first, but it is darn close. While there are some family issues, they are different than the ones from the original. There are so many great jokes about Adam being a big boy even before he starts to grow. Some of the special effects show their age, but for the most part, they work quite well. John Shea's villain is absolutely wonderful.
That isn't to say this movie is a perfect sequel. I was sad to see Amy leave so quickly. There's only one slight reference to the Thompson family from the first one. And the scenes with Adam in the Szalinski house are a tad too long and drawn out.
As an aside, Keri Russell makes her film debut here playing babysitter Mandy, the teen of Nick's dreams.
As far as sequels go, this one is pretty good. It doesn't measure up to the original, but it has plenty of fun along the way.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
When Honey, I Shrunk The Kids came around, it was a cinematic great, being one of the best-selling films in the late 80s, flash forwards to 1992 and it's sequel was this and holds true to the edict of films being that the sequel never betters the original.
Here we follow the Szalinski family after another accident with the ray, this time enlarging their new addition to the family, their toddler. What ensues is a chase after the child to Las Vegas after being found to be prone to electromagnetic disruption, causing any eletcrical to act arkwardly.
The film suffers from bad scripting and relying heavily on slapstick jokes to make up for what is a patchy plot upon what already was a thin storyline, borrowing a lot from its predecessor.
If you enjoyed the first, do not expect to be surprised by this.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Wonderful follow up to the first
19 Feb 2003
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Usualy sequals to movies like this can really lack and leave a lot desired but this follow up to the hit "Honey I shrunk the Kids" is actualy a lot of fun and a nice change on the size changing themes that were developed in the first.
This movie realized that we probably saw enough of the shrinking and being lost in the backyard idea and decided to do the opposite. A few new characters were introduced in this movie to make things work. The most important being Wanyes new son Adam who is a 2 year old toddler and will be the focus of this latest instalment with the wacky inventor and his family. Wayne now is part of a big company who wants to use his size alteration invention for their own uses. The only problem is he can't get the growth part to work correctly. On a surprise visit to the lab with his two sons to do some extra work, 2 year old Adam accidently gets caught under the rays of the growth ray only to wind up growing very slowly over a long period of time. Before they can blink he has grown to over 100 feet tall and terrorizing
downtown Las Vegas. To make matters worse an evil partner in the company is trying to take control of things and wants the kid destroyed.
Its a fun story that really has a lot of creative moments like His other son and the babysitter getting captured by the giant and stuck in his shirt pocked for most of the movie. They make it look really realistic with the giant baby towering over some famous Las Vegas casinos and the crowd reacting pretty realisticly. Kinda like one of those silly Godzilla movies but still with a Disney charm to it. It has a great story and a good climax and everything seems to end up happily ever after. Its defintely a movie that all ages would enjoy, some may not like it more then the first but this one relies more on fewer characters and a focus of one huge character compared to a lot of small characters. So its a fair tradeoff I feel and worked well.
Unfortunatly though the movie has a few problems. One was that they totaly write out the daughter sending her to college, the neighbors too are not mentioned and they don't really show a lot in the way of the kid growing . He sorta just is one size one moment and bigger another. They could have done a little more with such things but those are minor problems.
Bottom line. If you are looking for a fun, carefree and family safe movie. This is the one for you. If you liked the first or any of the "Honey I..." movies this is a must get for the colection. You won't be disapointed.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Honey, I blew up the kid is a good movie!
2 Nov 2001
I think that this movie is cool! It is also very funy!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
OK sequel, still fun, but not as great as the first movie
11 Aug 2002
Honey, I Blew Up The Kid (1992) was a sequel to the the 1989 hit "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids". As always with most sequels, they are never as great as the original film. However, there are still some funny moments in this one, and I think its still an OK film to watch for family viewing. Rick Moranis and Marcia Strassman return as Wayne and Diane Szalinski, reprising their characters from the first movie. Seeing their 2 and a half year old son get up to 112 feet (after being zapped by one of Wayne's inventions), the Szalinskis try to get things resolved fast, but of course, problems ensue during the course of the film. Veteran actor Lloyd Bridges also co-stars in this movie, along with a young Keri Russell, who would later be known as Felicity Porter on the TV series, Felicity (1998-2002).
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