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- 1990
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- 1 h 43 m
- 1990
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- 1 h 43 m
Summary Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister has become the man of the house, overnight! Accidentally left behind when his family rushes off on a Christmas vacation, Kevin gets busy decorating the house for the holidays. But he's not decking the halls with tinsel and holly. Two bumbling burglars are trying to break in, and Kevin's rigging a bewilde...
Directed By: Chris Columbus
Written By: John Hughes
- 1990
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- 1 h 43 m
- 1990
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- 1 h 43 m
Home Alone
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Summary Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister has become the man of the house, overnight! Accidentally left behind when his family rushes off on a Christmas vacation, Kevin gets busy decorating the house for the holidays. But he's not decking the halls with tinsel and holly. Two bumbling burglars are trying to break in, and Kevin's rigging a bewilde...
Directed By: Chris Columbus
Written By: John Hughes
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
63
78% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
22% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
63
78% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
22% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
This holiday contender from John Hughes is too crass, too loud and too violent to be added blithely to Christmas viewing traditions. But it is funny.
By Jeanne Cooper FULL REVIEW
Kevin has the potential to be the mawkish child or the obnoxious little adult so common on screen, but he is neither. Played with great glee by Macaulay Culkin, he is a totally endearing, up-to-the-minute little boy.
By Cartyn James FULL REVIEW
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 523 User Ratings
8.0
83% Positive
435 Ratings
435 Ratings
14% Mixed
73 Ratings
73 Ratings
3% Negative
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 523 User Ratings
8.0
83% Positive
435 Ratings
435 Ratings
14% Mixed
73 Ratings
73 Ratings
3% Negative
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
Even though Macaulay Culkin's alternately muggy and inexpressive lead performance hasn't worn well, the supporting turns by Catherine O'Hara and John Candy are especially crackerjack, as is John Williams' buoyantly cartoony score.
Home Alone is the apex, the pinnacle, the culmination of every bad bit Hughes has ever written or directed. It overflows with primitive, disastrously unfunny sight gags and neo-hateful familial humor.
The first half of Home Alone features the sugar-coated sentimentality that can usually be found in a Hughes film, while the second half is full of unanticipated sadism.
By Staff (Not Credited) FULL REVIEW
So it may not be Citizen Kane, but it is a hilarious comedy (although not a very believable one — there can be no eight-year-olds this ingenious) that kids will love and adults won’t mind sitting through either.
By Ian Nathan FULL REVIEW
The movie is quite enjoyable as long as it explores the fantasy of a neglected little boy having an entire house of his own to explore and play in, but the physical cruelty that dominates the last act leaves a sour taste, and the multiple continuity errors strain one's suspension of disbelief to near the breaking point.
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Dec 23, 2024
Home Alone isn’t one I would consider a classic but does have a tone of heart as it certainly got some entertaining scenes and unique traps that make it neat.
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Mar 19, 2020
Director Chris Columbus gives us this typical comedy called "HOME ALONE" which was made in 1990 and stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Candy and many other actors.. (some women lmao). Home Alone is a well made film and the traps Kevin McCallister (Culkin) sets for two burglars after his parents leave him home alone by accident are well done and constructed. There are funny scenes galore as the burglars get their hands burnt, slip over and allsorts of daft things whilst trying to break into the McCallister house for money, jewellery and stuff and Home Alone isn't the worst film made but I've a few problems with it.... Macaulay Culkin who plays Kevin is stubborn, unlikeable and annoying and everyone I watch Home Alone I always want the burglars to win because Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern are more likeable by miles than Macaulay Culkin and funny too so that's a serious problem in this movie that the badguys are in theory the good guys because I love the burglars but hate Macaulay Culkin! My second problem with Home Alone is when Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) after being left at home alone goes shopping by himself as if that wasn't daft enough here comes the big shocker, after he's bought groceries and leaves a police officer chases the little kid who's not fast but fails to even stay with him let alone catch him because he's some fat, elephant sized man in a suit and an obese police officer who's unhealthy.. This scene is an insult to all police officers around the world and is so unrealistic. These are my problems with Home Alone and Culkin **** but great acting by the burglars, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern and even John Candy and I rated Home Alone a 3 because of the burglars and the burglars only and that's being generous because the rest of the film is crap.
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Jan 6, 2021
A concept stretched extremely thin. A painfully unlikable central character doing the most unrealistic tricks in order to make children feel good about being sadistic. Home Alone is devoid of logic and reality and is a world that puts too much focus on abusive human characters. Choosing to feed bad influence among its target audience instead of providing moral values that could spiritually grow them.
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Production Company
- Twentieth Century Fox
- Hughes Entertainment
Release Date Nov 16, 1990
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating PG
Tagline Holy cow!
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Young Artist Awards
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
