Home Alone

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Home Alone

PG

1990

1h 42m

Kids & Family

Holiday

Comedy

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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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Critics Consensus

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

11/30/2023

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.

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George Landau

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

11/29/2023

Home Alone isn't high art, but it's a swell gift to movie-going families.

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Lynden Barber

Sydney Morning Herald

11/29/2023

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.

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Alan French

Sunshine State Cineplex

4d

8/10

Home Alone earns every laugh and with Hughes’ sweet screenplay, leaves enough heart to keep us coming back.

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

12/14/2023

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.

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Marylynn Uricchio

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

11/30/2023

B-

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.

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Caleb S.

@review-person-friend77 3h

This movie gets an extra half star for being nostalgic. Every kid wishes they were as clever as Kevin, meaning that every kid will love this movie. The story is simple, and so is the message, but sometimes we need to remember that family is one of the most important part of Christmas. Will show my kids when they are older.

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Jack S.

@thebestauthor 5h

This Christmas movie is amazing and I recommend it! The part where Marv and Harry get beaten up by all of that stuff is sooooo funny!!!😆

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Howie B

@Howie10 14h

35 years young! This movie re-released in cinemas in Australia to mark the anniversary was as entertaining today as it was back in 1990. A packed Gold Class theatre was in stitches and the laughter flowed throughout. Unsure what the young kids present made of landline telephones which are such an essential part of the plot, but they loved the slapstick comedy scenes. It really is sooo much better on the big screen with an audience to connect with.

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London B.

@movienerd8 1d

(Re-watch) A true classic

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Natasha R

1d

This is a holiday classic. Should adult men be trying to harm a child just to rob his house? No. Are the parents a bit neglectful? Yes. Should you give this movie a try for the holidays? Absolutely!

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Jim P

2d

A lovely family movie based around a good storyline and plenty of slapstick humour. One to watch again at Xmas!

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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
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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