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Home Alone 3

Play trailer Poster for Home Alone 3 PG Released Dec 12, 1997 1h 42m Kids & Family Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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When an inept group of criminals tries to get a stolen top-secret computer chip through airport security, it ends up in a toy car in the luggage of the elderly Mrs. Hess (Marian Seldes). Unable to promptly retrieve the chip, the felons follow Hess and the car to her neighborhood. After she gives the toy to young Alex Pruitt (Alex D. Linz), who is home sick from school, he becomes the target of the criminals. However, the precocious kid is on to their schemes and ready to fight the thieves off.
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Macaulay Culkin's precocious charisma is sorely missed in this hollow sequel, which doubles down on the broad comedy while lacking all the hallmarks that made the original a classic.

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Bob Thomas Associated Press [John Hughes] figures he didn't need any surprises: Just take the blueprint for the first of the series and slip it in the copying machine. Aug 8, 2019 Full Review Mike Clark USA Today Twice the bad guys, half the laughs. Rated: 1/4 Jan 9, 2018 Full Review Globe and Mail Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 12, 2002 Full Review Todd James Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) This slapstick schtick is slickly delivered and for a well-worn plot, the fun is airy and the stunts at the expense of the bad guys are often very funny. Rated: 3/5 Aug 6, 2024 Full Review Dan DiNicola The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY) No surprises here as far as the plot, just changes in casting keep this sequel lively. Rated: B- Jan 10, 2023 Full Review Angie Errigo Radio Times There are some genuine laughs, and not too much saccharin or cartoon-style brutality. Rated: 3/5 Sep 6, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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Michał W It's just pain to watch part with the traps. Traps are so stupid and some actions in the story are just made so the story could keep going on. All of the characters are so stupid that Marv from first Home Alone movies would be smarter than them. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/25 Full Review William B Multiple plot errors. With the two first movies it would have been enough. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/25 Full Review Jerry H This Movie was horrible! I only watched the first 20 Minutes of it and I turned it off! It does not relate to the first two movies at all! Home Alone is supposed to be a Christmas Movie Classic and this movie takes place after Christmas! The characters name is not Kevin McCallister! The Kids name is ALEX!? What happened to the original Character! Not a good movie! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/25 Full Review Rowan C Home Alone 3 told a completely different story and this was actually a fun movie to watch. There is a chip in this movie that allows missles to go undetected in the air basically making them unstoppable. North Koreans hired a team of mercernaries to steal this chip, but it somehow ends up in the hands of our main character Alex Pruitt who is played by Alex D. Linz. Alex catches these criminals breaking into homes multiple times and no one ever believed him until it actually happened to him. Alex had some unmatched traps and he managed to keep the chip until the FBI arrived at the end of the movie. Alex had chicken pocks and he had all the time in the world to save the day. The criminals managed to tie up Mrs. Hess who is played by Marian Seldes and Alex rescued her at the end of the movie. The criminals were all captured at the end by the authorities after Alex gave them one hell of a beat down. Overall, not as good as the first two Home Alone movies but I still thought it was a fun movie to watch. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/31/24 Full Review Cudalbu R Passing the baton to the next generation may be hard and not always end up well but Alex D. Linz brought back the franchise with his own version and is worthy to be called the next Kevin. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/29/24 Full Review Stephen C Get the **** out of here!!!!!!!!!! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/28/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When an inept group of criminals tries to get a stolen top-secret computer chip through airport security, it ends up in a toy car in the luggage of the elderly Mrs. Hess (Marian Seldes). Unable to promptly retrieve the chip, the felons follow Hess and the car to her neighborhood. After she gives the toy to young Alex Pruitt (Alex D. Linz), who is home sick from school, he becomes the target of the criminals. However, the precocious kid is on to their schemes and ready to fight the thieves off.
Director
Raja Gosnell
Producer
Hilton A. Green, John Hughes
Screenwriter
John Hughes
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox
Rating
PG
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 12, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 23, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$30.7M
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
35mm
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