

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
The most astonishing, innovative, backyard adventure of all time!
The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $18M
- Box office
- $222.7M
- Language
- English
- inventor
- parent child relationship
- ant
- shrinking
- giant insect
- neighbor
- miniaturization
- next door neighbor
- odd neighbor
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG23 Jun 1989
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU9 Feb 1990
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG30 Nov 1989
CanadaCA
- TheatricalG23 Jun 1989
BrazilBR
- PremiereL22 Jun 1989
DenmarkDK
- TheatricalA15 Dec 1989
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP7 Feb 1990
GermanyDE
- Theatrical614 Dec 1989
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1231 May 1990
IrelandIE
- TheatricalG9 Feb 1990
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT7 Feb 1990
JapanJP
- TheatricalPG1217 Mar 1990
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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids was released on 23 June 1989.
Audience reviews
3- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
1/11/2023
Well, it didn't age well. At least not the special effects. But, they were more practical than digital and that makes a difference. You get the feeling that the people are actually there when the effects are practical and not digital, and you don't have that sensation that you are watching other people play a video game like you do with a lot of the digital effects heavy movies these days. It's just, the practical…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
12/30/2023
Rick Moranis is the geeky scientist working on a means by which he can shrink matter. Using a complex series of gadgets and a laser - he is confident the his Eureka moment is close when... a baseball shatters a window, activates his equipment and suddenly his children and those of the family next door have essentially disappeared! Where can they have gone? Well we all know that they are now playing a dangerous game w…
- K8/10
kevin2019
2/19/2025
"Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" employs a large quota of traditional values which many people still unashamedly cherish and use as the corner stone in the foundation of their lives: Children, family, and friends. Of course, the children must always be the most important people in your life and they make everything worthwhile even though they often misbehave and are unappreciative and downright ungrateful at times. Unfortu…
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