Too much of everything

It is a performances centric movie

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

An 80's classic. Dennis Quaid plays Lt. Tuck Pendleton, a cocky pilot taking part in a revolutionary experiment. Think NASA and space exploration but on a much smaller scope... think smaller, and then smaller still. Tuck Pendleton is taking place in a miniaturization experiment where his ship is going to be shrunk with him in it, and then he's going to be injected into an animal to explore. Like all good 80's capers things go wrong. The lab conducting the experiment is targeted by a squad of goons working for a rival, instead of an animal (a rabbit FTR); Pendleton is accidentally injected into hapless store clerk Jack Putter, played by Martin Short. And so, the adventure begins. Putter has to race against time with Pendleton inside him to resolve the accident, failure to do so will result in Pendleton growing to normal size while inside Putter - which will be a bloody mess. Although I'm not a fan of Martin Short, the casting is good in this film. There is a great balance between Quaid's very confident persona, and Short's shy, paranoid and hypochondriac portrayal. The special effects in this film, in particularly the shots which were supposed to be inside of a human body look a little dated now as my trained eye can see the mesh from green screen to genuine footage - but when I watched this as a child I was awestruck at how authentic it looked. This was a great family movie in 1987 and due to a decent story this film is still a great family movie, falling into the sci-fi/adventure genre. Think "Fantastic Voyage" with an 80's soundtrack and a bigger budget. 7 out of 10

All of the microscopic special-effects in 'Innerspace (1987)'are superbly tangible, brought to life with incredibly tactile practical methods that really lend a believability to the inherently absurd concept that insists their inclusion, and even the more outlandish set-pieces later on are delivered with such a cleverly inventive and endearingly vigorous hands-on approach that it's hard not to smile, even though the impressively high-flying stunt-work seems a little out of place and the forced-perspective elements in the final act make for some obviously phoney, if funny, effects. The plot becomes increasingly silly as the feature goes on and a few holes start to appear in the narrative once it stretches closer towards its two-hour goal, but it's clear that the flick wants to take inspiration from the pulpy science-fiction of the fifties and it's charming enough that the most ridiculous moments can be allowed to pass with less than a sigh, especially since it's entertaining throughout and pretty funny, too. 6/10

The 80s were wonderful to give us original screenplays in comparison to today sequels, prequels, reboot, revival, … The idea was simple : imagine a exciting situation and explain it with loose science : so we had time travel in a Delorean, ghost-busting, a world war using computers, a robot as cop, building a personal spacecraft, … Here the idea is an old one (to shrink human into a body) but the way it has been done makes the difference : the script and characters are really funny : indeed, it looks like a Warner cartoon, with a punch, electric eccentricity that nobody can't match better than Joe Dante : the casting is really appropriate to fit the situations and if sometimes, the tension goes down, take a look all around the frame, there is always something to make you laugh (example : i think this movie has the most implicit sex scene in all Spielberg production !)

Joe Dante reworks Fantastic Voyage into a buddy comedy for Dennis Quaid and Martin Short. Quaid plays a cocky fighter pilot who is chosen to take part in an experiment where he will have to test a miniaturized craft. While inside the machine Quaid is shrunk down to microscopic size. But some bad guys try to hijack the experiment and Quaid winds up injected into the body of a hypochondriac grocery store clerk played by Martin Short. From there, hijinks ensue.Quaid is annoying, as he almost always was and is. His Joker smile and constant mugging grates on the nerves in the early scenes. He's better when things settle down some. Martin Short is the best part of the cast. Very funny and likable. Always love seeing a pretty young Meg Ryan. Although it reminds me of what she's done to herself since, which is tragic. Kind of the same feeling I get when watching young Melanie Griffith. This is a fun movie. Joe Dante gets to play with special effects and comedy, which is right in his wheelhouse. It's not as interesting or innovative as Fantastic Voyage but it's a very enjoyable movie in its own right.