Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) poster
1989 · sci-fi · family · adventure

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Directed by Joe Johnston1h 33m1989
  • cosy
  • kinetic
  • redemptive

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.

Our read · Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive sci-fi · family · adventure entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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Rick MoranisMatt FrewerMarcia StrassmanKristine SutherlandThomas Wilson Brown
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Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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