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A good comedy though a bit childish and predictable.
Home Alone, staring Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone 2) and directed by Chris Columbus (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), is a childish movie. A very childish movie. One that succeeds in entertaining but something that you enjoy as a little kid and laugh at when you're an adult. Even the concept of the movie is dumb. Like I said, it is not funny, it's just entertaining. Let me tell you something comedy fans: Seeing adults being destroyed by a ten year old child does not sound so "realistic" to me. Otherwise, it's a pure treat for the whole family.

Home Alone tells the story of Kevin McCallister, a ten year old boy who finds that his parents accidentally left him behind during their trip. Just when he starts to celebrate, he discovers that the Wet Bandits (Joe Pesci, Goodfellas, and Daniel Stern, Bushwhacked), a group of robbers, are in his neighborhood. After seeing numerous wanted reports on TV, Kevin decides to take on the Wet Bandits. The last twenty minutes of the movie shows us the colossal battle between Kevin and the Wet Bandits. Since this is a children's movie, the children always win and that's what makes this movie way too predictable.

Despite the Wet Bandit's stupidity, Home Alone will not disappoint. Kids surely will enjoy it but parents, I suggest you slowly sneak out of the room. Besides, there's nothing really violent in the film except the fight between Kevin and the bandits though it doesn't even include one drop of blood. I think movie is loved by kids not because of it's actors but because of the violence. Kids today hardly ever see a red-blooded R-rated action movie and this is like a free ticket to seeing people getting beat up. Especially by a kid. What also disappoints me about the movie is that Macaulay Culkin overpowers the adults and bandits in intelligence. Several plans, such as Culkin setting up a room of cardboard figures to confuse the robbers, is simply not believable and a normal child could not possible make up these ideas. This was not a screenplay meant for John Hughes but oh well. The performances are satisfying but not excellent and the script is OK. Overall, 3 stars.

Movie: Home Alone
Actors/Actresses - Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara, John Candy
Time: 100 minutes
Rated PG for some scenes of childish violence

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Still a Modern Classic To Me! Holiday Fun
Directed by Chris Columbus (Bicentennial Man, The Harry Potter Films, Nine Months, Mrs. Doubtfire) this film was a smash succes when it opend and still is a Holiday favorite for the family to sit and watch together.

This Film put Micaulay Culkin (Richie Rich, The Good Son) on the map. It's about every kids dream and every parents nightmare - (Or is it the revers?) - being left behind by your parents.

Starting with a simple wish of making his family dissappear - Micaulay realizes that they actually forgot him on their trip on the way to Paris.

Add to the plot two mischievious burglers played brilliantly by Jope Pesci (My Cousin Vinny, With Honors, JFK) and Daniel Stern (City Slickers, My Blue Heaven, Dilbert), they bumble and create havok on the unsuspecting youth trapped alone in his house.

The stunts ad gags are hysterical and somewhat not realistic, but the fun and humor is universal. And the appearance of the late John Candy (Wagon's East, JFK, Spaceballs)as the Polka King is hysterical.

Key perfomances by the mother and father played by Cathrine O'Hara (Best In Show, Home Fries, The Nightmare Before Christmas) and John Herd (My Fellow Americans, the Pelican Brief, Awakenings) who are incredibly resourceful in getting themselves back from Paris to Chicago to get their son.

Funny, adventurous and a lesson in life, love and family. There is even a key scene with the olderly man who lives next door and is thought to be a killer played by Robert Blossom (Doc Hollywood, Visionquest)who eventually teaches Macaulay what family is all about

With a wonderful Acadamy Award winning score by John Williams (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, ET) this movie is great for everyone in the whole family. Watch it every holiday! (11-30-03)

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Home Alone
This is a great family film. You will laugh and laugh when you see keven (macaulay culkin) jumping for joy that his family is not at his house, but when robbers try to brake in the house he starts to see that he really wants his family. This will make the kids laugh seeing growns up laughing. This truely is a great movie!