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  Average Rating for Home Alone [1990] - 4 out of 5

  
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• Home Alone [1990]

  Jess Charles 09 January 2010

  

  How the world has changed since 1990, the year Macaulay Culkin's impossibly cute Kevin McAllister was left all alone by his parents at Christmas. If this film were made now, you wonder whether half of it would be moral reproaches and lecturing on child safety. Certainly you would think they might tone down the possible dodgy misinterpretations of the snow-shoveller's speech, which as it is, sounds strangely sinister to a modern audience. But then 'Home Alone' is surprisingly dark for a film aimed at youngsters. It's hard to imagine anything more terrifying to a child than unexplained abandonment. Luckily for us, Kevin decides to make the most of it, fulfilling his frustrated 'youngest-child' fantasies which involve eating mountains of ice-cream and turning the house into a rifle range.
  
  Hapless burglars Joe Pesci (freshly menacing from Goodfellas) and Daniel Stern soon arrive on the scene. They are somehow likeable, characters with quirks and eccentricities aplenty compared with the cardboard cut-out baddies of the later sequels. Stern's Marv makes frequent references to his Jewish background which makes for laughs and in-jokes in a Christmas movie.
  
  The physical comedy is so spot-on that it's hard not to wince at their ever-growing list of injuries. The house of tricks is unforgettable; no doubt the inspiration for home-made security systems in many an angry parent's house. Culkin's sweetness is just a bit too sugary for some tastes but his smile is capable of melting the coldest hearts. His career-making performance, at the age of ten is filled with iconic moments and unquestionably makes 'Home Alone' the first great family film of the 90s.
  

• Home Alone [1990]

  Marie Marriott 24 November 2008

  

  An absolute christmas classic, deserved to be watched every year.
  Kevin MacCallister is left home alone, as his family leave from christmas vacation, however it is not all fun and games fro Kevin, with the entrance of two burglers robbing the vacant houses over the holidays. Kevin must defend his house against them, and proves to be more than a match. I can't really praise this film anymore, but it is worth a note that the script was written be the brilliant John Hughes, yes the same guy who wrote Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, and other great films. But just a piece of advice I would hastily avoid any of the films sequels, 2,3,4. don't waste your time or money on those.

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play.   Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) 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 bewildering battery of booby traps to welcome them! Written and produced by John Hughes, this madcap slapstick adventure features an all-star supporting cast including Catherine O'Hara and John Heard as Kevin's parents, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stem as the burglars, and John Candy as the "Polka King of the Midwest."     Actors Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Roberts Blossom, Catherine O'Hara, Angela Goethals, Devin Ratray, Gerry Bamman, Terrie Snell, Kieran Culkin & John Candy Director Chris Columbus Certificate PG Year 1990 Languages English

Family comedy starring Macaulay Culkin as ten-year-old Kevin McCallister who is inadvertently left home alone by his family when they go on vacation. On the evening before his family leave for their Christmas break to Paris, Kevin is banished to his room for misbehaving by his mother Kate (Catherine O'Hara). When he wakes the following morning he discovers he is alone in an empty house. Kevin must cope not only with life on his own but also with the threat of two persistent, albeit incompetent, burglars Marv (Daniel Stern) and Harry (Joe Pesci). Meanwhile, Kate vainly tries to find a way to get back home.