Home Alone

1990
PG
1h 43m

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7.7/10

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Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, and Daniel Stern in Home Alone (1990)

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High-Concept Comedy Holiday Comedy Holiday Family Slapstick Comedy Family Holiday

An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

669K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 12 wins & 7 nominations total

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Trivia
Joe Pesci deliberately avoided Macaulay Culkin on-set because he wanted Culkin to think he was mean.

Goofs
The night Harry and Marv break in to the house, Kevin sits down and blesses his macaroni and cheese dinner just before the stroke of nine. This draws obvious attention to his plate. Later, just before Harry is covered with feathers, you can see a completely different plate with three sections of food on it.

Quotes
Check-Out Woman: Are you here all by yourself?
Kevin McCallister: Ma'am, I'm eight years old. You think I would be here alone? I don't think so.
Check-Out Woman: Where's your mom?
Kevin McCallister: My mom's in the car.
Check-Out Woman: Where's your father?
Kevin McCallister: He's at work.
Check-Out Woman: What about your brothers and your sisters?
Kevin McCallister: I'm an only child.
Check-Out Woman: Where do you live?
Kevin McCallister: Uh, I can't tell you that.
Check-Out Woman: Why not?
Kevin McCallister: Because you're a stranger.

Alternate versions
When aired on YTV, the older airings had the word "Ass" being redubbed with "Butt" but more recent airings just kept the original unedited word.

Connections
Edited into 5 Second Movies: Home Alone (2008)

Soundtracks
Somewhere In My Memory
Music by John Williams
Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse

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10/10

The perfect Christmas film

Home Alone is one of the best slapstick comedies I have ever seen.

The comedy is top-notch, the slapstick is fantastic.

It's not just that, the direction, editing, and pacing are immaculate.

And obviously Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, and Daniel Stern are phenomenal here, I can't imagine them being played by anyone else, they are just perfect.

Some of these edits wouldn't be in films like this today.

But this movie is also delightful, dare I say even a little heartwarming, it's the perfect Christmas movie to watch every year.

I'm gonna give Home Alone an A+.