5.5 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.5 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
The Szalinski family is back, this time hilarious disaster strikes when an experiment causes their new toddler son to grow many stories tall.
Starring: Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Robert Oliveri, John Shea, Lloyd BridgesFamily | 100% |
Comedy | 85% |
Sci-Fi | Insignificant |
Adventure | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region free
Movie | 2.5 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 0.0 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid takes the obvious direction for a sequel to the Family hit Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, reversing the human miniaturization story in favor of enlarging a person, in this case a little boy in his "terrible twos." Unfortunately, the basics are about all the movie gets right. Rather than a practically magical movie that puts the world into a different perspective, this one barely plays with scale at all, failing to innovate and depending on, essentially, a reversal switch-flip from first film to second. The film lacks the sense of awe and spectacle of the first. It offers decent baseline entertainment, and it's nice to see the core cast and characters return for a second go, but audiences shouldn't expect much more than a basic, paint-by-numbers sequel that takes neither the characters nor the franchise in any meaningful or memorable directions.
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid's 1080p transfer isn't quite as excellent as that of its predecessor. Fine detail is more or less adequate, though a slightly soft veneer doesn't allow even the most would-be robust textures to fully stretch. Faces and clothes are lacking serious precision, even blown up large, like the pocket in which Nick and Mandy find themselves during the film's third act. Some exterior elements look nice enough, though, like vegetation and brick outside the Szalinski home or some of the more complex fixtures around Vegas. Grain is much less impressively organic here compared to the first. It's mushier and noisier, lacking that fine complimentary and filmic veneer. Colors push a hair warm and while there's enough baseline punch and vitality to satisfy any given frame's requirements, they never really explode off the screen. Black levels, largely nighttime Vegas backgrounds, are fine. This is hardly a memorable transfer, but it carries the movie well enough.
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid features a competent DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack. Surround usage is sparse but effective and noticeable when implemented. Whether deflating balloons on the title screen, crashes during Adam's escape from his house, whirring helicopter rotors, or giant Adam waving a car around, the few brief spurts of heightened back-channel immersion do add a bit of joy and vitality to the proceedings. Otherwise, it's strictly front-end heavy. Music finds pleasant width and clarity and dialogue is well defined, prioritized, and positioned.
This Disney Movie Club exclusive Blu-ray release of Honey, I Blew Up the Kid contains no supplemental content.
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid is a typical lesser sequel that returns the same cast and characters and logically follow up on the first by, essentially, reversing the process, but it's otherwise a dull, poorly paced, and unimaginative film. A few good moments cannot hide unenthusiastic performances, visuals that are far less dynamic and memorable, and a story that leaves the audience wanting much more. Disney's Blu-ray is currently exclusive to its online movie club. Video is decent, ditto audio, and no extras are included. Skip it.
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