Home Sweet Home Alone

2021
PG
1h 33m

IMDb RATING

3.6/10

21K

YOUR RATING

Archie Yates in Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)

Max Mercer is a mischievous and resourceful young boy who has been left behind while his family is in Japan for the holidays. So when a married couple attempting to retrieve a priceless heirloom set their sights on the Mercer family's home, it is up to Max to protect it from the trespassers ... and he will do whatever it takes to keep them out. Hilarious hijinks of epic proportions ensue, but despite the absolute chaos, Max comes to realize that there really is no place like home sweet home.

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A married couple tries to steal back a valuable heirloom from a troublesome kid.A married couple tries to steal back a valuable heirloom from a troublesome kid.A married couple tries to steal back a valuable heirloom from a troublesome kid.

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IMDb RATING

3.6/10

21K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
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Trivia
Chris Columbus, director of Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), had the following to say when the topic of this reboot came up during an interview while promoting The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020): "Nobody got in touch with me about it, and it's a waste of time as far as I'm concerned. What's the point? I'm a firm believer that you don't remake films that have had the longevity of Home Alone. You're not going to create lightning in a bottle again. It's just not going to happen. So why do it? It's like doing a paint-by-numbers version of a Disney animated film - a live-action version of that. What's the point? It's been done. Do your own thing. Even if you fail miserably, at least you have come up with something original."

Goofs
When Max enters the house after sleeping in the car, the house alarm is on. His movements in the house should trigger the motion sensors, thus alarming the parents.

Quotes
Hunter: Uh, this is garbage. I don't know why they are always trying to remake the classics. Never as good as the originals.

Connections
Featured in The Matt Walsh Show: Loudoun County Is Not an Outlier. There's a Sex Assault Epidemic in Public Schools. (2021)

Soundtracks
(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
Written by Robert Allen and Al Stillman
Performed by Robert Goulet
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

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Featured review

3/10

Ugh

When the original Home Alone came out, it was criticized for being distastefully violent and overly cynical. How quaint. Home Sweet Home Alone is an aggressively brash and largely unfunny (despite the fantastic adult cast) onslaught of loud, terrible decisions. Not least of which is the insanely stupid choice to make the villains far-and-away the most sympathetic characters in the whole movie while making the kid as disdainful and static as possible. The Buzz cameo is kinda great, though.