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20th Century Fox
Hughes Entertainment
Home Alone Collection
A family comedy without the family.
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.
honeybee <3
Aug 30, 2026 · via TMDB
Kevin kinda sucks but I'd lay down my life for the old man with the snow shovel. > (4/5, originally reviewed 12/23/24)
kevin2019
Apr 8, 2026 · via TMDB
"Home Alone" gets an enormous amount of mileage out of such a flimsy central idea which simply follows the familiar pattern of behaviour you would expect if an eight year old child was accidently left home alone. He eats junk food and he watches equally junk television programs all day. However, this obviously isn't enough to pad out the already thin story, so screenwriter John Hughes introduces a couple of burglars into the mix to spice the proceedings up a little by having them target the empty houses and robbing them. Of course, they target Kevin's (Macaulay Culkin) house, but the lad is considerably more resourceful than either one of them could have ever anticipated and what now follows is a brilliant sequence of outrageous slapstick set pieces that are great fun and tremendously enjoyable making this the perfect Yule Tide treat which ironically enough can be watched regardless of what time of the year it happens to be.
Peter McGinn
Dec 23, 2023 · via TMDB
Of course we watched this more than 20 years ago, but recently took it out of the library to watch again for a couple of reasons. One, it is ostensibly a holiday movie and we were watching a series of them. Also, a friend had just lost a loved pet and needed a silly movie to take her mind away for a couple of hours. This movie fit the bill. It has several laugh out loud scenes, and mildly amusing material surrounding those scenes. The ensemble cast is fine. Catherine O’Hara is a believable mom and I have liked Daniel Stern ever since he couldn’t understand how a VCR works in City Slickers. If you are one of those gentle souls like our friend who has difficulty distinguishing between cartoonish fictional violence and reality, you will need to look away a few times. It won’t make the regular rotation of our traditional holiday movies, but I am glad we fit it in this year.
CinemaSerf
Aug 26, 2023 · via TMDB
It has taken me 30 years to sit down and watch this film and I'm quite glad I finally did. I usually loathe kids movies, and the trails at the time always put me off - but Macauley Culkin is really quite a charmer in this tale of a youngster who is accidentally left at home at Christmas by his family. They have jetted off to Paris leaving him alone facing the unwanted attentions of two would-be burglars (Joe Pesci & Daniel Stern). Initially a bit unsettled, he is soon is his stride using just about every gadget (and critter) in their large family home to make sure he thwarts their thieving intentions. It's really all about the kid - and this one delivers well. The slapstick elements of the plot are designed to raise a smile, never to maim - even if having your head set on fire by a blow torch, or being walloped in the face by an hot iron might do longer term damage than happens here. That's the fun of it, for fun it is - it's a modern day Laurel & Hardy style story with an ending that's never in doubt. It does have a slightly more serious purpose, highlighting loneliness - not just for "Kevin" but his elderly neighbour "Marley" (Roberts Blossom) and it has that lovely scene on the aircraft when mother Catherine O'Hara realises that it wasn't just the garage doors that they forgot to sort out before they left! A great, and instantly recognisable score from maestro John Williams tops it all off nicely.
Andre Gonzales
May 27, 2023 · via TMDB
Love this movie. I was 8 when this came out. I remember being so jealous of Kevin, because I wished I could be home alone like that to do whatever I wanted.
Gimly
Dec 30, 2019 · via TMDB
Doesn't really work if you actually spend the time to bother thinking about it, but so long as you don't _Home Alone_ is a pretty good time. There's really no likeable character, and it's honestly pretty mean spirited, but sometimes that's what you might need to defrag over Christmas. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._
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Angela Goethals
Linnie
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Clarke Devereux
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Peter Siragusa
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Alan Wilder
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Hope Davis
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Dianne B. Shaw
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Tracy J. Connor
Check Out Girl
James Ryan
Stock Boy
Ken Hudson Campbell
Santa
Sandra Macat
Santa's Elf
Mark Beltzman
Stosh
Ann Whitney
Drugstore Clerk
Jim Ortlieb
Herb the Drugstore Clerk
Monica Devereux
Flight Attendant
Eddie Korosa
Polka Band
Quinn Culkin
Girl at Airport (uncredited)
Raja Gosnell
Murphy's Answering Machine Voice (uncredited)
Dennis Smith
Camera Operator
Julio Macat
Director of Photography
Freddie Hice
Stunt Coordinator
Manny Perry
Stunts
Rick LeFevour
Stunts
Tim A. Davison
Stunts
Troy Brown
Stunts
Chris Columbus
Director
Mark Radcliffe
First Assistant Director
Raja Gosnell
Editor
Tim Silano
First Assistant Editor
Janet Hirshenson
Casting
John Hughes
Producer
Alicia Stevenson
Foley
Gary A. Hecker
Foley Mixer
Alexander Courage
Orchestrator
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Scott Martin Gershin
Sound Designer
Kevin Hearst
Sound Editor
Wylie Stateman
Supervising Sound Editor
Leslie Bricusse
Lyricist
John Hughes
Screenplay
Nov 10, 1990
Chicago, Illinois
Nov 16, 1990
Oct 6, 2015
4K Ultra HD
Sep 15, 2020
30th Anniversary Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital 4K
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