Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Movie, 1989, The 80s
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is #5 of 27 in release order and #6 of 27 in chronological order in the VHS Kids Classics.
The story
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.
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids recap
Wayne Szalinski is an inventor working on a shrink ray that keeps blowing up whatever he tests it on. While he is out, a baseball from next door breaks the attic window and knocks the machine into working, and it shrinks his children Amy and Nick and the neighbours' sons Russ Jr. and Ron to the size of ants. Wayne comes home, does not notice them, and sweeps them up with the trash, putting them out at the back of the garden. The four kids have to cross the lawn, which is now a jungle, to get home. They ride a bee, are befriended by an ant who saves them from a scorpion and dies, sleep in a Lego block and survive the sprinklers. Amy and Russ start to fall for each other. Wayne and his wife Diane realise what has happened and search the lawn on hands and knees.
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids ending explained
The kids make it back to the house, where Nick ends up in a spoonful of his father's cereal and is saved by the family dog just in time. Wayne fixes the machine and brings all four children back to full size. The two families make peace, and the film ends with them sitting down to a giant turkey Wayne has enlarged for dinner.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is streaming on Disney+ in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 76%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Flight of the Navigator, before Home Alone.
- Chronological order: after Flight of the Navigator, before Home Alone.
Cast
- Rick Moranis as Wayne Szalinski
- Matt Frewer as Big Russ Thompson
- Marcia Strassman as Diane Szalinski
- Kristine Sutherland as Mae Thompson
- Thomas Wilson Brown as Little Russ Thompson
- Jared Rushton as Ronald Thompson
- Amy O'Neill as Amy Szalinski
- Robert Oliveri as Nick Szalinski
- Carl Steven as Tommy Pervis
- Mark L. Taylor as Don Forrester
- Kimmy Robertson as Gloria Forrester
- Lou Cutell as Dr. Brainard
Directed by Joe Johnston.