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Home Alone

Play trailer 2:13 Poster for Home Alone PG Released Nov 16, 1990 1h 42m Kids & Family Holiday Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother (Catherine O'Hara) makes him sleep in the attic. After the McCallisters mistakenly leave for the airport without Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true. But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) plan to rob the McCallister residence, and that he alone must protect the family home.
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Home Alone's uneven but frequently funny premise, stretched unreasonably thin, is buoyed by Macaulay Culkin's cute performance and strong supporting stars.

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Catherine Dunphy Toronto Star This is going to be a big hit with the kids. Word will get out in the schoolyard that Home Alone is really funny. Just don’t let the kids near the iron after they’ve seen it. Nov 30, 2023 Full Review George Landau St. Louis Post-Dispatch Home Alone isn't high art, but it's a swell gift to movie-going families. Nov 29, 2023 Full Review Lynden Barber Sydney Morning Herald Using split-second editing, playfully choreographed violence and exaggerated responses such as the bug-eyed double take, director Chris Columbus has created a live action comedy in the style of a Warner Bros cartoon. Nov 29, 2023 Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row This film truly captures something enduring about what it's like to be a kid, and it continues to speak to that child in all of us. Dec 14, 2023 Full Review Marylynn Uricchio Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Without being the least bit schmaltzy or cloying, Home Alone manages to impart the holiday spirit. Its saving grace is an unexpected vein of irreverent humor that verges on the black. Rated: B- Nov 30, 2023 Full Review Dennis King Tulsa World Home Alone will send most moviegoers home with the warm glow of a story well told. Rated: 3/5 Nov 29, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Piotrek I Home Alone is a fantastic comedy for the whole family. This movie is the best for watching during Christmas. First time I watched this film when I was a child and since this moment I have had the same emotions about it. This movie tells us how to deal with bad people when we are alone. The protagonist is young boy who is left alone in a big house. When he's at home, two robbers want to burgle the house. For the whole movie the boy wants to stop the villains and he does this by setting traps. Happily it all ended well and the boy won, I recommend this movie to everybody as the best Christmas movie in the world! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/16/25 Full Review Audience Member Even without the nostalgia bias, this is still a very good movie. The humor is great, the acting is top tier, and the soundtrack is one of the greatest of all time. Only thing that gives this 4.5 instead of 5 stars is there is a handful of things that aren't realistic in the movie (such as forgetting your child at home). But all in all, this is a timeless classic that still very much holds up today with many funny and wholesome moments. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/01/25 Full Review luso m This movie was amazing, and the comedy is genius! The plot is also awesome. It's a really funny and well-written movie. It definitely deserves more recognition and appreciation. I could watch this movie repeatedly and never get tired of it. Would definitely recommend watching it with your family!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/31/24 Full Review sigma m only in ohio rofl rofl rofl rofl why do the diddy bluds try to steal kevin wait kevin like kevin the cube?????? fortnite FORNITE JUICE WRLD IS IN FORTNITE HES DEAD NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RIP HE WANTED TO CHANGE THE WORLD AND THATS WHAT HE DID! HIM AND JAH ARE MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER NOW NOOOOOOO RIP THEY WHERE SIGMAS! I would like to say I finally understand the no diddy dog lore. So basically the no diddy dog wasn’t at the party but the yes diddy cat and the definitely diddy frog were both there and it’s possible that the maybe diddy bird was. But besides all that mdb and ddf (maybe diddy bird and definitely diddy frog) parents made clones of there children so they could live on forever BUT the clones are evil and are like alternates from the Mandela catalog. The alternate of the no diddy dog killed the regular nddg and replaced him. Which is why his voice sounds a bit off in the tik told and why even after his supposed death he still uploads videos. Also ddf alternate took over his tik tok and locked the real ddf is a basement. I also think the maybe diddy bird was replaced but I’m not sure. But in the most recent yes diddy cat video the cat reacts to some thing breaking in and you can hear a weird scream. So it would seem that the alternates have killed the diddy animals. Also it’s possible the video of the no diddy dog admitting he was at the diddy party was the alternate and "HOW DARE YOU DISS MY KING YEAT BAKA....GRRRRRRRRRR🐺 😡 👿 🤬 HUH YOU BETAS DONT KNOW WHAT REAL MUSIC IS........ YEAT IS NOT A TIK TOK ARTIST GRRRRRRRRRR🤬 🤬 🐺 IF YOU EVER SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN I WILL LET THE ALPHA OUT OF HIS CAGE 🐺 👿 🤬🤬.... YOU MUST BE CRUISIN FOR A BRUISIN...GRRRRRR AWHOOOOOOOO🐺 .....sorry almost let the demon out🥲 you know they use to call me the basher for a reason buddy😡 you don't know the pain I've been through.......... I even punch metal for fun😈 so I understand if you don't want to mess with me........ I would give you a big old knuckle sandwich 🤣 I would knock you down with one punch😂 👊 😅 well baka I guess I will let it go this time........ but you better not say something like that again....huh you know I do not avoid conflicts because Im scared of fighting I avoid It ......because Im scared of what Im capable of..... AWHOOOOOOOOOOOOO🐺 huh dattebayo😅 -Kieran (rick friend) Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/31/24 Full Review Charlie P Excelente, la mejor de la saga, hasta hoy en día es insuperable. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/31/24 Full Review Audience Member Holiday classic. KEVIN!!!! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/30/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother (Catherine O'Hara) makes him sleep in the attic. After the McCallisters mistakenly leave for the airport without Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true. But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) plan to rob the McCallister residence, and that he alone must protect the family home.
Director
Chris Columbus
Producer
John Hughes
Screenwriter
John Hughes
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
20th Century Fox, Hughes Entertainment
Rating
PG
Genre
Kids & Family, Holiday, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 16, 1990, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$281.5M
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Dolby, Surround
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