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“This comes back around in the final act when the Neighbor Dad volunteers to have Zelinski test the shrink / re-enlarge process on him before the kids. He takes off his cap and hands it to his wife who finds his hidden pack of smokes.”
SporesM0ldsandFungus · Reddit ↗
“The events on the adult side are all a bit unremarkable”
CinemaSerf · TMDB reviews ↗
“The true adventure starts after the accidental shrinking begins.”
EpicLadySponge · Metacritic ↗
Read 28 Aug 2026 · confidence 7% · too thin for a score · how this works
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“Pic [story by Stuart Gordon, Brian Yuzna and Ed Naha] is in the best tradition of Disney and even better than that because it is not so juvenile that adults won’t be thoroughly entertained.”
Staff [Not Credited], Variety · 80
“Director Joe Johnston, a veteran of Industrial Light and Magic, brings a wry Rube Goldberg approach to his first-ever feature. The sets are definitely plastic, but that slightly homemade look is refreshing in the hardware movie decade.”
Rita Kempley, Washington Post · 80
“Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is the happiest surprise of this summer so far, a children's film from Walt Disney Productions that effortlessly renews the best tradition of that studio's live-action features.”
Dave Kehr, Chicago Tribune · 75
“The cheery result is enough to renew one's faith in Uncle Walt and the boys - a family picture that transcends the cliche, a light-bright romp where the sentiment isn't cheap and where the action isn't childish. Now there's a novelty item for you. [27 June 1989]”
Rick Groen, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) · 75
“The special effects are pretty special for the most part, and the movie seems only about 10 minutes too long. [23 June 1989, p.1D]”
Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today · 75
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 28 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
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“This comes back around in the final act when the Neighbor Dad volunteers to have Zelinski test the shrink / re-enlarge process on him before the kids. He takes off his cap and hands it to his wife who finds his hidden pack of smokes.”
SporesM0ldsandFungus▲ 6about 75–100% inread it ↗
“The true adventure starts after the accidental shrinking begins.”
EpicLadySpongeabout 15–100% inread it ↗
“The rhythmic machinery of a household ritual: A 3.0-star vivid surge of high-tension familial bonds.2000(3.0)I watched Honey, I Shrunk the Kids in 2000, and it remains a vivid 3.0-star record in my archive—a raw revelation of the domestic cinematic culture that defined my early psychological landscape. This experience **** the fourth wall of the "living room theater" by infusing a rhythmic energy of a family gathering into a narrative that felt 100% chewy and authentic. While the production of ”
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“I really enjoy this fun family movie. It is really well paced and entertaining. Why am I talking about a family film? Well it’s written by horror writers Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna. And I suppose Ed Naha who wrote Troll (1986). Anyway these b-movie horror writers made a family film for Disney that was really good fun and had a huge cultural impact. The acting is good. The effects are dates but silly enjoyment. It’s a nostalgic film that is undoubtedly entertaining.”
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“The movie is pure childhood nostalgia for me. It is really funny, has great ideas and the characters aka actors deliver a great performance. It is a good Disney movie I would describe as fantasy comedy (or maybe science fiction is more fitting). I hesitate to call it a great “family movie” as the phrase is tainted for others. Firstly I must admit the title is already a mayor spoiler. It is a story around the Szalinski family. Wayne Szalinski is maybe an arc type for the nice but quirky and brill”
“The events on the adult side are all a bit unremarkable”
CinemaSerfabout 50–75% inread it ↗
“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 effects weren't that great and kind of cheap, even in 89, because they figured.”
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