Home Alone
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Movie Reviews of Home Alone
Movie Review: Alone and Unafraid for Christmas...
Summary: 5 Stars
"Home Alone", first released in 1990, has endured as a funny, classic holiday movie. It mixes some superb physical comedy with a wistful tale of a little boy who, for Christmas, just wants his family back.
As the story opens, the large McAllister family is packing out for a Christmas-time trip to Paris. Somehow, eight year-old Kevin McAllister (Macauley Culkin) sleeps through the chaos of their departure and wakes up alone in the house, just days before Christmas. Kevin misses his family but takes their disappearence more or less in stride, feeding himself and taking care of the house.
Kevin's life gets a lot more complicated when two burglars (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) target the house. The resouceful Kevin, in a series of hysterically funny and implausible battles, defends the house against the two inept burglars. In a parallel story line, Kevin's frantic mother (Catherine O'Hara), having discovered his absence, battles her way back from Paris. John Candy had a nice cameo as a polka band leader who gives her a lift. As the clock ticks down to Christmas morning, will Kevin's prayers be answered and his family restored to him?
"Home Alone" is very highly recommended as excellent family entertainment for the holiday season, with plenty of laughs and some gentle wisdom about families.
Movie Review: "I Made My Family Disappear"
Summary: 5 Stars
Some movies are made strictly for adults. Others will bore the heck out of us "seasoned" viewers and appeal only to children. Luckily, this movie is made for everyone!
For a basic plot summary, "Home Alone" sees young Kevin McCalister (Macaulay Culkin) waking up a few days before Christmas in a completely empty house, his extremely large and rather disorganized family having left him behind on their trip overseas. While the family tries to get back home, Kevin must outwit a pair of two-bit thieves (played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) who want nothing more than to loot his home.
What really makes this film special is the wide appeal of the humor. One could literally sit down with the entire family (from young to old) and watch this movie, and everyone would be laughing all the way through. From young Kevin's attempts at "holding down the fort", to the bumbling burglars played brilliantly by two veteran actors, this is the type of movie that you will be quoting long after the TV is turned off.
Thus, I highly recommend "Home Alone" to quite literally anyone, especially during the Christmas season. If you have a list of "Must-See" holiday movies, this one should be right next to Frosty, "Wonderful Life", and claymation Rudolph!
Movie Review: A Christmas and a childhood classic.
Summary: 5 Stars
Ah, Home Alone. Any kid who grew up in the 90's has probably seen this classic at least 5 times. Who could forget Culkin's hilarious performance as Kevin, or the infamous booby traps that the Wet Bandits had to go through?
The story is simple enough. The McCallister family is spending their Christmas in France. The youngest, Kevin, hates his family for the way they treat him, especially his older brother, Buzz. After getting into a fight, Kevin wishes to never see them again.
In the morning, Kevin wakes up to find he is home alone. The family left for France, and due to a counting mistake, forgot Kevin. Now as the family tries to get back to the US, Kevin has the time of his life and eludes obstacles such as the downstairs furnace, the creepy neighbor next door, and the Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv.
What can I say? Even though it's a family film, I enjoy it even to this day. Culkin does great for a child actor, there's a lot of humor, some slapstick, and the booby traps are well thought of.
It might be a little late to watch it this Christmas, but even in the middle of July it's a great film to watch. Any 90's buff should pick this up.
Movie Review: The First Two Home Alone Will Always Be A Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
I still remember when I saw this movie as well as the second one and to me these will always be Macaulay Culkin's two greatest movies. I think what also made the two home alone movies great were the bumbling burglars played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern it's sad that Hollywood had to make a third and fourth Home Alone with such disaster. I think we're also waiting for the first two movies two come out on blu-ray I know that I'll be getting those for my new blu-ray collection. I know it sounds a little mean but I also like watching these movies before Macaulay Culkin's sad decline from the movies and what he's done with his life. That out of the way if you're looking for a good family funny Christmas movie get these movies in your collection because while you might like to get it on blu-ray sadly there isn't a release date yet so for the price I
say again get the first two movies and leave the third and fourth movie
on the store shelves...
Movie Review: A brief comment
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie ranks with The Princess Bride and It's a Wonderful Life as one of the greatest family movies ever. It gets off to a slow start, but once the action gets going, it's a very entertaining movie and holds one's interest until the very end. I guess this was the movie that catapulted McCauley Culkin to stardom, although now 15 years later I don't recall his doing anything else after the childhood years. But anyway, for a dull Friday night with the family you can liven things up with this movie. McCauley's clever traps for the two bungling burglers are a delight to watch as he repeatedly foils the attempts of the two grown-ups. Also, the clever way the director sets up the scene that shows how a child could have been overlooked and left behind is very clever, and all too plausible. (I won't say anything here so as not to have any spoilers). The movie is probably a classic and still worth watching today.