Macaulay Culkin,
Joe Pesci,
Daniel Stern,
Catherine O'Hara,
John Heard
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Home Alone is the highly successful and beloved family comedy about a young boy named Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) who is accidentally left behind when his family takes off for a vacation in France over th... read more
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Release Date: November 16, 1990
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DVD Release Date: October 5, 1999
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March 4, 2012A very good slapstick family film backed up with good performances from the adult cast. Kulkin....not so much. I particularly enjoy the burglars enthusiasm in the film. By no means however one of the most brilliant christmas films out there. Over rated but christmas fun.
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January 29, 2012If you want some good old fashion family violence...look no further. This is brutal man. Those guys took the beating of a lifetime....And it's funny as hell. Great storytelling....very funny buildup to how they find out he's home alone...and how he finds out they are coming to br... read more
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November 28, 2011Kevin McCallister: This is my house, I have to defend it.
"A Family Comedy Without The Family."
I've never been the biggest fan of Home Alone. That isn't to say that I hate it, but it just isn't a great family movie by any stretch of the imagination. It is relatively entertain... read more -
November 9, 2011fb733768972From the ridiculousness to the very funny (yet highly unlikely) premise, "Home Alone" is a classic holiday film, although it's probability levels sky-rocket and give the film a pile of laughable scenes. The film is extremely predictable right from the very first scene, but the fa... read more
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September 11, 2011With nonstop laughs from pranks, antics, and ludicrousness, HOME ALONE is an original family comedy with the usual holiday spirit. Directed by Chris Columbus (who we later come to know from directing films like RENT and the first two HARRY POTTER films), this is somewhat a Chris... read more
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September 8, 2011Considering that I don't really like Macaulay Culkin, I'm surprised I even liked this. This was one of the films from my childhood and though it's funny, the film tends to drag on a bit too long, and at times I felt it was too sentimental. There's is plenty of laughs here and thi... read more
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August 15, 2011A Cgristmas classic, i watch this every year, I loved it, all of it, it was great, and hilarious.
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August 1, 2011fb729949618This movie still gets alot of PT at home whenever my sister and I are looking for a good laugh. Such a good kids movie, our generation was the best.
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Critic Reviews
July 26, 2011
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
July 6, 2010
Variety Staff, Variety
Pic boasts wonderful casting, with Culkin a delight as funny, resilient Kevin, and O'Hara bringing a snappy, zesty energy to the role of mom. Full Review
May 20, 2003
Caryn James, New York Times
[A] surprisingly charming film, which may be the first Christmas black comedy for children. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Jeanne Cooper, Washington Post
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. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
If Home Alone had limited itself to the things that might possibly happen to a forgotten 8-year-old, I think I would have liked it more. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Chris Columbus's junky, rambunctiously funny Home Alone is every kid's anarchical wish come true. Full Review
November 16, 1990
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
The movie devolves into an egregious Three Stooges painfest: We're meant to giggle and clap along with Kevin as the crooks get their heads singed with blowtorches and walk barefoot on glass. Full Review
November 9, 2011
Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
A better director could have helped the film out considerably, even saved it... But even then, the script is tremendously weak, by Hughes's standards or anybody else's. Full Review
July 26, 2011
Film4
This is engaging and frequently hilarious. But the joke is stretched a bit too far. Full Review
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