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Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

1992. Directed by Randal Kleiser, written by Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna and Ed Naha.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    9 women characters. 3 of them speak.
  2. Yes 2. Who talk to each other
    In 3 scenes out of 126.
  3. Yes 3. About something besides a man
    In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

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Poster for Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

The film

Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make them grow. As in the first one, it isn't quite accurate. But when he brings his sons, Nick and Adam, to see it, it starts working unexpectedly. And when Adam comes right up to it, he gets zapped along with his stuffed bunny. Now, whenever he comes near anything electrical, it causes him to grow. He soon reaches a height of 112 feet. And he is now walking through Las Vegas which he thinks is one big playland.

Released
17 Jul 1992
Genres
Adventure, Comedy, Family
Rated
PG
IMDb
4.9 / 10
Metascore
50 / 100
Awards
10 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Wayne 201 lines, man
  2. Diane 123 lines, woman
  3. Nick 106 lines, man
  4. Fredrickson 58 lines, man
  5. Adam 48 lines, man
  6. Mandy 40 lines, woman
  7. Sterling 25 lines, man
  8. Brooks 23 lines, man
  9. Janet 18 lines
  10. Wheeler 10 lines, man
Full cast, 39 people
  • Rick Moranis as Wayne Szalinski
  • Marcia Strassman as Diane Szalinski
  • Robert Oliveri as Nick Szalinski
  • Daniel Shalikar as Adam Szalinski
  • Joshua Shalikar as Adam Szalinski
  • Lloyd Bridges as Clifford Sterling
  • John Shea as Hendrickson
  • Keri Russell as Mandy
  • Ron Canada as Marshall Brooks
  • Amy O'Neill as Amy Szalinski
  • Michael Milhoan as Capt. Ed Myerson
  • Gregory Sierra as Terence Wheeler
  • Leslie Neale as Constance Winters
  • Julia Sweeney as Nosey Neighbor
  • Linda Carlson as Nosey Neighbor
  • Lisa Mende as Lab Technician
  • John Paragon as Lab Technician
  • Kenneth Tobey as Smitty
  • Bill Moseley as Federal Marshall
  • Edward S. Feldman as Las Vegas Couple (as Ed Feldman)
  • Suzanne Kent as Las Vegas Couple
  • Alex Daniels as Uncle Yanosh
  • Robert Jaffe as Motorcycle Officer
  • Ron Lawrence as Motorcycle Officer
  • John Hora as Helicopter Observer
  • Mary Ellen Moore as Police Woman
  • Randy Swallow as Vegas Reporter
  • Pamela Cederquist as Vegas Reporter
  • James M. Lauten as Vegas Reporter
  • Shannon M. Steger as Nevada Militia
  • Minori Goto as Japanese Tourist
  • Mamoru Kanal as Japanese Tourist
  • Gregory McCurdy as Police Officer
  • David Scates as Rock Fan in Crowd
  • Marion Palmer as Hard Rock Reporter
  • Kathy Pastor as Hard Rock Hostess
  • Bill Loska as Highway Patrol Officer
  • Richard Simmons as Self - (Archive Footage)
  • Sammy as Quark the Dog (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 126

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 33234
4 to 601
7 to 9014
10 to 1297
13 to 1509
16 to 18024
19 to 21020
22 to 24016
25 to 2708
28 to 30021
31 to 33218
34 to 36020
37 to 39213
40 to 42922
43 to 4501
46 to 483122
49 to 51617
52 to 5400
55 to 5746
58 to 60614
61 to 6313
64 to 6615
67 to 6975
70 to 7200
73 to 7503
76 to 7835
79 to 8139
82 to 84119
85 to 8729
88 to 90015
91 to 93914
94 to 96315
97 to 99513
100 to 102728
103 to 10527
106 to 10805
109 to 11138
112 to 11429
115 to 11700
118 to 12011
121 to 123619
124 to 1261423

The evidence

  • Straight from the script
  • Counted from the script and the credits

Tap an exhibit to open it.

Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
AMY: Excuse me! In the second place, we're from Indiana. I.U. is just thirty minutes away from our old house! DIANE: Amy! Enough, for Petesake! I'm going with you!
AMY: It's a rhetorical question, Mom. It doesn't require an answer. DIANE: Am I supposed to be any girl in particular?
MANDY: It is in your family. DIANE: Come here, baby.
MANDY: Yes you are. MANDY: But, when you think about it, that's probably okay. I guess the world needs people who are "different" ... people who look at things ••. wel… DIANE: You find them?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 25 are women's.

171 lines from women, 502 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

9 women and 17 men in the cast. 3 women and 8 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 3 of 715. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 112 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

  • First line by a woman
  • Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 24% of the words (1,745), men 76% (5,537). Women have 25% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Exhibit F: behind the camera

2 of the 13 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Randal Kleiser (man)
Written by
Garry Goodrow (man), Peter Elbling (man), Thom Eberhardt (man)
Produced by
Dawn Steel (woman), Edward S. Feldman (man)
Shot by
John Hora (man)
Edited by
Harry Hitner (man), Michael A. Stevenson (man)
Music by
Bruce Broughton (man)
Production design by
Leslie Dilley (man)
Costumes by
Tom Bronson (man)
Cast by
Renee Rousselot (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Sound

    1 women, 11 men, 8 not listed

  • Other crew

    5 women, 9 men, 3 not listed

  • Art

    3 women, 3 men, 4 not listed

  • Editing

    3 women, 3 men, 3 not listed

  • Camera

    0 women, 3 men, 5 not listed

  • Production

    3 women, 4 men, 1 not listed

  • Directing

    0 women, 5 men, 2 not listed

  • Writing

    0 women, 6 men

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 27 on average. Men: 37 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Keri Russell 16, Amy O'Neill 21, Marcia Strassman 44

Men

Daniel Shalikar 3, Robert Oliveri 14, Rick Moranis 39, John Shea 43, Ron Canada 43, Lloyd Bridges 79

Exhibit H: the money

It made 1.5 times what it cost.

Budget
$40 million
Box office
$58.7 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 126 scenes and 715 lines of dialogue. How the test works

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