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honey i shrunk the kids (1989)

Joe Johnston's Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is a 1989 comedy where a scientist creates a functioning shrinking ray at home. Unfortunately for him, his experiment ends up shrinking his family and neighbors, who struggle to get back home and reverse the process. The first movie's success spawned a franchise that includes two sequels and a reboot.

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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
pg-13
Adventure
Comedy
Family
Sci-Fi
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Director
Joe Johnston
Release Date
June 23, 1989
Studio(s)
Disney
Distributor(s)
Disney
Cast
Rick Moranis , Matt Frewer , Marcia Strassman , Kristine Sutherland , Thomas Wilson Brown , Jared Rushton
Writers
Stuart Gordon , Brian Yuzna , Ed Naha , Tom Schulman
Runtime
93minutes
Budget
$18 million

Summary

Joe Johnston's Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is a 1989 comedy where a scientist creates a functioning shrinking ray at home. Unfortunately for him, his experiment ends up shrinking his family and neighbors, who struggle to get back home and reverse the process. The first movie's success spawned a franchise that includes two sequels and a reboot.

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