After a pretty good "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" (1989) and a mediocre, but acceptable sequel "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid" (1992),Rick Moranis returns in the third film to drive the last nail into the coffin of the franchise. The film only lasts a few minutes over an hour, but even that is too long considering the amount of original ideas it brings. "Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves!" only rehashes ideas from the first film in a slightly different arrangement, totally unoriginal, unimaginative and humorless, with predominantly embarrassingly bad effects. Except for Rick, all the actors are replaced, and if he had been smart, he wouldn't have replayed the role either. Acceptable for children, but not for parents, unless you are really interested in seeing fourteen-year-old Mila Kunis in one of her first movie appearances.
4/10
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves!
1997
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves!
1997
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Sci-Fi
Plot summary
Wayne Szalinzki, a wacky, absent-minded inventor, is back again but only this time he decides to use his infamous shrinking machine just one more time. His wife, Diane, asks him to get rid of the Tiki Man, a large tiki sculpture. He refuses to get rid of it so he decides to restart the machine and reduces it to pocket-size. However, the machine is accidentally activated and Wayne ends up shrinking himself and his brother, Gordon. Meanwhile, when Gordon's wife, Patti, and Diane were going on a vacation they come back when Patti suddenly realizes she forgot Mitch's medicine for his potassium deficiency. When they're about to leave, they decide to sneak into the attic and surprise their husbands, but the machine is activated once again, and they're shrunk as well. So the adults must be very brave of disgusting household insects the size of dinosaurs and more in their biggest adventure to get their children's attention.
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Lousy
This is not the worst sequel I have seen, but it was sadly pretty awful.
I liked Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Honey I Blew Up the Kid and the Disneyland 3D attraction Honey I Shrunk the Audience, but I didn't like this film. And part of the reason why is because I found it unnecessary pretty much. I wanted to like it, but I found too many problems in order to enjoy it. That said it is not the worst sequel ever like Home Alone 4 or Superbabies:Baby Geniuses 2, and Rick Moranis does at least try hard to still maintain the likable character he created in the other movies. But really, it is strictly direct-to-DVD, and regrettably it isn't good really...at all. The problems primarily lie in the predictable story, the leaden direction, the repetitive gags and the awful script, while the rushed camera work, lacking acting(with exception of Moranis) and forgettable soundtrack don't help matters either. In conclusion, for me this was disappointing and not recommended. 2/10 Bethany Cox
An Unusual End to a Series
Wayne Szalinzki a wacky, absent-minded inventor, is back again but only this time he decides to use his infamous shrink machine just one more time.
This film has a few notes of historically interest: it was (as of 2015) the final film of Rick Moranis. It was the first film of Mila Kunis (who is almost unrecognizable as a child). And it was legendary cinematographer Dean Cundey's first directing duty. None of these things, unfortunately, make it a good movie.
I can't blame Kunis for this, as she probably auditioned based on her parents' urging. And Dean Cundey shouldn't be at fault. While not a great film, I don't think this was his doing.. it was more a matter of budget and a poor script. The story seems more appropriate as a television program, especially considering how much was ripped of directly from the original film.
Now, Moranis... I don't want to put this on him, because I like the guy. But clearly he must have read the script and saw it was crap. And if no one else was willing to come back, why did he? Was he obligated by contract? Maybe. I feel like if Moranis had dropped out, the project would have been shelved...