bwayjaime I personally loved "Honey I Shrunk The Kids" and am a fan of Rick Moranis's work. As most sequels are, "Honey I Blew Up The Kid" is not nearly as good. I however still found it enjoyable. Yes, the effects are pretty awful, but don't forget that this movie is 25 years old and it's demographic was aimed towards children and families. I did enjoy getting to see Nick, who was only 11 in the first movie, as a young teen, dealing with fitting in and relationships (much like Amy's struggle in the first). One thing that I wish this sequel would have given is a little bit of discussion on the aftermath of the kids who were shrunk in the first movie. I would recommend watching this sequel if you were a fan of the first, but also to go into it knowing it's not as good.

John Panagopoulos Many of you must remember the "Wonderful World of Disney" TV program in the '60's and '70s. In particular, you might remember some of the quasi-science fiction flicks starring a young Kurt Russell as high-school student Dexter. In "high concept" movies like "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes", "The Strongest Man in the World", and "Now You See Him, Now You Don't", Dexter would be subjected to wild, crazy plots where he would, respectively, gain super-intelligence, super-strength, and invisibility powers. The movies were not too sophisticated, logical, scientifically sound, or intellectual, but they were fast paced and fun. Disney's "Honey, I..." canon, especially "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid" (hereafter HIBUTK), would have been comfortably at home at "Wonderful World of Disney".Basic and straightforward as the plot is, I won't bother going into TOO much detail about it - maybe. Wayne Szalinki's (Rick Moranis's) two-year old toddler son Adam(and his stuffed bunny) somehow accidentally gets into the path of the harried inventor's matter-sizing ray. But instead of shrinking to the size of an ant, the lively charmer gradually grows larger, especially when stimulated by electromagnetic currents. Despite Wayne's and his wife Diane's (Marcia Straussman's) efforts to conceal the mishap, Adam, the Amazing Colossal Baby, soon swells to skyscraper size and, naturally attracted to the pretty neon lights, lumbers towards Las Vegas. Wayne races against time and a smarmy corporate and professional rival (John Shea) to restore his son to normal without hurting him and save Las Vegas from his innocent destruction. Oh, before I forget, Wayne must also save his older son Nick and his would-be girlfriend,whom Adam has grabbed and put into his overall pocket.It's easy to find fault with HIBUTK. Overwrought characterizations, a non-dimensional villain, the impossibility of gigantism (Adam would have collapsed under his massive weight), occasionally dodgy special effects, yes they're all there. But c'mon people, HIBUTK is a fairly absorbing and suspenseful melding of the time-tested "Giant Monster on the Loose" and "Raising a Cute Kid" plots. It's also a fairly realistic portrayal of how a newly-enlarged child would react to his surroundings (everything is a toy) and the special, painstaking care the police and military have to employ to contain Adam safely. I also think director Randall Kleiser should receive credit for being able to work with the Shalikar twins (who alternately play Adam) and coax an engaging performance from them, and also not forgetting the tentative relationship growing between Nick and his girlfriend in spite of their predicament. Against the odds, HIBUTK works, and is even affecting. If you don't tear up a little when a misplaced fighter tranquilizer shot makes Adam cry and drop the enormous "Hard Rock Cafe" guitar sculpture he's strumming, well then, you're truly emotionless.But never fear, all Adam needs is a strong female figure to settle him down. Wayne's matter-sizer converts Diane into a 300-foot "mama grizzly" who gets Adam to sit still, and Wayne returns both to normal. Of course, we have a happy ending, and Adam has a 50-foot bunny to play with.Sometimes you have to bow to and enjoy the absurd. That's what I did with HIBUTK.

kirk-246 'Honey, I Blew Up the Kid' is basically the same as the first movie, 'Honey, I shrunk the Kids'. There's only one major difference: the character doesn't get shrunk.Instead he gets blown up.I'm not talking about being blown up in an explosion.Do you actually think that would be allowed in a PG movie? No.He grows and grows until he's as tall as a skyscraper, but that happens at the end.There's also another difference between the 2 movies: the character who ends up shrunk or blown up is only a two year old.It may sound sort of predictable, but this movie will actually make a good movie that the whole family can enjoy.Just like the first, there's plenty of action and humor.Don't forget Rick Moranis.Honey, I just found a really good movie that we all can enjoy.

departed07 I'll admit that I loved the first movie, "Honey, I shrunk the kids" with Rick Moranis (Ghostbusters) playing the usual dorky self where not only did his machine shrunk his kids along with two neighbor kids, it was quite an adventure without being too cute. In this sequel, it's not about tiny but about large in which this time around Wayne Szalinski (Moranis) has invented a machine to make things bigger than their normal size. His target this time is his newborn toddler Adam where he accidentally gets in the way of an experiment to make himself ten times bigger than Godzilla where he even rocks through Las Vegas and takes a guitar.I didn't like this film one bit where I thought it was too cute to bring in the baby as I wished that maybe somebody would've taken an animal and let them take a bite out of the writers.