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Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
The only sequel better than the original. Rick Moranis stars as an eccentric inventor. He accidentally zaps Adam, his two-year-old, with a machine designed to enlarge things. Adam grows to over 100 feet tall. We are reminded of The Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, although Adam is a little kid and means no harm. He is cute in his red overalls. He terrorizes Las Vegas. He reminded me of my own kid, especially when he went for the Hard Rock Cafe guitar. The terrible twos take on a new meaning. Keri Russell is the baby sitter whom Adam's brother ties up. She grew up and went on to star in the delightful Waitress.

Suddenly the world grows a whole lot smaller.....
I seem to like this sequel more than Honey, I Shrunk The Kids mainly because this is one of the movies that I grew up watching it. It's true that Honey, I Blew Up The Kid doesn't really hold up eighteen years later, but there are still some pretty good things about it. The story is just as weak as the one in the original, but at least the special effects are pretty fun to watch. There are some fun and silly scenes, as well as a pretty wacky music score by Bruce Broughton. The things I disliked the most about this movie were the lame one-liners said by Keri Russell, the cardboard cutout villain played by John Shea, and, as I mentioned before, the story which isn't really much to start with. In the end, I consider Honey, I Blew Up The Kid a bit of a guilty pleasure. The film beings a lot of nostalgia: I liked it back when I was a kid, and I still like it now (at least SOME of it).

Grade: 6/10

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid(1992)
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid(1992) is the sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids(1989). This sequel does something different by turning Wayne Szalinski's toddler son into a giant. Even Michael J. Nelson from Mystery Science Theater 3000 pointed out that the film is an homage to Bert I. Gordon's The Amazing Colossal Man(1957). There are a few deja vu moments in the film. Wayne Szalinski yells, "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids!" after accidentally shrinking Nick(Robert Oliveri) and the babysitter with the Shrinking Ray. The mailman delivers mail to a box with "Szalinski" written on it. Bruce Broughton(Silverado, Lost in Space) composed the energetic music score for the film. The filmmakers went on location to Nevada to make the film. Randal Kleiser(Grease) directs the film. For a Hollywood movie made in the 1990's, it uses models, giant props, blue screen photography and little or no CGI. The stunt driving is quite good. Amy O'Neill from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids makes a brief cameo during the first...

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