Dr. Hendrickson arrives in the helicopter and starts shooting tranquilizer cartridges at Adam, hitting the guitar instead, causing Adam to cry out in pain of the electric shock. She came across twins Daniel and Joshua Shalikar from New Jersey and immediately cast them in December 1990. While the VHS release contained no bonus material besides a music video, the Laserdisc release contains the 1992 animated short film, Off His Rockers directed by Barry Cook, which accompanied the theatrical release. [10] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. As one-joke movies go, it's fairly inoffensive but also never better than mildly diverting. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? When Mandy arrives to babysit Adam, she panics and faints, forcing Nick to tie her to a chair and gags her so she cannot run away or scream. Adam is the youngest child of Wayne and Diane Szalinski, born during the time skip between the first and second films. Best Shrunken Person or Person under 1 ft. Alternate Storylines for Famous Films - Part V. This FAQ is empty. Wayne and Diane then realize that Nick and Mandy had somehow disappeared from Adam's overalls pocket. Add the first question. She holds him still, and Wayne shrinks both of them back to normal size. Nick and Mandy are able to escape into a convertible but are quickly placed back in his pocket when he sees what he thinks is a toy car. Like the first film, and Grease, it had animated opening credits. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. However, Adam grows again, doubling in size to 14 feet tall, and escapes from the house. ... (at around 10 mins) Early in the film Dr. Henderson storms out of the lab and walks past a portrait of Clifford Stirling.   |  A rich young boy finds his family targeted in an inside job and must use his cunning to save them. PG Diane: When he sweeps up the mess, they end up in a trash bag with it in the far end of the backyard. However, Adam then heads towards the Hard Rock Café, where he plays the lit up guitar. And where did this bunny come from! He is more interested in guitars and has a liking for Mandy Park (Keri Russell), a girl he met at his job, although she does not feel the same way about him. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Directed by Randal Kleiser. Dr. Hendrickson arrives and attempts to justify his actions, but a furious Diane knocks him out cold with a punch to the face. As he explains the situation to her, Adam is exposed to the television's electrical waves and grows to fourteen feet before escaping through a wall. They are able to ride and direct him into the house. Nick has matured in his personality and interests since the first film. Adventure, Comedy, Family. Honey, I Blew Up the Kid is a 1992 American comedy science fiction family film, and the second installment of the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids film series. He ungags her, only to find that she goes hysterical, so he gags her yet again. Nick and Russ are separated from Ron and Amy when a bee lands on the flower and takes them for a wild ride around the backyard. All Moranis needs to do is get the shrinker from the last movie and turn it on Adam. Written by Directed by Randal Kleiser. Many scenes cut from original but added to network television version: - More scenes of Nick and Mandy running through neighborhood looking for Adam; - Mean magician neighbor pulling colored handkerchiefs out of her coat; - After Adam pulls ad sign out from ground and drops it, he steps on it; - After Nick gives Mandy a giant raisin, he tells her to relax because they're headed for Vegas; - After Adam catches the car with Nick and Mandy in it, he talks to them before stuffing them in his pocket; - Diane giving Wayne reasons why she should be enlarged to save Adam; - More scenes of Adam talking to the crowd below when he arrives in Vegas; - More scenes of the TV reporter explaining situation with Adam when he first arrives at desert highway and when he's playing "Hard Rock Cafe" guitar. Nick is the middle child of Wayne and Diane Szalinski. The filmmakers are able to combine the giant baby and the "real world" in shots that seem convincing, and the image of the toddler walking down Glitter Gulch is state-of-the-art. The first shot misses him, but the second hits the guitar, giving him a painful electric shock, to which he starts crying. Looking for a movie the entire family can enjoy? Luckily, Quark, the Szalinskis' dog, hears them, thanks to his more acute hearing. But when he brings Nick & his toddler son Adam to see his invention, the machine unexpectedly starts working. Production began on June 17, 1991. They try to take him back to the lab to reverse the effect, but are stopped by Wayne's coworker, Dr. Charles Hendrickson, and forced to return home. Edward S Feldman, Producer of ‘Witness’ and ‘The Truman Show,’ Dies at 91, 02 October 2020 Deadline The film skips to Thanksgiving, where it is shown that Nick and Ron have become friends. Wayne and Diane alert Russ Sr. and Mae but are unable to recreate the conditions that caused the machine to work. Thom Eberhardt (screenplay), Did what? After finding him, Adam mistakes Nick and Mandy for toys and puts them in his pocket. A security guard's dreams come true when he is selected to be transformed into a cybernetic police officer. Baby consultant Elaine Hall Katz and director Randal Kleiser would plan the twins' scenes a week in advance. Nick and Mandy are later taken into custody when Dr. Hendrickson finds out about Adam's growth and reports it to his boss, Clifford Sterling. Best Shrunken Person or Person under 1 ft. Alternate Storylines for Famous Films - Part V, View production, box office, & company info, Stuart Gordon (characters), In the following camera shots, he is directly in front of the portrait then beyond it again. When both are distracted by a power surge, Adam gets in the ray's path and is hit. 89 min [13] Roger Ebert, reviewing for the Chicago Sun-Times, criticized the weak story writing that there "may be, for all I know, comic possibilities in a giant kid, but this movie doesn't find them." Disney was forced to pay $300,000 in damages.[8]. Rick Moranis returns from the first film to portray "wacky" inventor Wayne Szalinski.