Honey, I Shrunk the Kids belongs in the canon of classic live-action Disney movies. It's a fun and clever movie with memorable characters and strong performances. The story works for children and adults and the special effects are still pretty believable after 20 years. Wow! It really came out over 20 years ago? I suddenly feel old.

Timeless classic. Great adventure movie than never gets old. Yes the effects and props aren't what they used to be, but its still enjoyable today. There's some 80s adventure movies that seem really silly when you watch them today, movies like explorers are just ridiculous when you watch them now, but this has stood the test of time and my son will definitely be watching this with me when hes a bit older.

I just watched this movie with my 8 year old son on TV."Honey I Shrunk The Kids" is Good old fashioned 80's family fun. As (and I don't think this is too much of a spoiler) inventor Rick Mirranis inadvertently shrinks his kids. The likable cast is headed by Rick Morranis as the inventor Dad, Marcia Strassman as the Real Estate Mom and Amy O'Neill as the popular teenage daughter. Matt Frewer and Kristine Sutherland are the neighbours whose kids are shrunk along with Morranis's kids.The story is filled with the standard elements, the feuding neighbours, the next door neighbour boy who has a crush on the daughter, the intelligent son who is bullied by the neighbours kid, the workaholic parents who learn the error of their ways and of course the happy ending but the movie is anything but standard.Some of the special effects are a bit dated, but that does not stop your enjoyment of it!! My 8 year old said "that looked so fake" but he was still entertained for 90 mins. It's silly, but I enjoyed a lot of it.

How realistic is the bee sequence?So, I don't know about all you fine people, but I for one bought into the whole idea of the shrink ray. So we're going to put that to the side and call it…. Realistic.Now, on to the bee. At some point during the film, our crazy group of youngsters find themselves at odds with a bee. The bee is very big, and drags two of the party away for a trip around the yard. It is subsequently hit with a baseball bat, while the kids are on board, and crashes. But it doesn't just crash anywhere in the "three mile" yard, it crashes right next to where they left. Let me re-iterate. Two 1/4 inch kids, were hit with a baseball bat, survived. Then plummeted toward the earth, landing in dense jungle (equivalent), survived. Then, as though lighting struck the same place twice, they return to their friends completely unscathed.It seems to me they could have simply had Wayne run away, and had the bee return to the flower that it abandoned. That would have been waaaay more believable…. you know, given that this movie is already unbelievable. Why push it.Why are the parents so calm?Big Russ seems to be the only one who is emotionally invested in the outcome of his children. Yes, he's a douche, but all the other parents seem to have some kinda nonchalance. Wayne and Diane find time to repair their failing marriage. Diane only seems to be worried that her daughter "behaves" with the neighbour boy. Mae spends all her time trying to rein in her husband, and his exuberance. But that night, everyone sleeps…Sleep?Call me crazy, but this might be an extreme situation. How could anyone sleep one day after the fact? I know, Wayne stays up to complete the repairs, but he does fall asleep…. Idiot. And really? Who would take a club to years of hard work? He trashed that machine without much provocation. Even if it never worked, he could have sold it as a death ray…..Alternate plans.Build a signal fire. Stay with the garbage. Travel on pavement, or along the fence. The parents could have instructed them. (Guided them, given them options, done something other then look through a spyglass) Call the authorities, (I'm sure they could have gotten the attention of someone with real clout. It's a shrink ray for gods sake, anyone would pay to see that work) ConclusionIt was a spectacle piece, and the only reason I wanted it to make more sense, was because I liked it. It was fun.http://www.primarilycritical.com