Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (1997) (V)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Dean Cundey

Writers (WGA):

Karey Kirkpatrick (written by) and
Nell Scovell (written by) ...

Release Date:

18 March 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A tiny glitch causes Wayne, his brother, and their wives to shrink big time! Soon they must brave household insects the size of dinosaurs...

Plot Keywords:

Inventor | Spider | Cult Favorite | Sequel | Sudden Change In Size

Cast

Rick Moranis	...	Wayne Szalinski
Eve Gordon	...	Diane Szalinski
Bug Hall	...	Adam Szalinski
Robin Bartlett	...	Patti Szalinski
Stuart Pankin	...	Gordon Szalinski
Allison Mack	...	Jenny Szalinski
Jake Richardson	...	Mitch Szalinski
JoJo Adams	...	Ricky King, Party Bully
Bryson Aust	...	Vince - Party Bully
Theodore Borders	...	Trey, Party Bully
Carlease Burke	...	Marcia
Laura Dunn	...	Trina, Wayne's Secretary
Robert Harvey	...	Postman
Mila Kunis	...	Jill, Party Guest
Erica Luttrell	...	Jody, Party Guest

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language.

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Finland:S (video premiere) | Portugal:M/6 (video premiere) | UK:PG (video premiere) | USA:PG

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

The first "Honey" movie to get a direct-to-video release.

Goofs:

Continuity: Ricky King's friend turns on the stereo twice.

Quotes:

Adam Szalinski: Did Nick ever complain about Camp Isosoles?
Diane Szalinski: He sure did. He *hated* it. He didn't like the fact that it lasted only six weeks instead of eight.
Adam Szalinski: [under his breath] Brain-box.

Movie Connections:

Follows Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

Not the worse sequel I've ever seen

I bought this film because a) Allison Mack is in it and b) I own the other two "Honey" films, so I decided to complete the collection.

This movie is a pretty good family film that actually does logically take off from the series. We saw Amy leave in the second film, in this, the third film, we just assume Nick is gone. He was already a teenager when Adam was 2 (in the second film) and Young Adam (played by Bug Hall in this film) is at least seven or eight years older than he was back then which makes both Nick and Amy old enough to have moved out. If the film had taken place in the space of months or years instead of a few days, I might have expected more Nick and/or Amy ref. , but as the film stood it wasn't neccessary to do more than acknowledge they exsist (which they did). As for the new family, again because of the time-frame of these films, it's easy to assume we just never met these people before. Cousin Jenny (Allison Mack)is annoying at points, but that a fault of her characters age group. She's filling the role of teenage girl in the film, a role first fullfilled by Amy in "honey I shrunk the kids" and filled by Nick's love intrest Mandy (Keri Russell) in "Honey I blew up the kid". There is a problem with "Honey we shrunk ourselves" recycling plots from the previous films (riding in toy cars, taming large bugs) and they also pulled the overused "teen invites a few friends over and it turns into an out of control party" trick, but overall it's fun to watch. Instead of the parents panicking because something has happened to the kids, the kids rejoice in having the house to themselves not knowing there parents have been watching the whole time. And while the parents don't hessitate to want there kids "back to normal" that isn't as true when the situation is reversed. It's not a Great film, but as far as sequels go, this pretty much remains believable and loyal to the previous story (unlike movies like 'The Lion King II' and 'the Neverending Story III') and it is still as fun to watch as the other two films. I have two types of 'family' movies in the house, the ones I have to put in and I leave the kids alone to watch (because they are annoying) and the ones I can watch with them. This one I can easily sit and enjoy with them.