Macaulay Culkin

Joe Pesci

Daniel Stern

John Heard

Roberts Blossom

Catherine O'Hara

Angela Goethals

Devin Ratray

Gerry Bamman

Hillary Wolf

John Candy

Larry Hankin

Michael C. Maronna

Kristin Minter

Diana Rein

Jedidiah Cohen

Kieran Culkin

Senta Moses

Anna Slotky

Terrie Snell

Jeffrey Wiseman

Virginia Smith

Matt Doherty

Ralph Foody

Michael Guido

Ray Toler

Billie Bird

Bill Erwin

Gerry Becker

Victor Cole

Porscha Radcliffe

Brittany Radcliffe

Clarke Devereux

D. Danny Warhol

Lynn Mansbach

Peter Siragusa

Alan Wilder

Hope Davis

Dianne B. Shaw

Tracy J. Connor

James Ryan

Ken Hudson Campbell

Sandra Macat

Mark Beltzman

Ann Whitney

Richard J. Firfer

Jim Ortlieb

Kate Johnson

Michael Hansen

Peter Pantaleo

Jean-Claude Sciore

Monica Devereux

Edward Bruzan

Frank Cernugel

John Hardy

Eddie Korosa

Robert Okrzesik

Leo Perion

Vince Waidzulis

Quinn Culkin

Jay Hurley

Jane Jenkins

Raja Gosnell

Janet Hirshenson

Julio Macat

John Hughes

Dan Webster

Eve Cauley

Chris Columbus

John Williams

John Muto

Joe Tomko

Linda Melazzo

Gary A. Hecker

Geoffrey Hansen

Jennifer Jobst

Dominic Mango

Leslie Bricusse

Karen Fletcher Trujillo

Daniel B. Clancy

Mark Radcliffe

Linda Rizzuto

Kimberly Phillips

Mickey Antonetti

Edward England

William B. Fosser

Dennis Smith

William D'Ambra

Michael D. Wilhoit

Kelly Oxford

Vincent Donohue

Don Smetzer

Joseph H. Gilmartin

Randy Gordon

Stan Gilbert

William Purcell

Tim Chau

Jan Evans

Scott Martin Gershin

Alan L. Nineberg

Wylie Stateman

Pat Raney

Dan M. Rich

Gregory Lundsgaard

Kathleen Caton

Dino DiMuro

Freddie Hice

Jane Blank

Kenneth Wannberg

Glenn T. Morgan

Jerrie Fowler

Jill Smith

Kathryn Himoff

Scott M. Rosenfelt

Tarquin Gotch

James R. Alexander

Leon Delaney

Patrick J. Lynn

Tama Takahashi

Kevin Hearst

Tim A. Davison

Bob E. Ryan

John P. Friday

Art Bartels

Troy Borisy

Andrew Charlton

Kevin E. Carpenter

Larry Nicholas

James Giovannetti Jr.

Robert Schick

Mike Milliken

Jacolyn Baker

John Mikels

Tammy Karabas

Frank Brichetto

Lex duPont

Aimee Kohn

Danial Miller

Tom O'Malley

Tim Silano

Bob Saunders

Robert Batha

Jacqueline King

Mark R. Lindberg

Armin Steiner

Brad Ruby

Joeseph H. Gilmartin

Herbert W. Spencer

Raymond Bulinski

Arnie Plutz

George Voss

Kevin Maxwell

Jeffrey Wilhoit

Tim Webb

Manny Perry

Mark Levinson

Dick Sayers

Dianne Mapp-Cheek

Cyril H. Matthys

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Gimly

Doesn't really work if you actually spend the time to bother thinking about it, but so long as you don't _Home Alone_ is a pretty good time. There's really no likeable character, and it's honestly pretty mean spirited, but sometimes that's what you might need to defrag over Christmas. 

_Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._

Andre Gonzales

Love this movie. I was 8 when this came out. I remember being so jealous of Kevin, because I wished I could be home alone like that to do whatever I wanted.

CinemaSerf

It has taken me 30 years to sit down and watch this film and I'm quite glad I finally did. I usually loathe kids movies, and the trails at the time always put me off - but Macauley Culkin is really quite a charmer in this tale of a youngster who is accidentally left at home at Christmas by his family. They have jetted off to Paris leaving him alone facing the unwanted attentions of two would-be burglars (Joe Pesci & Daniel Stern). Initially a bit unsettled, he is soon is his stride using just about every gadget (and critter) in their large family home to make sure he thwarts their thieving intentions. It's really all about the kid - and this one delivers well. The slapstick elements of the plot are designed to raise a smile, never to maim - even if having your head set on fire by a blow torch, or being walloped in the face by an hot iron might do longer term damage than happens here. That's the fun of it, for fun it is - it's a modern day Laurel & Hardy style story with an ending that's never in doubt. It does have a slightly more serious purpose, highlighting loneliness - not just for "Kevin" but his elderly neighbour "Marley" (Roberts Blossom) and it has that lovely scene on the aircraft when mother Catherine O'Hara realises that it wasn't just the garage doors that they forgot to sort out before they left! A great, and instantly recognisable score from maestro John Williams tops it all off nicely.

Peter McGinn

Of course we watched this more than 20 years ago, but recently took it out of the library to watch again for a couple of reasons. One, it is ostensibly a holiday movie and we were watching a series of them. Also, a friend had just lost a loved pet and needed a silly movie to take her mind away for a couple of hours.

This movie fit the bill. It has several laugh out loud scenes, and mildly amusing material surrounding those scenes. The ensemble cast is fine. Catherine O’Hara is a believable mom and I have liked Daniel Stern ever since he couldn’t understand how a VCR works in City Slickers.

If you are one of those gentle souls like our friend who has difficulty distinguishing between cartoonish fictional violence and reality, you will need to look away a few times.

It won’t make the regular rotation of our traditional holiday movies, but I am glad we fit it in this year.

Home Alone( 1990)

A family comedy without the family.

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A review by Gimly

Written by Gimly on Mon Dec 30 2019

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