Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids will always hold a special place in my heart. Growing up in Canada and being obsessed with Ghostbusters meant that I was predisposed to love any movie featuring Rick Moranis. Couple that with the fact that the movie was accompanied by an original Roger Rabbit cartoon, it was like Disney was marketing the movie directly to me. And, as if that weren't enough, not long after the movie came out, my family and I went to Disney World. There, in what was then known as MGM Studios, my Sister and I were picked out of the crowd and given the opportunity to ride the giant bee prop used in the film. They filmed us riding the bee to demonstrate how the actors were incorporated into the flying sequence. We were supposed to act scared but the two of us were smiling ear to ear in the footage. It remains one of my most cherished memories of that trip. Watching the movie again as an adult brought back a lot of those warm nostalgic feelings, but I would hesitate to say that the movie is a classic. The effects hold up pretty well and the performances are all good, but the characters are very boilerplate. I was amused to discover that, much like Monster Squad, the movie contains a troubled marriage subplot that did not, in any way, register with me when I watched it as a child.

Rating: 65%

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