Storyline
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ready to defend his territory. By planting booby traps galore, adorably mischievous Kevin stands his ground as his frantic mother attempts to race home before.
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Cast
Jim Ortlieb, Hope Davis, James Ryan, Kieran Culkin, Daniel Stern, Joe Pesci, Catherine O'Hara, Terrie Snell, John Heard, Gerry Becker, John Candy, Macaulay Culkin, Roberts Blossom, Devin Ratray, Mike Maronna, Hillary Wolf, Angela Goethals, Gerry Bamman, Daiana Campeanu, Kristin Minter, Ralph Foody, Larry Hankin, Ken Hudson Campbell, Billie Bird, Jedidiah Cohen, Bill Erwin, Jeffrey Wiseman, Virginia Smith, Ray Toler, Clarke Devereux, Dan Charles Zukoski, Matt Doherty, Senta Moses, Anna Slotky, Porscha Radcliffe, Monica Devereux, Peter Siragusa, Alan Wilder, Dianne B. Shaw, Mark Beltzman, Ann Whitney, Michael Guido, Victor Cole, Brittany Radcliffe, Lynn Mansbach, Tracy J. Connor, Sandra Macat, Richard J. Firfer, Kate Johnson, Michael Hansen, Peter Pantaleo, Jean-Claude Sciore, Edward Bruzan, Frank Cernugel, Eddie Korosa, Robert Okrzesik, Leo Perion, Vince Waidzulis
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Reviews
80
Kevin has the potential to be the mawkish child or the obnoxious little adult so common on screen, but he is neither. Played with great glee by Macaulay Culkin, he is a totally endearing, up-to-the-minute little boy.
80
This holiday contender from John Hughes is too crass, too loud and too violent to be added blithely to Christmas viewing traditions. But it is funny.
70
The movie has a big payoff; it's the setup that's the drag. But Kevin's antics will touch the budding subversive in every kid. My advice? Hide the car keys.
67
Home Alone is the apex, the pinnacle, the culmination of every bad bit Hughes has ever written or directed. It overflows with primitive, disastrously unfunny sight gags and neo-hateful familial humor.
67
The A.V. Club
Even though Macaulay Culkin's alternately muggy and inexpressive lead performance hasn't worn well, the supporting turns by Catherine O'Hara and John Candy are especially crackerjack, as is John Williams' buoyantly cartoony score.
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