Don't Believe the Hype

Absolutely Fantastic

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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. I however still found it enjoyable. 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.

Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis) is at it again in Nevada. His house is full of his inventions. His wife Diane (Marcia Strassman) takes their daughter Amy away to college. His son Nick pines for the lovely Mandy Park (Keri Russell). Wayne has licensed his invention to Sterling Labs but they have trouble enlarging. While Wayne and Nick work on the machine, little Adam gets zapped without their knowledge. Soon Adam is growing larger and larger as he wrecks havoc upon Las Vegas.There is something fun and magical about kids shrunk down living in the small world. A giant baby isn't the same thing. It plays differently like a B-horror hybrid. I'm not sure why the sister comes and then leaves the movie. Maybe she had something better to do. Also I don't like putting a corporation and military into the mix. It has some fun moments but it gets more and more tiresome.

Things haven't changed much for Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis). Years after the events of "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids," he's still tinkering with new inventions, the latest of which, enlarges -- rather than shrinks -- it's targets. After losing control of his own project, he inadvertently enlarges his toddler son, resulting in plenty of bad green-screen effects and illogical plot-holes. The youngest Szalinski grows to be over 150 feet tall and makes his way to Las Vegas, only to match wits with Lloyd Bridges, Bill Moseley and Keri Russell, to name a few.What can be expected of a sequel to "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids?" The answer: Not much. Admittedly, this movie was enjoyable when I dragged my family to see it in theaters as a wee-lad, but now, upon a much-delayed second viewing on outdated VHS, I can safely say that this film just doesn't live up to the clever and just plain fun spirit of it's predecessor. Truth be told, it's -- as the summary suggests -- a glorified b-movie. Entertaining only to see Rick Moranis do his thing and to say "Hey, look! It's Bill "Chop-Top" Moseley!" Even without taking it too seriously, it's not even fun to mock. Like most Disney sequels, it's hollow, soul-less and is just barely entertaining. As much fun as it is to re-visit long lost movies of our childhood, this one fails to hold up. At the very least, it's better than the third film that followed in it's wake, but certainly a glimpse into some of the mindless entertainment that the 90's provided for it's children. Unfortunately, a lot of the worst movies from that era chose babies as their subject matter.

Rick Moranis reprises his role as Wayne Szalinski. 2 years after their son and daughter have been shrunk, Moranis decides to bring his son, Nick and their new born baby, Adam into a laboratory that's keeping Moranis' shrinking machine up for testing, but, heads roll when the machine's laser strikes baby Adam causing him to grow at an enormous size. Now, Moranis must restore his baby back to normal size, but, now he realizes that his baby keeps on growing by the electro magnetic force field being carried on by the lights from the local casinos and clubs in Las Vegas. Moranis now needs to get his son to keep still and stop moving, or his rival, Dr. Henderson, will make his son shed his last tear to make his fortune, but, when it comes to sticky situations like this, there's only one person a baby can trust to help him get out of it, his mother.6/10