Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Directed by Randal Kleiser
- adventure
- comedy
- family
- science fiction
The story
Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make things grow. As in the first one, his machine isn't quite accurate. But when he brings Nick & his toddler son Adam to see his invention, the machine unexpectedly starts working. And when Adam comes right up to the machine, he gets zapped along with his stuffed bunny.
What it’s like
Bright suburban daylight and saturated 1990s studio colour, the kind of clean, slightly overlit look of family adventure films from the era, with a backyard lab full of humming gadgets and oversized props. The camera stays mostly at ordinary eye level, moving in brisk, cheerful cuts during the chase set-pieces and settling into warm two-shots for the domestic bickering. Sound leans on a bouncy orchestral score, slapstick sound effects and squeaky-cartoon scale gags, with the odd quiet moment when a parent suddenly realises how huge the world has become. Vibe: bright, goofy and gently anxious, a Saturday-afternoon kids' comedy to watch on a lazy weekend or with a family on a rainy afternoon. Tone is light and playful, with a steady, forgiving pace; the emotional thread follows a harried father and his small son learning to trust each other as the scale of everything keeps shifting. Violence is mild and cartoonish: falls, bumps, a few peril scenes with giant animals and insects, no gore, no sexual content, nothing frightening beyond brief tension. Made for families and anyone wanting undemanding, big-hearted silliness with a bit of wonder.
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