The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.
Won 1 BAFTA Film Award2 wins & 10 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
The special effects are all there, nicely in place, and the production values are sound, but the movie is dead in the water.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Though it relies on special effects, this cutie-pie caper never loses sight of the protagonists amid the bigger-than-life Cheerios and 40-foot blades of grass.
– Rita Kempley,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
As sweet, straightforward and funny as its title.
– Caryn James,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Sterling entertainment...
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
[It's] in the best tradition of Disney -- and even better than that, because it is not so juvenile that adults won't be thoroughly entertained.