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Rating: - "How'd She Take It?" "About Like Usual."
The Szalinski Family has moved from Fresno to the Las Vegas suburbs. Wayne (Rick Moranis) has been hired by the Sterling Corporation, and they are trying to use his original invention to enlarge things now, but it just isn't working. One weekend while Diane (Marcia Strassman) is dropping Amy (Amy O'Neal in a cameo) off at college, Wayne figures it out. Taking son Nick (Robert Oliveri) and the newest addition to the family, two year old Adam (Joshua and Daniel Shalikar), to the lab, he tries to make it work.

At first, he thinks he new idea was a bust. But then Adam starts growing. While Wayne tries to figure out how to reverse things, Diane and Nick just try to keep Adam calm. But how to you keep a hyperactive two year old who is bigger than you from destroying the house? Can they keep his sudden growth a secret? And if he gets out of the house, how will they ever control him?

This movie came out while I still looked forward to all sequels to movies I had loved. Okay, so this one doesn't quite measure up to the first, but it is darn close. While there are some family issues, they are different than the ones from the original. There are so many great jokes about Adam being a big boy even before he starts to grow. Some of the special effects show their age, but for the most part, they work quite well. John Shea's villain is absolutely wonderful.

That isn't to say this movie is a perfect sequel. I was sad to see Amy leave so quickly. There's only one slight reference to the Thompson family from the first one. And the scenes with Adam in the Szalinski house are a tad too long and drawn out.

As an aside, Keri Russell makes her film debut here playing babysitter Mandy, the teen of Nick's dreams.

As far as sequels go, this one is pretty good. It doesn't measure up to the original, but it has plenty of fun along the way.

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