Rating: 
Summary: The only redeeming feature about this movie is...
Review: ...that most people realize it sucks. I've seen so many awful movies with so much 4-star and 5-star reviews that it made me lose hope in humanity three times over. It does me good to see this movie getting what it rightfully deserves. On to the review, though.
My, oh, my, how should I start? Should I discuss the plot holes, the tedium, or the extremely high amount of clichés? How about the history of the Home Alone series?
Home Alone - Unlike Home Alone 2, this one actually takes place in Kevin's home. The first installment in the series is, unlike Home Alone 4, funny. In this installment, Kevin is a true badass. He doesn't take what he doesn't want and if you push him too far, he will lay the smackdown on you. Now the two criminals here are the awesome Harry and Marv. Now they were going to beat Kevin to death when they catch him, but Kevin wasn't going to let them do it without getting a beating in the process first. Needless to say, this movie rocked.
Home Alone 2 - Unlike the first one, this one doesn't take place in Kevin's home. Instead, he is running around New York with his dad's credit card stomping on people who tries to step up to him. Once again, Harry and Marv is back to cut Kevin into pieces, but once again, Kevin slaps them around like a housewife in Afghanistan. In the end, they get caught by the police again, and this is after getting their asses kicked by a bunch of pigeons who belong to an old hag that they will probably strangled to death after getting out of jail.
Home Alone 3 - Dear God, what went wrong? Oh, I know, they got rid of the badass Kevin, and replaced him with this little punk kid named Alex. Now if there ever was a bona fide future prince charming (aka pansy who caves in to his wife a lot), then there he is. What's worse, though, is that they've gotten rid of Harry and Marv, and replaced them with a group of morons who somehow managed to become internationally wanted criminals despite being clowns. Of course, Alex tried to pull a Kevin McCallister and be badass, but he failed miserably at every turn. On one hand, Kevin stomped on people who pissed him off, be nice to people who he wants to use or shut up, and defy family trips so he can stay home (or wander around New York) and screw around with the pizza guy/hotel manager. On the other hand, Alex is a little pansy who likes getting slapped on the butt by other little boys (getting spanked by his father is his favorite pastime), be nice to old men so as to try to get them to molest him, and only defy going to school when he is sick. Needless to say, this movie sucked.....badly.
Now that all of that is done, lets get to what I've been trying to talk about, Home Alone 4. Whatever I said about Home Alone 3, multiply that by 10, and you'll have this. So lets start with the plot holes.
The first plot hole - Why is "Kevin McCallister" as young in Home Alone 4 as he was in the first Home Alone?
The second plot hole - How did Prescott manage to sleep through a flooding of the house?
The third plot hole - Hown does Kevin know how to use a security system he never seen before?
The fourth plot hole - How did Kevin managed to set the early traps without anyone else walking into them or seeing them despite them being in place for a long time?
The fifth plot hole - Why did Kevin failed to set up a whole house full of traps like he did in all the other movies?
The sixth plot hole - How did he get so familiar with the whole house so quickly?
The seventh plot hole - Why the hell does the revolving bar/book case have commands like "spin faster sesame" and "maximum speed saysame"?
The eighth plot hole - How did Marv and his wife fly so high after being tripped?
The ninth plot hole - How did Marv's wife meet him in jail when women and men are placed in different jails?
The tenth plot hole - Why is Kevin such a pansy?
And, of course, these are just the plot holes I've noticed on the first view. I rather kill myself than watch this movie again. I could make another whole list about the tedium and clichés too, but I rather save myself the headache. All I have to say is that they should have kept Macaulay Culkin. Sure, he may be old now, but I'm pretty sure he would still kick ass. Also, they should have kept Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern as Harry and Marv, instead of replacing them with French Stewart, who would be much better off in Disney movies (this is actually a compliment), and his on-screen wife, whom I can't be bothered to look up the real name of.
Such sadness. This movie could have kicked so much ass. I give Home Alone 4 a 1/5. It gets a 1 rather than a 0 because (aside from not being able to give a 0) Prescott actually kicked some ass. It would have gotten a 3 if Prescott actually kicked serious ass, but that moron, Molly, kept jumping to Kevin's rescue. He should have toss her out the window. I know I would have.
Rating: 
Summary: Why? Why? Why?
Review: By now, most people agree that "Home Alone 1" was/is a classic holiday comedy. I mean, come on, who can ever forget Macaulay Culkin's "AAGGHHH!" face after putting on the after shave? "Home Alone 2" was great, as well. It introduced America to the Talkboy voice recording unit. But instead of going out on a good note, they had to keep pushing their luck. And "Home Alone 3" was just... ugghhh. No Macaulay, no Joe Pesci, no Daniel Stern, no McAllisters. Just another little snotty kid (who went on to have no movie career... at least Macaulay did a couple of other movies after HA 1&2) and some other stupid would-be robbers (one of which looking like David Schwimmer). And now this... I can't even find the words. Now they have some OTHER little punk kid trying to be Macaulay!!!! WHAT!?!??! That's like someone other than Dan Castellaneta doing the voice of Homer Simpson!! (Well, perhaps not that drastic, but you get the idea.) I wouldn't care about this movie (or at least not enough so to write a review), but it has the "Home Alone" title attached. WITHOUT MACAULAY CULKIN, JOE PESCI, AND DANIEL STERN, IT IS NOT - I REPEAT, NOT - HOME ALONE. Seriously, no more! Let the series die peacefully. Now, while it still might have a shred of dignity left. Anyway, avoid like the Noid. He ruins pizzas. HAH!!! Seriously, do not view or buy this. Stick with 1 & 2 instead.
Rating:
Summary: Why? Why? Why?
Review: By now, most people agree that "Home Alone 1" was/is a classic holiday comedy. I mean, come on, who can ever forget Macaulay Culkin's "AAGGHHH!" face after putting on the after shave? "Home Alone 2" was great, as well. It introduced America to the Talkboy voice recording unit. But instead of going out on a good note, they had to keep pushing their luck. And "Home Alone 3" was just... ugghhh. No Macaulay, no Joe Pesci, no Daniel Stern, no McAllisters. Just another little snotty kid (who went on to have no movie career... at least Macaulay did a couple of other movies after HA 1&2) and some other stupid would-be robbers (one of which looking like David Schwimmer). And now this... I can't even find the words. Now they have some OTHER little punk kid trying to be Macaulay!!!! WHAT!?!??! That's like someone other than Dan Castellaneta doing the voice of Homer Simpson!! (Well, perhaps not that drastic, but you get the idea.) I wouldn't care about this movie (or at least not enough so to write a review), but it has the "Home Alone" title attached. WITHOUT MACAULAY CULKIN, JOE PESCI, AND DANIEL STERN, IT IS NOT - I REPEAT, NOT - HOME ALONE. Seriously, no more! Let the series die peacefully. Now, while it still might have a shred of dignity left. Anyway, avoid like the Noid. He ruins pizzas. HAH!!! Seriously, do not view or buy this. Stick with 1 & 2 instead.
Rating:
Summary: HORRIBLE HORRILBLE HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!
Review: From start to finish, this movie was a huge let down!!!!! It acted as if there was no change in the characters or situation and it REALLY took away from the movie. It was a dissapointment and is nothing like home alnoe 1, 2 or 3. A great example of how you cant take a good thing and keep reproducing it. There is hardly any pranks or anything and it is a very slow moving flick. On a scale of 1-10, I give it a negative 5. My advice: dont waste your time on Home Alone 4, just stick to 1,2, and 3.
Rating:
Summary: The Worst!
Review: Home Alone 1 and 2 were the best! Without Maculy Calkin (spelling??) and the orignial Harry and Marv, it's not the same. This one just gives the Home Alone franchise a bad name. It sucked!
Rating: 
Summary: I haven't seen it, I bet most people would rate it this!
Review: Home Alone was funny.
Home Alone 2 was hilarious.
Home Alone 3.... forget it.
Home Alone 4 is.....what? Someone else plays Kevin. It looks funny. But you can see this new guy, is not a lookalike. Though the line "Kevin!" is still flowing. So, here is my adivce to you: if you liked Mackuly Culkin playing Kevin, I don't know if you'd be particuarly amuzed with this guy. But for sure, I know that Steve Martin and French Stuart and Queen Lafetah are in this film. They are filling in for the old guys. Enjoy,
Sean Pollock, (I can't promise you anything about this movie).
Rating:
Summary: BRAVISSIMO! BRAVISSIMO! :-D :-D :-D
Review: Howdilly Doodily! WELL me reviewing Home Alone 4. Me and the kiddies didn't like 1 & 2. We just doesn't see the appeal: Macaulie Kullkin is not really a good child actor, and the two robbers Joe Pessy and Daniel Stern are too angry and they curse too much. They are very mean people, and those two movies perturbed me and the little ones. However, it picked up with 3! AND NOW IT HAS ACHIEVED PERFECTION WITH 4!!! It's FANTASTIC! :-D No cursing, no fresh plot, no good acting, NO ENTERTAINING QUALITIES WHATSOEVER! :-D :-D :-D JUST LIKE WE LIKE IT!!! YAYYY!!!! It will NEVER leave me new DVD player in my daycare in Pennsylvania (!!!!!) ! I would've given it more stars, but the robbers on the cover are very mean looking. This could scare away your little ones. BUt overall it is LOVELY!!! Forget 1 & 2 and BUY 3 & 4!!! Love Mervie
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Summary: Just what we need...
Review: I loved the first two because they were classics (well, Home Alone was a classic, Home Alone 2 was very good though). Home Alone 3, I thought, sucked. It was unnecassary. Two movies was enough for the Home Alone franchise. As painfully bad as Home Alone 3 was, this is, in fact, almost FUNNY because it is so bad! I mean, who could replace Culkin as Kevin and Daniel Stern as Marv and so on. NO ONE! But I guess I was wrong. When will Fox stop making this series suffer?! I mean, it's like beating a dead horse. Sorry, Home Alone 1 & 2 fans, with all due respect, please stay away from this. Especially if you expierenced the demise of the series (Home Alone 3)
Rating:
Summary: A JOKE!!!
Review: I saw the 1997 movie and would give it 1 star, but this movie cannot go below 1 star. I'd prefer giving this joke 0 stars!!
Rating:
Summary: A JOKE!!!
Review: I saw the 1997 movie and would give it 1 star, but this movie cannot go below 1 star. I'd prefer giving this joke 0 stars!!
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