Home Sweet Home Alone

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Home Sweet Home Alone

PG

2021

1h 33m

Kids & Family

Holiday

Comedy

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Max Mercer is a mischievous and resourceful young boy who has been left behind while his family is in Japan for the holidays. So when a married couple attempting to retrieve a priceless heirloom set their sights on the Mercer family's home, it is up to Max to protect it from the trespassers... and he will do whatever it takes to keep them out. Hilarious hijinks of epic proportions ensue, but despite the absolute chaos, Max comes to realize that there really is no place like home sweet home.

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Critics Consensus

Nobody's Home.

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Audience Says

With a ridiculous story and an obnoxious main character who's harder to root for than the "villains," Home Sweet Home Alone is no fun for the whole family.

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Clarisse Loughrey

Independent (UK)

This really shouldn't be hard: find a cute kid (and they have, in the form of Jojo Rabbit's Archie Yates), and then string together a few comically implausible ways to injure another human being.

Rated: 1/5

Nov 12, 2021

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Brian Lowry

CNN.com

Home Sweet Home Alone is a very odd duck -- a movie that basically replicates the three-decades-old "Home Alone" template, but in a way that feels slightly weird and ill-conceived.

Nov 12, 2021

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Helen O'Hara

Empire Magazine

A defanged variation on the theme that doesn't commit hard enough to be silly fun, beyond a few chuckles.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 12, 2021

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Francesca Steele

iNews.co.uk

Despite some nudge-nudge-wink-wink nods to the original, the sixth movie in the franchise, directed by Dan Mazer, is also the worst.

Rated: 1/5

Dec 10, 2024

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Maxance Vincent

InSession Film

Its illogical plot comprised of three idiot protagonists, unfunny traps and jokes, and a recycled plot from the first Home Alone doesn't make it worthwhile...

Rated: D-

Mar 6, 2024

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Cris Parker

3C Films (Youtube)

It's shocking how badly this reboot misses the charm of Home Alone.

Aug 9, 2023

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Giani C

The only good part of the movie was Devin Ratray as Buzz reappearing.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/22/24

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Audience Member

This movie is so terrible I nearly cried. The main kid's voice is so annoying, the CGI and VFX are horrible, and the plot is terrible. This movie makes me want to commit murder on the main kid, he is a brat, this movie is so bad

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/21/24

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Davin C

This movie is so bad the main kid is so annoying and I wish I could punch him, this movie sucks so much and I'm so tired of this movie and I can't anymore, the main robbers sucked and the story and plot was so bad and I hated it, and this was a waste of time and everything else, the kid is so annoying, and his voice was terrible, and overall I'm gonna give up on movies and life, this movie has put me in a phase and one more second of this terrible movie and I will break my TV, the police officer is so fat and has no use in but a dumb cameo I just hate this movie there is nothing else about it, This movie will be the death of me, I swear there make 1 more AWFUL home alone remake I am going to swim to Iceland and burry my head in a pile of snow and the side plot is so bad with them selling the house and if I have to hear this kids voice one more time I am going to the UK myself hunt him down and make sure he never has happiness again because he stole all of mine, every waking hour I remember this movie and every time I remember it I wish the British just never existed

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/20/24

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Meriel C

Our family really enjoy this film and it's become part of our Christmas staples to watch together. Rob Delaney and Ellie Kemper are great as the harassed parents with a home to save and insufferable relatives; Aisling Bea is fantastic as the stressed out mother to the main character, Max. We loved the mixture of the new story with nods to the originals - the score is wonderfully nostalgic and the cameos are so fun. We keep coming back to this one!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/19/24

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Joshua P

Every aspect of this movie is so insufferable, the characters, the writing, the acting etc. I came to see some cool new ways of how a kid can defend his home but they just filled this movie with nonsense.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/17/24

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Randy R

Hot garbage. Hard to watch, would never recommend it.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/15/24

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Synopsis

Max Mercer is a mischievous and resourceful young boy who has been left behind while his family is in Japan for the holidays. So when a married couple attempting to retrieve a priceless heirloom set their sights on the Mercer family's home, it is up to Max to protect it from the trespassers... and he will do whatever it takes to keep them out. Hilarious hijinks of epic proportions ensue, but despite the absolute chaos, Max comes to realize that there really is no place like home sweet home.

Director: Dan Mazer
Producer: Hutch Parker, Dan Wilson
Screenwriter: Mikey Day, Streeter Seidell
Production Co: 20th Century Studios, Hutch Parker Entertainment
Rating: PG (Some Language|Slapstick Violence|Rude Material)
Genre: Kids & Family, Holiday, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 12, 2021
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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