Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is a 1989 comedy film. The directorial debut of Joe Johnston and released through Walt Disney Pictures and Silver Screen Partners III, the film tells the story of an inventor who accidentally shrinks his and his neighbor's kids to 1/4 of an inch with his electromagnetic shrink ray and sends them out into the backyard with the trash.

Rick Moranis stars as Wayne Szalinski, the inventor who accidentally shrinks his children. Marcia Strassman portrays his wife, Diane, the "honey" in the film's title, the titles of the sequels, and the Disney park attraction. Matt Frewer and Kristine Sutherland star as the Szalinskis' next door neighbors, Russ and Mae Thompson. Thomas Wilson Brown, Jared Rushton, Amy O'Neill and Robert Oliveri star as Russ Jr. and Ron Thompson and Amy and Nick Szalinski.

Plot

Having problems at home with his wife Diane (Marcia Strassman), struggling inventor Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis) has created an electromagnetic shrink ray - unfortunately it only seems to make things explode. While at work, his neighbor's son, Ron Thompson (Jared Rushton), hits a baseball into the Szalinskis' attic window and activates the shrink ray. He and his older brother Russ (Thomas Wilson Brown) and Wayne's children, Amy (Amy O'Neill) and Nick (Robert Oliveri), go up there to retrieve it. Luckily, it got stuck in the machine and blocked one of the laser components, resulting in it only releasing enough energy to shrink things instead of blowing...
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