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Summary: Home Alone
Review: 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!
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Summary: A Christmas Comedy To Be Loved By The Whole Family
Review: One of the only good films of Macaulay Culkin's unimpressive & short-lived film career, Home Alone tells the story of 8 year old Kevin McCallister. When the McCallister family leaves for Paris for the holidays they accidently leave behind Kevin, a smart allect troublemaker (Culkin.) The family panics when learning of his absence, especially his mother, Kate (Cathrine O'Hara.) But Kevin couldn't be more calm, thinking he made everybody dissapear he just goes on doing everything he wants. But that all changes when two would-be crooks set their sights on the McCallister house. Harry & Marv (Joe Pesci & Daniel Stern) soon learn that Kevin is home alone & decide to rob the house a couple of days from Christmas. To bad Kevin overheard the whole plan & advices a plan of his own. He sets up small, but painful, traps all around the house, allowing the thiefs to encounter a world of pain in the process of trying to catch the resourceful Kevin. Followed by the fairly good sequal "Home Alone 2 : Lost in New York" & the awful third film "Home Alone 3" which starred newcomer Alex D Linz.
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Summary: One Of The Best Christams Family Comedies Ever!
Review: 'Home Alone' being one of the three only good films of Macaulay Culkin's short lived film career is an instant holiday classic. With many laugh out loud scenes & the few touching moments at the end, the film was destined from the beginning to be a pure holiday classic. The McCallister family, leaving for Paris for the holidays, accidently leaves behind their 8-year-old son, Kevin (Culkin). Kevin thinking he made his family dissapear goes on like evrybody's still there, except when two crooks, Harry (Joe Pesci) & Marv (Daniel Stern), set their sights on the McCallister house it's up to Kevin to save the house & destroy the crooks. All the while Kevin's mother (Cathrine O'Hara) tries on & on to return home. The sequels 'Home Alone 2 : Lost in New York' & 'Home Alone 3' were in my opinion just as good as the orginal.
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Summary: Everyone will find something in this movie!
Review: This is definetely a movie for everyone! I've been watching this film since I was a little kid and I still enjoy watching it now as much as I did when this movie first came out. This movie is filled with lots of laughs that will have you laughing through the movie. It also has some very touching scenes. Even to today, I am so moved by some particular scenes that I just want to burst out crying. But, this movie is a lot of fun and I will give my guranteed recommendation on this movie anyday!
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Summary: hilarious comedy related with Christmas time
Review: the movie makes you laugh at various scenes in the movie
touches you
warms you
shocks you
like the scenes with the robbers scaring Kevin
then the laugh comes when he pummels them with his various rigged devices inside and outside the house
he really knows how to protect himself for being 8
that's amazing
he's great at playing Kevin McCallister
everyone in the movie adds to the hilarity and movingness the movie has to offer
saw it with my grandparents at age 9. saw it many times on tv. got it on dvd a year or less ago. worth the laughs every time. it's a great story and hopefully everyone also learns a lesson from this movie as they should.
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Summary: this movie always puts me in the holiday mood
Review: Even though there are so many Christmas-oriented movies, this one and its sequal have always put me in the Christmas spirit... I used to love it more when I was younger, though. Now a days I'd say that the whole beating people up for fun isn't so entertaining.
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Summary: It Will Never Wear Out It's Welcome!
Review: This movie was a favorite amongst many when it first came out in 1990, and more than a decade later, this movie *still* remains a classic, and will continue to be a classic for many more years to come.
The story is simple, really: young Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) is the underdog of the family; always getting picked on by his older siblings, and feeling like an outcast. One day, he gets into it with his older brother, and Kevin ends up being punished. During his punishment, he wishes that he could spend a christmas by himself without any of his family members. Wouldn't you know it - due to his family's carelessness, they accidently leave Kevin home on their way to the airport (to fly to Paris for Christmas vacation.)
And from there, the fun begins. While Kevin is home by himself, two bumbling, nincompoop burglars (played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) known as the "Wet Bandits," set their sites on Kevin's house. When Kevin figures this out, he sets the house up with all sorts of tricks and traps, to out-maneuver these two clowns. And it's *hilarious* (listening to Daniel Stern's agonized wails -- as if he were castrated -- leaves me gasping for breath!) Anytime I watch this movie, these scenes in general have a way of bringing out the devilishly-maniacal, mischievous kid in me (and no doubt, many other viewers as well.) Of course, the movie isn't all about brash, goofy slapstick; there are some moving moments scattered throughout the film (particularly when Kevin befriends an old man - who is feared throughout the neighborhood - who teaches Kevin a few things about life, as well as receiving a little bit of advice from young Kevin along the way.)
Home Alone, Home Alone 2, and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation are the Christmas comedies I find myself coming back to most. Indeed, all three of these films are classics that should be watched around the holidays, or *any* time of the year, for some non-stop entertainment & laughs, as well as some heartwarming sentiment beneath it all.
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Summary: The best comedy you have seen
Review: Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) has never wanted anything more than a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T from his family, and that's the one thing he's never succeeded in getting. His older siblings, Buzz (Devin Ratray), Megan (Hillary Wolf) and Jeff (Michael C. Maronna) treat him like a helpless, insignificant piece of dirt; while his parents, Peter (John Heard) and Kate (Catherine O'Hara) are oblivious to everyone's wrongdoings, except for Kevin's. Hence, Kevin wishes that his family would disappear, and they do! Suddenly Kevin is living large, and in charge, as his family has rushed to the airport in a hurry, leaving him behind for the holidays on the third floor. Now there's nothing more for Kevin to do than a little Christmas decorating to get him in the holiday spirit. But Kevin's not decking the halls with mistletoe and tinsel, more like broken glass and paint cans, as a pair of idiot burglars, Marv (Daniel Stern) and Harry (Joe Pesci), dubbed "The Wet Bandits" - due to the fact that they stuff the sink with towels, and leave the water running in the homes they burglarize - make a stop in his neighborhood. The main target? Kevin's house. Now it's time for Kevin to protect the home that he loves before the bumbling bandits can steal anything from it, and learn a quick lesson about family.
I have watched HOME ALONE every Christmas for years and years, and it never gets tiring. John Hughes - writer and producer - and Chris Columbus - director - are brilliant, and have created a movie that will ultimately go down in history. Macaulay Culkin (SAVED! and UNCLE BUCK) couldn't be better as the unlikely hero, whose life revolves around eating junk food, watching "rubbish," and getting into mischief. Devin Ratray (DENNIS THE MENACE and WORTH WINNING) gives an amazing performance as the annoying, moronic older brother who gets away with everything. While Catherine O'Hara (ORANGE COUNTY and BEETLEJUICE) and John Heard (WHAT THE DEAF MAN HEARD and HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK) were utterly amazing as the clueless parents. With marvelous performances by other actors/actresses such as Gerry Bamman (TWO FAMILY HOUSE and LORENZO's OIL) as Uncle Frank, Macaulay Culkin's real-life younger brother, Kieran Culkin (ONLY THE LONELY and THE DANGEROUS LIVES OF ALTAR BOYS) as Cousin Fuller, John Candy (THE GREAT OUTDOORS and ARMED AND DANGEROUS) as Gus Polinski, the Polka Band Shuttle Chief, and many more, HOME ALONE is sure to offer a little something for everyone.
Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper
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Summary: A Real Favorite
Review: HOME ALONE was very successful when it was in theaters and its popularity has proven to be enduring. Small wonder. This is a very funny and entertaining movie. Kevin, the youngest member of his family, goes to bed wishing his family would disappear. The following morning finds his family leaving late and in a rush to get to the airport to catch their flight to Paris. In the hubbub, Kevin gets left home alone. His elation to find himself the "man of the house" and in charge of things is only one of many great scenes in this movie. Culkin shines as Kevin. Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern are also very funny as a pair of burglars.
The editorial reviewer here comments that the "violence" in the later stages of HOME ALONE is "over the top". Over the top of what? There are no knives or machine guns in evidence here. Some broken christmas tree ornaments, a red hot doorknob, a couple of paint cans, some icy stairs, a b-b gun ... this is the kind of violence we're talking about here. Realistically, yeah, these burglars are ridiculously inept and somebody could get seriously hurt on slippery concrete steps, but as theatrical violence goes this is pretty harmless stuff. Pretty funny stuff, too.
This is a classically funny movie and one the whole family can enjoy. If you haven't seen it, give yourself a treat. If you're like me, you'll want your own copy so you can watch it whenever the mood hits. With Christmas a central part of the plot, HOME ALONE works especially well during the holiday season. Strongly recommended.
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Summary: Still One of the Funniest Christmas Movies Around
Review: Home Alone is truly an entertaining Christmas movie to watch during the holiday season. Macaulay Culkin plays the character of the mischievous Kevin McAllister so well in that he brings life to the movie and is just downright funny when he complains about his family.
Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern are also quite comical as the "wet bandits" and bring a great sense of goofiness to the film.
Overall, this movie is still funny to this day and it never gets old. Some of the traps that Kevin sets up are lethal (i.e. iron falling from laundry-shoot scene) and certainly unrealistic, but then again, this is Hollywood.
The DVD is clear and the widescreen aspect ratio is closer to full screen, which I like personally. There aren't any special features, but who cares? The movie makes up for it.
Bottom Line: Buy the DVD if you like this movie
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