Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves

Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (1997)

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Continuity mistake: While the four parents are atop Adam's chest of drawers, the red Britannica Junior Encyclopædia behind Adam's Sharkruiser has its spine facing out, and we see its volume 16. However, when Wayne, Gordon, Diane, and Patty are seated inside the Sharkruiser and begin to take off down the track, the Britannica behind them is now volume 20. (00:30:20 - 00:32:15)

Super Grover

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Revealing mistake: While Wayne, Diane, Patty, and Gordon are in the laundry basket, Adam and Mitch carry that basket upstairs. When Mitch says, "I bet my parents wish I didn't have a medical problem," the camera turns to follow the boys as they walk up the stairs, and the left wall (with striped wallpaper) of the staircase is missing to accommodate the camera filming from that angle. It's visible again when Mitch says, "And I feel fine." (00:35:35)

Super Grover

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Continuity mistake: In Adam's room, the yellow Hot Wheels track with the parked Sharkruiser, that is set atop Adam's chest of drawers, repeatedly alternates between having an extended track that continues to run under the books, or having an open track end in front of the book that lies flat on the chest surface. (00:30:05)

Super Grover

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Continuity mistake: When the group is in the toy car, they freak out when they see a bulldozer running down a ramp about to crash against them. The problem is, all the front shots of them show that they left the ramp behind and the bulldozer had already crossed the track.

Sacha

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Visible crew/equipment: After Holly comes over with the CDs, sour cream, and bubble machine, Jenny then shuts the front door. When Jenny walks toward the camera, just as this shot begins to transition into the next shot, we can see the green T-mark taped to the floor, and a bit of the red T-mark as well, where the two girls stood a moment before. (00:38:20)

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: Wayne climbs inside the Hi fi system and steps on the left side of the aluminium foil. A shot later, he is on the far right side, not stepping on it. The way the foil folds also changes.

Sacha

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Revealing mistake: While Patti and Diane talk next to the spider, in the close-up shot, the web becomes a thick white rope that has nothing to do with what we see in the wide angles.

Sacha

Revealing mistake: When the boys take the laundry basket upstairs, there's a shot from in front, and one can see none of the four family members is inside. The filmmakers didn't even bother to place toy figures inside.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: While the group hides from the cockroach, they check to see where she is, and the previous turds they found next to the wall have suddenly vanished.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Trey grabs two bags of chips and tosses one. A shot later, he is bending down, empty-handed, grabbing the same bag again.

Sacha

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Revealing mistake: When Diane and Patti chat next to the spider, Patti stretches out her arm to move the (blue-screened) spider web away, but she is missing the spot by two metres.

Sacha

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Suggested correction: No, Patti is not meant to be moving the spider web away in that shot; she is simply reaching for the web so she can cut it with the nail file and free the daddy longlegs. Then, the shot changes before we see her touch it. After two shots of Patti off-screen, we then see her cutting the web. Plus, that screenshot does not convey the "problem."

zenee

Continuity mistake: When the mums are about to leave and say goodbye to their family members, Diane leaves her bag on the ground, which falls down. Next time we see a wide shot of Diane, the bag is upright again.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the toy car and the group fall down the chute, the pink rubber bands they had around their waist vanish.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Ricky King starts throwing all the books down until the rack is empty, but a shot later, all the books reappear on it.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Wayne finds the peanuts, the amount of jelly on the knife next to the kid suddenly increases. When Wayne grinds the peanuts, the knife is now laid on the napkin instead of the bread, and it's spotless.

Sacha

Gordon Szalinski: You are dead meat, mister.
Wayne Szalinski: Gordon, you're three-quarters of an inch tall, now's not the time.

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Trivia: To date, this is the only film ever directed by Dean Cundey. Cundey, an award-winning cinematographer who has worked on classic films such as "Halloween," "Back to the Future" and "Jurassic Park," was personally approved by star Rick Moranis for the job. However, Cundey learned that he wasn't particularly fond of the directing process, and chose to go back to being a cinematographer after the film's completion.

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Question: As the dads are getting into the Shark car, they say something like, "too bad he wasn't playing with. yeah, that was cherry" well that's what it sounded like. Anyone know what they're saying?

Answer: As wayne enters the car he says, "Too bad Adam wasn't playing with the Splittin' Image, huh? That was cherry", to which his brother replies, "Yeah, but the Twin Mill was Faster."The Twin Mill and Splittin' Image are two popular Hot wheel cars that debuted in 1969.

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