Honey I Blew Up the Kid
Tags: cult

Plot synopsis:
Five years after inventor Wayne Szalinski shrunk his children, his family have moved to Nevada, and welcomed a new son, mischievous two-year old Adam. Wayne’s wife Diane leaves on a Friday with their daughter Amy for college, leaving Wayne to look after Adam and their teenage son Nick, who struggles with puberty. He develops a crush on Mandy Park, who Wayne later arranges to babysit Adam. One Saturday, Wayne takes his sons to Sterling Labs, where he has constructed a device which could make objects grow. He tests it out on Adam’s toy Big Bunny. However, when Wayne and Nick’s backs are turned, Adam retrieves his toy and is zapped by the machine, which appears to short circuit and not enlarge the targeted object.
Back home, Adam and Big Bunny are exposed to electrical waves from the microwave oven and grow in size, now seven feet tall. Wayne and Nick try to take Adam back to the lab to reverse the process, but are caught by Wayne’s superior Doctor Charles Hendrickson, who dislikes Wayne, later discovering his folly. Diane returns home and discovers the truth. Wayne and Diane drive to a warehouse and retrieve Wayne’s shrink ray to turn Adam back to normal. Mandy arrives to babysit Adam, Nick calming her down when she sees the gigantic toddler. Adam is exposed to a television’s electrical waves and grows to fourteen feet, before escaping through a wall.
Nick and Mandy search for him, but they and Adam are taken into custody, Adam placed into a truck. Wayne and Diane return home, finding the smug Hendrickson waiting for them. He has summoned Clifford Sterling, the company chairman, with the plan to fire Wayne and experiment on Adam. Sterling arrives, praising Wayne when he admits his mistake and agrees to help Adam, firing the rude Hendrickson as well. Adam grows even larger, escaping confinement, and heads for Las Vegas, pursued by his family and the authorities. Adam mistakes Nick and Mandy as toys and picks puts them in his overalls pocket.
Hendrickson gets permission to board a military helicopter and tranquilise Adam. Wayne needs Adam to stand still for twelve seconds so he can be shrunk. At first, he tries using Big Bunny to pacify Adam but it backfires when Wayne suggests his son takes a nap (which he hates). After wandering through Las Vegas, Adam saves the escaped Nick and Mandy in a sports car from falling off the Kicking Lady of Glitter Gultch and puts the car inside his pocket again, before pursuing an ice cream truck driven by Marshall Brooks to distract him away from the city. However, he continues to grow even larger and heads towards the Hard Rock Café, where he plays the lit up guitar. Hendrickson arrives and shoots Adam, causing him to drop the guitar and get an electric shock. Diane convinces Wayne to enlarge her so she can hug Adam, preventing Hendrickson from harming her son and getting Adam to stand still for the needed time period for the shrinking ray to work. Wayne then fires the shrink ray, returning Adam and Diane to normal size. Hendrickson arrives, attempting to justify his actions, but Diane knocks him out.
In the closing scene, Nick and Mandy are revealed to have been shrunk inside the car from inside Adam's pocket to the size of insects, only to be found by Wayne quickly. The only problem left is to shrink Big Bunny to normal size.

Review: Here's another example of the sequel being slightly better than the original, at least in my humble opinion.
However, the original ("Honey, I Shrunk The Kids") was nothing super, not something you'd call a "classic." It was "pretty good." This one is "good." It had more laughs and less irritating kids.
The little kid in here, who is turned into a giant, is cute and affable and his giggle is fun to hear.The first 40 minutes of this film are the best.
In this case, it was nice mother (Marcia Strassman.) Give me a break!The special-effects were okay but not totally convincing.
In fairness, it's not easy trying to produce the effects of a 100-foot child walking down the streets of Las Vegas, but they've still come along way from the days of "The Attack Of The 50- Foot Woman" in 1958.
However, there is still room for FX improvement.Overall, some good laughs in the film and - with one exception - likable characters..
In this inferior sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Dad blows up his little son to the size of a redwood.
As with the first film, Moranis brings a lot of energy to his role and Strassman still looks cute but the other kids and the nosy neighbors are missed.
The plot line about Moranis' wacky boss just gets out of hand and by the time the action moves to Vegas, the whole plot becomes tiresome.
It may have helped if they had a cuter kid play Adam or if they had him do some funnier things..
I don't mind sequels, some are great like Home Alone 2 and Empire Strikes Back, some are nothing special but can be an improvement over their originals like Garfield 2 and others that belong in the garbage like Home Alone 4 and NeverEnding Story 3.
This sequel really isn't that bad, at this point I don't think it belongs in either of these categories but in a category titled "a sequel that isn't as good as the original, but a sequel worth watching".
It is very daft, even more dafter than Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, with a very silly final 20 minutes and the pacing at this point in the film isn't as strong as it was in the first 40 minutes, which was fun, fun, fun personified.
It is nicely filmed, with a good soundtrack and some fun gags and physical comedy.
Rick Moranis reprises his role as Wayne and is immensely likable as always, and Marcia Strassman is great as Diane.
Daniel and Joshua Shalikar are very cute as Adam, who has a nice, funny little laugh that doesn't grate, thank goodness.
Overall, for a sequel, this is really not bad.
7/10 Bethany Cox. Wayne Szalinski does it again, except now he has a machine that makes things grow..
Those who say that he runs around in a stupid King Kong or Godzilla like fashion are wrong.
Moranis is excellent as his usual "eccentric" role in all three of these movies.
Too bad the Szalinski's moved, because I liked the Thompsons from the original.
But it seems like Amy has forgotten all about Little Russ Thompson by now, because she just goes off to college with no regrets or worries.
Bridges was good as Wayne's boss-totally different than his much earlier role as Harvey, the deputy, in the priceless classic, High Noon..
That affable, amiable, absent minded professor family man Wayne (Rick Moranis) is back, but now his experiments in size are funded by a big time company and he's a hot property.
Unfortunately, his new toddler son, Adam, is the one who gets zapped this time, but instead of shrinking, he's turned into a toddler of Godzilla proportions.
If you thought Wayne's wife was unhappy with Wayne shrinking their older son Nick and daughter Amy (who only cameos here) in the first film, just wait till you see her lose it here when she finds out her little boy Adam here!
Now it's a race against time for Wayne to shrink Adam back down to size before he's destroyed by an uncaring society, with help from his now teenage son Nick and his girlfriend, Kerri Russell before she hit it big with "Felicity".May strain the cuteness for some, will warm the hearts of others.
HONEY, I BLEW UP THE KID, in my opinion, is an absolutely wild and zany time which you will surely enjoy.
If you ask me, it was funny when Mandy (Keri Russell) said, "There's no way I'm changing those diapers." Also, if you ask me, Wayne (Rick Moranis) was even absent-minded than in the predecessor.
Don't get me wrong, but I thought that it was funny when he told Diane (Marcia Strassman) that he blew up Adam (Daniel and Joshua Shalikar).
Now, in conclusion, if you like Rick Moranis or hilarious sci-fi adventures, I highly recommend this absolutely wild and wacky adventure that you will surely enjoy.
I really like the original "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" movie because it was clever, fun and I grew up on it.
(Nostalgia always triumphs over film weaknesses.) However the sequel, "Honey I Blew Up the Kid," is absolutely terrible.
Although it's not quite as bad as "We Shrunk Ourselves," it's still disastrous and a really poor cash-in on the original (which was an unexpected hit when it came out).This one involves Wayne (Rick Moranis) the wacky inventor creating the opposite of his last machine - a ray gun that can blow up people (not literally, of course) and make them really huge.
(This would certainly replace certain genitalia enlargement pills that exist on the market right now.) But oops, Wayne's toddler gets zapped by the sucker and turns into Godzilla.The movie tries to rip off Godzilla and all those other cheesy movies by having Big Baby attack the Big City like a giant.
Thankfully, he doesn't poop, because that would surely leave a stain on the city.This movie is just lame.
It isn't funny, it isn't clever, it's hard to watch at times.
It's a disappointing sequel to a fun movie that never needed one..
"Honey, I blew up the kid" is wildly fun.
I actually prefer somewhat than Honey, I shrunk the kids.
Wayne's character was very well developed as a clumsy genius who feels his wife doesn't think he knows what he's doing.
I also like how the movie doesn't copy from the original at all..
The first film was pretty decent, but not great and this one is a very large step down.
Few sequels have even come close to the original film and this isn't one of them.
I liked the first film (but didn't love it).
Seeing the baby turn into a 7 foot person and still getting taller was much better than seeing the characters shrunk in the first movie.
I realized in a comical way that it is very hard to keep a giant baby from the neighbors, the press, the police, the government, the city, and his own mom!
No wonder people wanted another movie from this series.I had to go to the bathroom several times since, I was laughing so hard at what the baby did throughout the movie.
Even the animated introdution at the begining was great.Rent or buy this movie anyway you can it is so funny!
Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, and Robert Oliveri try valiantly, but cannot save this movie.
It's really simple, stupid and (of course) illogical, but denying that there's no absurd comedic moments (the baby is kind of funny!) and no funny scenarios (the teenagers being stuck in the "toy car") seems bizarre to me.I loved this film as a kid.
There were specials on the Disney Channel when it finally (after what seemed like forever) premiered on there, and it was a rather neat experience for an eight year old.In fact, I've watched this movie so many times as a kid that I've seen it a hell of a lot more than the unquestionably superior first movie.
It was just one of those things.Watching it now, I'll admit that the special effects can be rather cumbersome and the lines are almost always pure cheeseball (Rick Moranis' especially).
Also, Keri Russell's work here is absolutely terrible; after watching a lot of "Felicity," I for some reason expected her to be at least near that quality.
Not to mention the stupid "villian" who hits the baby with some projectile; very, very mock able.But it's a nice little dumb movie!
This sequel was just not funny.
Not Bad. The best part of this somewhat hacky comedy sequel is the genre change.
This one is a fairly straight-ahead comedy-cover of an old giant monster flick with a baby playing Godzilla.
But the effects are still super impressive, the humor is good-natured, and Moranis can make almost anything worth watching..
Honey I Blew Up The Kid is a decent family movie with an average story line.The movie will definitely entertain a younger audience,but adults watching this movie with their kids will probably be bored,although I will say it isn't a horrible family film,its not the best,but its not the worst.The original,Honey I Shrunk The Kids,is definitely a much better movie for the whole family to watch.Honey I Blew Up The Kid will appeal to very young children,but the older audience will be bored,and fans of Honey I Shrunk The Kids will be disappointed by this sequel.Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis) gets himself into another very difficult situation when a new experiment causes his youngest child keep growing more and more stories tall..
Honey, they blew the sequel.
I'm surprised Wayne Szalinski did such a poor performance after he was great in the first movie.Only up side is mild entertainment.4/10.
Honey adventures continues with this sequel.
This is a really good sequel to "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids".
What I enjoyed the most about "Honey, I Blew Up the Kids" was just how different the plot was compared to the original movie, and that was a good thing.
In fact, this movie doesn't look like it has ties to the original at all, so in ineffectively, you could watch either in any order, really, and it still won't make much of a difference.
What I like about this sequel was just how funny it is compared to the first one.
I liked how the baby just kept growing bigger and bigger in a short amount of time.
Probably, the most difficult thing about this movie was picking the correct title for it, and it's a really good title too because I don't know what else you could've came up with other than "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid"..
This movie is so overrated I can't believe the critics would say its the worst script in the series this movie is great the kid is cute and funny the acting is really good.
I personally loved "Honey I Shrunk The Kids" and am a fan of Rick Moranis's work.
As most sequels are, "Honey I Blew Up The Kid" is not nearly as good.
Yes, the effects are pretty awful, but don't forget that this movie is 25 years old and it's demographic was aimed towards children and families.
I did enjoy getting to see Nick, who was only 11 in the first movie, as a young teen, dealing with fitting in and relationships (much like Amy's struggle in the first).
One thing that I wish this sequel would have given is a little bit of discussion on the aftermath of the kids who were shrunk in the first movie.
I would recommend watching this sequel if you were a fan of the first, but also to go into it knowing it's not as good..
This movie is the sequel to the movie "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids", a highly successful comedy film.
Here, the story continues, with the machine still working the wrong way.
This time, the younger son of Professor Szalinski (Rick Moranis) was unwittingly widened to the height of a giant.
The film continues to make you laugh like the first and have moments of great tenderness.
The other children scientist also enter the film, which retained the original cast, but it is the mother, Diane (Marcia Strassman) who has particular relevance in this sequel.
Despite being a sequel, the film maintained a good quality and went well.
It's interesting, fun, good to see in family, especially if you have children..
They knew that when "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" was a real financial success, they could do the opposite thing and it would also bring in more bucks.
Everything is predicated on a baby, getting to be 100 feet high, reacting to things like a baby would to colors and light and interesting objects.
The problem is that the joke gets stale about half way through the movie.
When the little big guy becomes a threat, it gets sort of serious.
I don't get whats wrong with people, this sequel was a damn good follow up to the original(HISTK is my favorite childhood movie).
We had all the characters back from the original, including Amy, in her very brief scene, the only people missing were the next door neighbors.
There is one section in the movie where i was really enjoying it, that was when Adam was only tall enough to fit in the house and he was running a muck,i really enjoyed that.
I really think they should have had Amy in it all the way to the end, if not, more little cameos of her, i thought it would have been cool if she was at collage and her and her friends were watching TV and then a news report pops up, like an update about the baby's massive proportions, and then she realizes its her brother.
All in all, this was a great movie, lighten up people, the sequel you all should be bagging is "we shrunk ourselves"..
Disney's second "Honey, I ___" movie, "Honey, I Blew Up The Kid," was made in 1992 and our geeky father who worked on the shrinking ray is back!!!!!
This time, he was working on some sort of growth ray which used the same machine, but the bottom of a Coke bottle was used instead.
Now that's awesome!!!!!These "Honey, I" movies are always good!
Rick Moranis does it again.Wayne Szalinski(Rock Moranis) is a genius.
Only thing is, He isn't a genius around children and it really shows when he blows his son Adam(Daniel Shalikar and Joshua Shalikar) up.
Now he, his eldest son Nick(Robert Oliveri) and a friend have to find him,catch him and shrink him before Dr.Charles Hendrickson(John Shea) finds him and makes him into a side show freak.I'd say a good classic that needs a loving place on your shelf.
Any film with Rick is a good one.
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid. After the first (successful) movie surrounding shrinkage, and being heavily influenced by some classic sci-fi flicks of the 50's, it was inevitable that we'd see this.
Again heavily influenced by some classic black and white sci-fi movies of the 50's, we now find the Szalinskis' with a bigger problem.
Oh OK, set five years after the tiny events of the first movie, the Szalinskis' now live in Nevada.
They have a new two year old son called Adam, Nick is now a teenager and Amy has gone to college.
Funnily enough Wayne (Rick Moranis) is now working on a ray gun that will increase the size of objects.
On a routine trip to his work space at Sterling Labs, little Adam is accidentally zapped with the ray but nothing seems to happen.
Slowly Adam begins to gradually grow bigger and bigger; Wayne and Nick must now try to reverse the process before Adam becomes a danger to himself and others.So again the main draw here are the effects, the big breezy colourful effects.
In some scenes we see live action shots Moranis with a live action giant toddler, but if you look closely this does appear to be a very good bodysuit on an obviously tall person.
The bulk of the effects are unfortunately reliant on these techniques and alas it all stands out like a sore thumb.
Overall the effect is just way too obvious and really takes you out of the movie.
Heck even some of the large sets are bad looking, when Nick and his young female counterpart are riding in Adams oversized pocket, it just looks poor.
Don't get me wrong I give them an A for effort but clearly the effects team needed more money or skills, many movies came out before this and looked way better.Other than the effects there isn't a great deal on offer here frankly.
The plot sees a clichéd company villain (John Shea) going after the oversized Adam for his own nefarious dastardly deeds (still not entirely sure why he gets fired by Sterling, for being mean?).
This inevitably brings about the inevitable 'King Kong' homages as they use helicopters to try and tranquilise Adam.
Nothing new really, they reverse or mirror some scenes and dialog from the first movie.The movie ends in Vegas which generally looks horrendous from start to finish effects wise.
The movie also becomes very stupid as they apparently evacuate the Las Vegas strip in around five minutes.
I guess its all understandable seeing as its essentially a kids movie but its still very lame, lazy and dull.Doesn't help that the kid they use for the role of Adam is just kinda annoying, but that's just me.
Add to that the fact its a giant toddler which isn't particularly interesting or threatening, and of course the fact the first movie used a less common theme which was executed way better.
Overall its all adds up to a relatively fun movie with the odd decent moment.
Its just fails to capture the magic of the first movie; in this case miniature things are more fun I think.5/10