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"Home Alone" is a splendid movie title because it evokes all sorts of scary nostalgia. Being left home alone, when you were a kid, meant hearing strange noises and being afraid to look in the basement - but it also meant doing all the things that grownups would tell you to stop doing, if they were there. Things like staying up to watch Johnny Carson, eating all the ice cream, and sleeping in your parents' bed.

"Home Alone" is about an 8-year-old hero who does all of those things, but unfortunately he also single-handedly stymies two house burglars by booby-trapping the house. And they're the kinds of traps that any 8-year-old could devise, if he had a budget of tens of thousands of dollars and the assistance of a crew of movie special effects people.

The movie's screenplay is by John Hughes , who sometimes shows a genius for remembering what it was like to be young. His best movies, such as " Sixteen Candles ," " The Breakfast Club ," " Ferris Bueller's Day Off " and " Planes, Trains and Automobiles ," find a way to be funny while still staying somewhere within the boundaries of remote plausibility. This time, he strays so far from his premise that the movie suffers.

If "Home Alone" had limited itself to the things that might possibly happen to a forgotten 8-year-old, I think I would have liked it more. What I didn't enjoy was the subplot involving the burglars ( Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern ), who are immediately spotted by little Kevin (Macaulay Culkin), and made the targets of his cleverness.

The movie opens in the Chicago suburbs with a houseful of people on the eve of a big family Christmas vacation in Paris. There are relatives and kids everywhere, and when the family oversleeps and has to race to the airport, Kevin is somehow overlooked in the shuffle. When he wakes up later that morning, the house is empty. So he makes the best of it.

A real kid would probably be more frightened than this movie character, and would probably cry. He might also try calling someone, or asking a neighbor for help. But in the contrived world of this movie, the only neighbor is an old coot who is rumored to be the Snow Shovel Murderer, and the phone doesn't work. When Kevin's parents discover they've forgotten him, they find it impossible to get anyone to follow through on their panicked calls - if anyone did so, the movie would be over.

The plot is so implausible that it makes it hard for us to really care about the plight of the kid. What works in the other direction, however, and almost carries the day, is the gifted performance by young Macaulay Culkin, as Kevin. Culkin is the little boy who co-starred with John Candy in " Uncle Buck ," and here he has to carry almost the whole movie. He has lots of challenging acting scenes, and he's up to them. I'm sure he got lots of help from director Chris Columbus , but he's got the stuff to begin with. He's such a confident and gifted little actor that I'd like to see him in a story I could care more about.

"Home Alone" isn't that story. When the burglars invade Kevin's home, they find themselves running a gamut of booby traps so elaborate they could have been concocted by Rube Goldberg - or by the berserk father in " Last House on the Left ." Because all plausibility is gone, we sit back, detached, to watch stunt men and special effects guys take over a movie that promised to be the kind of story audiences could identify with.

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Home Alone (1990)

103 minutes

Joe Pesci as Harry

Daniel Stern as Marv

Roberts Blossom as Marley

MacAulay Culkin as Kevin

John Heard as Peter

Catherine O'Hara as Kate

John Candy as Gus Polinski

John Williams

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Raja Gosnell

Written and Produced by

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Home Alone Reviews

This film truly captures something enduring about what it's like to be a kid, and it continues to speak to that child in all of us.

Full Review | Dec 14, 2023

Without being the least bit schmaltzy or cloying, Home Alone manages to impart the holiday spirit. Its saving grace is an unexpected vein of irreverent humor that verges on the black.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Nov 30, 2023

This is going to be a big hit with the kids. Word will get out in the schoolyard that Home Alone is really funny. Just don’t let the kids near the iron after they’ve seen it.

Full Review | Nov 30, 2023

Home Alone will send most moviegoers home with the warm glow of a story well told.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 29, 2023

Hughes wrote and produced Home Alone, leaving hapless Chris Columbus to direct this boorish, ham-fisted, sloppy screen comedy.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Nov 29, 2023

Culkin is the perfect tufted tow-headed tyke; the human equivalent of the Roadrunner, his face twisting and eyes brightening with every revelation and idea. Pesci and Stern, accordingly, are cast as Wiley Coyotes.

Home Alone is a cheerful, happy-minded comedy with clever casting and the kind of repetitious slapstick action to thrill the kids.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 29, 2023

Home Alone isn't high art, but it's a swell gift to movie-going families.

Full Review | Nov 29, 2023

Once Culkin is left to hos own devices, the film takes off. The last 45 minutes are achingly funny -- the perfect pre-Christmas present. Enjoy the laughs and don't leave anyone home alone. This is a picture the whole family can ejoy.

For a dumb movie, Home Alone gets pretty smart pretty fast... just like little Kevin.

The exception to the predictability is Kevin's plotted revenge against two extremely goofy criminals, played by the brilliant Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 29, 2023

The film bombards us with gag and gimmicks. It's fun escapism, but not emotionally engaging.

Using split-second editing, playfully choreographed violence and exaggerated responses such as the bug-eyed double take, director Chris Columbus has created a live action comedy in the style of a Warner Bros cartoon.

Home Alone works -- it's funny, stupid, affably sentimental, and on occasion, even inspired.

You may not buy the contrived plot, but this giddy, warm-hearted comedy will have both children and grownups giggling in the aisles.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 29, 2023

The movie is quite enjoyable as long as it explores the fantasy of a neglected little boy having an entire house of his own to explore and play in, and it still manages to be fun when he exhibits superhuman ingenuity and resourcefulness.

Kevin learns some lessons, too. Families aren't bad after all. Families are nice. Being Home Alone isn't much fun. He's right.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 29, 2023

Writer/producer Hughes and director Chris Columbus have assembled a likeable cast led by Macaulay Culkin who plays Kevin and can make an impressive screaming face.

In the spirit of the coming season, you forgive this movie and cheerfully accept its gifts -- a few big laughs, several unforced chuckles, and a touching moment or two.

Home Alone is a lot like most Christmas gifts -- nicely packaged and fun to open, but not very useful or tasteful.

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80 The New York Times The New York Times 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 Washington Post Washington Post 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 Washington Post Hal Hinson Washington Post Hal Hinson 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 Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov 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 Noel Murray The A.V. Club Noel Murray 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.
63 Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert All plausibility is gone, we sit back, detached, to watch stunt men and special effects guys take over a movie that promised to be the kind of story audiences could identify with.
63 TV Guide Magazine TV Guide Magazine The first half of Home Alone features the sugar-coated sentimentality that can usually be found in a Hughes film, while the second half is full of unanticipated sadism.
60 Empire Empire So it may not be Citizen Kane, but it is a hilarious comedy (although not a very believable one — there can be no eight-year-olds this ingenious) that kids will love and adults won’t mind sitting through either.
50 Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum The movie is quite enjoyable as long as it explores the fantasy of a neglected little boy having an entire house of his own to explore and play in, but the physical cruelty that dominates the last act leaves a sour taste, and the multiple continuity errors strain one's suspension of disbelief to near the breaking point.
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Home Alone Review

01 Jan 1990

103 minutes

It’s easy to see how this cute high-concept comedy, from the fertile pen of John Hughes who adds kids to his cross section of mild middle-class American tribulation, became a minor phenomenon. Its oh-so simple set-up — misunderstood sprog is forgotten in the family scrum to leave for a vacation, leaving him entirely to his own devices — hits a gold seam of childhood fantasy, the wonderful collection of what-ifs of a world stripped of parental monitoring.

That it is set at Christmas adds an inspired whisp of Dickensian hardship. And that young Kevin, played with spark and comic timing by the impossibly cute Macaulay Culkin, must face off against two useless housebreakers grants the opportunity for a succession of Chuck Jones inspired hi-jinkery, giving the film a madcap energy lest it sink too deep into sentiment.

Spawning three sequels and numerous rip-offs, you could classify Home Alone as a seminal moment, but for all its naughty mania and wish fulfilment you can feel the rough gear-changes of processed scriptwriting hard-wired for effect. How we are meant to grin with infantile glee at Kevin’s unsupervised indulgences in adult videos, ice cream sundaes and interior sled-rides. And how we must chuckle and raise a cheer over his victoriously cunning booby traps, spread across his vast wood-panelled house, that leave long-suffering Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern permanently on their backsides.

It’s an ineffective cartoon form of violence where nothing, especially not criminal hide, is truly harmed. Which lands the film with an irritating but, perhaps, inevitable conceit — that it has one baby foot in the real world and one in purest fantasy. Kevin’s peril never really hits home, he just lives in a movie pitch. Otherwise, God knows the therapy he’ll need in adult life.

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November 16, 1990
Macaulay Culkin as Kevin; Joe Pesci as Harry; Daniel Stern as Marv; Catherine O’Hara as Kate; John Heard as Peter; Roberts Blossom as Marley; Devin Ratray as Buzz; Angela Goethals as Linnie; Gerry Bamman as Uncle Frank; Hillary Wolf as Megan; John Candy as Gus Polinski; Michael C. Maronna as Jeff; Kristin Minter as Heather; Kieran Culkin as Fuller

Home Release Date

November 13, 2020
Chris Columbus

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20th Century Fox

Movie Review

“Kevin, you’re such a disease .”

“You’re what the French call ‘ les incompetents ’.”

“Kevin, I’m going to feed you to my tarantula.”

That’s just a snippet of what 8-year-old Kevin McCallister has heard all day from his brothers, sisters and cousins as they prepare for their next-day flight to Paris to celebrate Christmas. It’s like the whole family collectively decided to make the boy their verbal punching bag. And sure , maybe Kevin was getting on everyone’s nerves the whole day. But in his mind, he’s completely innocent.

During dinner, though, Kevin’s oldest brother, Buzz, goes one taunt too far. Kevin’s had it. He slams himself into his brother, knocking over the milk and soaking the plane tickets. In the chaos, Kevin’s father doesn’t notice when he accidentally throws one of the tickets into the trash as Kevin’s mother, Kate, marches the boy to his room, leaving Buzz unpunished and Kevin fuming.

“I don’t want to see you again for the rest of my whole life !” Kevin shouts at his family.

“I hope you don’t mean that,” Kate responds. “You’d feel pretty sad if you woke up tomorrow morning, and you didn’t have a family.”

Well, when Kevin wakes up, his whole family is gone. A storm in the night knocked out the power, so they all overslept and had to rush to the airport to make the flight. And in a series of unfortunate events, they accidentally forgot Kevin, leaving him home alone.

Kevin learns that his mother was wrong. He’s happy they’re gone … at least, for a little while. But soon, he starts to miss them—and more than anything, he’d like to have all of them—even Buzz —back.

Especially when some opportunistic burglars think his house is empty and decide to break in.

Positive Elements

Lots of things go wrong in order for Kevin to be accidentally left behind while the rest of the family flies to Paris. Midway through the flight, however, Kate realizes the horrible mistake and, for the rest of the film, fights to get home as quickly as possible. To that end, she’s helped by quite a few people who are willing to go out of their way to get her there.

Meanwhile, Kevin’s actually doing pretty well for himself. He learns how to take care of himself, going to the grocery store and doing his laundry, even overcoming his fear of the basement furnace.

However, though Kevin learns a bit of responsibility, he ultimately misses his family dearly—even family members he sometimes argues with. He asks a man if Santa could bring his family back; and he realizes that he has said and done things that were selfish and rude, wishing he could make up with them.

Due to a fictional story by Buzz, Kevin is afraid of his neighbor, Mr. Marley. But when the two eventually talk, he realizes that Mr. Marley is a kind man. The two are able to give each other advice and encourage one another to reconnect with their respective families.

Spiritual Elements

Kevin spends some time in a church, where a choir sings “O Holy Night.” While there, he runs into Mr. Marley, who tells him that church is “the place to be if you’re feeling bad about yourself.” The church contains a nativity scene where Kevin hides at one point. Later, Kevin prays and crosses himself.

Kate tells a man that she’ll make it home to Kevin even if she has to sell her soul to the devil to do so. A fictional movie is titled “Angels with Filthy Souls.”

Sexual Content

Kevin finds a Playboy magazine in Buzz’s room before tossing it over his shoulder. Buzz likewise has posters of women in bikinis hanging up in his room. Buzz asks his cousin if French women shave their armpits, and he asks about nude beaches.

Violent Content

The two burglars, Harry and Marv, storm the McCallister house, and Kevin sets up many traps to slow their assault. Some of these traps are minor, with one covering Harry in feathers.

But others, were this not a movie, could be lethal, such as when Harry is treated to a blowtorch to the head. The burglars are shot in the forehead and crotch with a BB gun; fall onto hard concrete after slipping on ice; get hit in the head with an iron and paint cans; step on a nail and broken Christmas ornaments; and other painful pratfalls. Harry brands his hand on a heated metal doorknob. Marv smacks Harry in the chest with a crowbar in trying to kill a spider. At one point, the two get knocked out.

All of these injuries enrage the two would-be thieves, causing them to utter death threats about Kevin, including how they’ll bite off his fingers or do especially bad things to his male anatomy. And when they cannot figure out where Kevin escaped to, Marv casually wonders if Kevin committed suicide. A man’s bandaged hand shows a little blood from an injury.

Buzz tells Kevin a rumor about how Mr. Marley killed his family, as well as half the people on his old neighborhood block, with a snow shovel. Kevin attacks Buzz. In an old black-and-white movie which Kevin frequently plays, a man shoots another with a gun.

Crude or Profane Language

The s-word is used once. “H—” is uttered six times. We also hear “a–,” “d–n” and “crap.” God’s name is misused once. Additionally, we hear childish insults such as “idiot” and “puke-breath.”

Drug and Alcohol Content

A man smokes. Someone drinks champagne. A TV show portrays an intoxicated Santa.

Other Negative Elements

Some of Kevin’s relatives say pretty cruel things to him, and Kevin treats them poorly, too.

Kevin steals an item while trying to flee a man, and he runs from a pursuing police officer.

“I made my family disappear,” Kevin McCallister says with a smirk.

Perhaps you’ve had moments in your life when understood exactly how Kevin felt. Something like this: Finally. No more family drama, cruel words or overbearing rules.

But if there’s one thing this 1990 classic teaches us, it’s that families are critically important—no matter how much we might disagree with that sentiment in those moments of anger and strife. Even though having annoying relatives might require enduring such moments, Home Alone ultimately shows how a family truly rooted in love will forgive and endure all things.

Much of what you’ll need to endure in Home Alone , however, is all that comedic violence. At times, the painful shenanigans we witness can feel cringe-inducing. Still, I wonder if the deepest wounds Marv and Harry will carry after their failed siege of Kevin’s house are the bruises to their egos.

On top of that, you’ll hear some mild profanity, too. Still, if you are in the mood for a Joe Pesci film, Home Alone is the tamest you’ll find.

Kennedy Unthank

Kennedy Unthank studied journalism at the University of Missouri. He knew he wanted to write for a living when he won a contest for “best fantasy story” while in the 4th grade. What he didn’t know at the time, however, was that he was the only person to submit a story. Regardless, the seed was planted. Kennedy collects and plays board games in his free time, and he loves to talk about biblical apologetics. He thinks the ending of Lost “wasn’t that bad.”

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Home Alone is a beloved holiday comedy film released in 1990 and directed by Chris Columbus. Written by John Hughes, the film has become a timeless classic that continues to captivate audiences of all ages. Filled with humor, heart, and a memorable performance by Macaulay Culkin, Home Alone has solidified its place as a holiday favorite that has stood the test of time. The film follows Kevin McCallister (played by Macaulay Culkin), an eight-year-old boy who finds himself accidentally left behind when his family leaves for a Christmas vacation in Paris. Initially reveling in the freedom and independence of being home alone, Kevin soon realizes he must protect his house from two bumbling burglars, Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern), who have been targeting the neighborhood. Armed with his wit, resourcefulness, and a series of booby traps, Kevin sets out to defend his home and teach the intruders a lesson they won't forget. Macaulay Culkin delivers a charming and endearing performance as Kevin, capturing the mischievous nature of a young child while also showcasing moments of vulnerability and resilience. Culkin's comedic timing and expressive face make him a delight to watch, carrying the film with his natural charisma. His portrayal of Kevin has become iconic, making him a beloved character in the realm of holiday movies. Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern bring hilarious physical comedy to the film as the bumbling burglars, Harry and Marv. Their slapstick antics and comedic chemistry provide plenty of laughs, serving as perfect foils to Kevin's clever traps and pranks. The supporting cast, including Catherine O'Hara as Kevin's mother, John Heard as his father, and other members of the McCallister family, add depth and warmth to the story, capturing the chaos and love of a large family during the holiday season. Home Alone strikes a balance between slapstick comedy and heartfelt moments, resulting in a film that appeals to both children and adults. The screenplay by John Hughes expertly blends humor and sentimentality, highlighting the importance of family, love, and the holiday spirit. The film's message about the true meaning of Christmas shines through, reminding viewers of the importance of connection and forgiveness. One of the film's strengths lies in its inventive and entertaining set pieces. Kevin's elaborate booby traps, meticulously designed to thwart the burglars, provide a continuous stream of laughs and excitement. The sequences showcase a blend of physical comedy, clever contraptions, and satisfying payoffs, making them memorable and entertaining. Visually, Home Alone captures the essence of a cozy and festive holiday season. The film's warm and inviting production design, coupled with its wintry setting, creates a magical atmosphere that adds to the film's charm. The iconic musical score by John Williams further enhances the holiday spirit, with its memorable and joyous melodies that have become synonymous with the film. In summary, Home Alone is a classic holiday comedy that continues to bring laughter and warmth to audiences of all generations. Macaulay Culkin's delightful performance, coupled with the film's clever humor and heartfelt moments, make it a timeless favorite during the holiday season. While some may find the film's slapstick comedy and predictable plot elements less appealing, Home Alone's enduring popularity is a testament to its enduring charm and enduring ability to capture the spirit of Christmas in a heartwarming and entertaining way.

Its continuous success in the holiday season has cemented ‘Home Alone’ as a Christmas classic, however until this week it had been at least five years since my last viewing. I remembered it being quite different - the third act with the burglars seemed to occupy a larger running time in my head, and I had completely forgotten about Kevin’s neighbour (although this time around, I found it to be the most heartwarming part). Even though there are many aspects to poke holes in, I found that watching Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) take control of his family home was the perfect way to end the Christmas festivities. I’m really glad that this film has re-entered my list for annual Christmas viewing.

Home Alone is the best Christmas movie I have ever seen. It is about a boy called Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) who gets left behind when the rest of his family go to Paris for Christmas and he thinks that his wish came true. However two burglars (Stern and Pesci) realize that he is home alone so Kevin needs to defend his house from the burglars before his family come back. It is a funny movie and I think out of all of the Home Alone films this one is the best. I recommend that you watch this movie.

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10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Home Alone Or Home Alone 2

10 ways that home alone has aged surprisingly well, home sweet home alone: happy ending (& sequel setup) explained.

The original Home Alone is a classic and remains the best in the franchise, loved for its hilarious plot and iconic booby traps.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is even better than the first film, with memorable performances and iconic moments that make it the best in the series.
While the other Home Alone movies have tried to recreate the magic of the originals, most have failed to win over audiences or critics.

With the release of Home Sweet Home Alone in 2022 there are now six Home Alone movies, and there's a considerable gulf in quality between the worst and the best. 1990's Home Alone was directed by Chris Columbus and became an instant classic, with a sequel released two years later with almost all of the original cast. These movies have been followed by four more, most with a completely new cast of Home Alone characters . Each of the Home Alone movies has a pretty similar premise: a child somehow gets left home alone (or somewhere else without their guardians) with no parental supervision, while burglars try to break into his location.

There have been a few variations on the motive for the villains in the Home Alone movies. Home Alone 2 focused on revenge against the kid who put two burglars in jail following the events of the first Home Alone movie. Home Sweet Home Alone is about a couple trying to retrieve a stolen item. While the first two films are considered Christmas classics and air on television multiple times annually, most of the other titles are fairly forgettable, with the remaining titles being largely considered lackluster by comparison. However, while the worst of the bunch were flops, the best Home Alone movies are among the best Christmas movies ever made.

The Home Alone movies are available to stream on Disney+.

Home Alone and Home Alone 2 are two of the most beloved movies of the holidays, but even die-hard fans missed some of these facts about the films.

6 Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House

Kevin without macaulay culkin didn't work.

Home Alone 4 is the only Home Alone reboot featuring Kevin , though Culkin did not reprise the role (child actor Mike Weinberg stepped in). In this film, Kevin McCallister's parents have separated. His father, Peter, is now living with his wealthy fiancée, Natalie. Kevin visits them for Christmas, while they plan to host a royal family. Kevin initially has a lot of fun in the mansion until he catches his old nemesis Marv (now played by French Stewart) and his wife Vera (Missy Pyle). He ends up having to set multiple traps for them inside the mansion. After the arrest, the royal family chooses to spend their vacation with the McCallisters and Peter decides to go back to his family.

The only thing worse than a bad movie is a boring movie, and, unfortunately, this one is both. The Home Alone movie is largely forgettable with a convoluted plot, whereas the cast lacks the charm and sincerity of the original Home Alone actors. Critics and audiences have noted that the acting in the film is incredibly awful, with Stewart and Pyle being both over-the-top and one-note with their performances.

5 Home Alone: The Holiday Heist

A 10 year break didn't help the home alone franchise.

After Home Alone 4 , the Home Alone movies took a 10-year break, returning in 2012 with Home Alone: The Holiday Heist . This Home Alone movie follows the very anxious introvert Finn. Finn's family moves into a new home, unaware that it previously belonged to a famous gangster. However, a trio of burglars does know, and they want a famous lost painting hanging in the secret speakeasy. Finn finds evidence of them casing the home, but he initially believes the culprits to be ghosts. He realizes the truth when his sister becomes trapped in a hidden room while the pair are, in typical Home Alone Fashion , left home alone.

He sets several traps for the villains while he tries to get her out. Home Alone: The Holiday Heist mostly just retreads territory from the original, and not well. Eddie Steeples' Mr. Hughes' character has also garnered criticism for his stereotypical role as an unintelligent, black, gangster-type safecracker. The cast did what they could with the script, but the story overall offers few surprises or twists.

Split image of Kevin eating ice cream and the Wet Bandits in Home Alone

Home Alone is one of the most popular Christmas movies, and there are many things about Kevin's story that still hold up when fans watch it today.

4 Home Alone 3

The third home alone movie proved how essential kevin mccallister was.

Alex and two of the thieves in Home Alone 3

Home Alone 3 has the most outrageous plot on this list. Alex is given a toy RC car by his neighbor as a reward for shoveling snow. What neither of them knows is that she accidentally grabbed the wrong package at the airport and this car has a computer chip from a North Korean terrorist group in it. Stuck home alone with the chickenpox in this semi-reboot Home Alone sequel , Alex has to defend his home from the group of international criminals trying to steal back their microchip.

Perhaps falling under the endearingly " so bad it's good " category of films, Home Alone 3 's script delivers a premise is so outrageous that it's almost unreal the sequel was greenlit. However, the film, unlike other Home Alone sequel and reboot attempts, at least tries to do justice for the original films. Alex D. Lindz's Alex is adorable and precocious. He phones both the police and the air force, though neither initially believes his story. The film has a few amusing moments, as well as a young Scarlett Johansson in a co-starring role that's certainly fun for Black Widow fans to see.

3 Home Sweet Home Alone

An improvement that still failed to hit the mark.

The newest film in the series puts a twist on the familiar format. Set in the same world as the original Kevin McCallister Home Alone films , Jeff and Pam McKenzie are faced with the prospect of losing their home when Max and his mother point out a valuable antique doll. After the doll goes missing, the couple assumes Max took it and tries to break into his home to retrieve it. Max misunderstands this as a kidnapping attempt and sets traps to defend himself.

This film actually tries to put some originality into the story, with " villains " who are relatable and not completely stock evil characters. The cast is full of talented, well-known actors who have solid comedic timing. There are lots of fun callbacks to the original films, making it more of a remake than an addition to the series. There's even a cameo by Kevin's brother Buzz. However, many Home Sweet Home Alone reviews were not positive, finding it cliché and full of glaring plot-holes.

Blended image of Max and the robbers in Home Sweet Home Alone

Home Sweet Home Alone gives Max, Pam and Jeff happy endings; we explain how the Christmas movie ends, what it's about, and if it sets up a sequel.

2 Home Alone

The classic that kickstarted the home alone franchise.

The original Home Alone is a classic and remains one of the best in the franchise. Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) wishes his loud family would leave him alone, and the movie showed audiences in 1990 that the consequences of him getting his wish would be absolutely hilarious. Kevin soon realizes that being Home Alone isn't as fun as he thought it would be when robbers Marv and Harry repeatedly try to break in. Kevin ends up setting a series of booby traps to catch the criminals.

In many ways, every film in the series that has followed it has just been trying to recreate the magic of this one. It's an absolute must-see every Christmas and was unique at its release. There have been a few plot holes pointed out by audiences over the years. Many have critiqued Mrs. McCallister's treatment of Kevin (and her parenting style in general). Yet, even so, Home Alone has remained beloved over 30 years after its initial release.

1 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

The sequel that took what made the original great and improved it, home alone 2: lost in new york.

It's rare that a sequel lives up to the original, and even rarer that it surpasses it. However, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York outshines its predecessor, and is the best Home Alone movie. In Home Alone 2 , a mix-up at the airport puts Kevin on the wrong flight. He finds himself alone in New York City. Initially, Kevin lives his best life eating cheese pizza, riding in limos, and toy shopping. However, an overzealous hotel worker and a run-in with Marv and Harry put Kevin on the streets and in danger. He finds himself once again setting traps to protect himself and catch the criminals.

There are so many iconic parts of this film. Tim Curry is Home Alone 2 's secret weapon . His Grinch-like sneer, campy performance, and unique flexibility to switch from villain to comic relief do so much for this film. In addition, a whole toy (the Talkboy) was invented and sold because of this film. Finally, the line " Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal, " born from this sequel, lives in infamy. It's become synonymous with the season and, for this reason, the second film is the best in the Home Alone movies.

What Next For The Home Alone Franchise?

Split image of Kevin’s mom, Kevin and Harry in Home Alone feature

With the Home Alone movies continually coming down the pipeline, is there going to be a Home Sweet Home Alone 2 ? Disney is known as the pinnacle franchise creator and reviver, bringing back such mega-hits as the Star Wars series and creating a whole universe with the MCU. That being said, some things should just be left alone. As of now, the House of Mouse has not announced a sequel to Home Sweet Home Alone , though Disney is no doubt willing to tack on another installment if the budget is reasonable and the first film is well-received.

While there will always be fans demanding more, there's an obvious elephant in the room — should there really be a sequel to Home Sweet Home Alone ? The Home Alone sequels and reboots of the past proved that the endeavor can't really live up to the originals, and the most recent Disney+ reboot of the former Fox franchise did precisely the same. Home Sweet Home Alone got negative reviews across the board, which should've been enough to kill the possibility of a sequel. All in all, it's probably best to let sleeping dogs lie and forgo any more Home Alone movies in the future.

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A mischievous 8-year-old who's picked on by his older siblings and ignored by his parents would really rather be left alone—and that's exactly what happens when he gets accidentally left behind in a frenzied rush to the airport for a family vacation in Paris over the holiday season. After learning to fend for himself, the boy has to protect his house against two bumbling burglars who are planning to rob it.

STRAW DOGS Lite. HOME ALONE, a surprisingly violent, paranoid fantasy for kids, became the highest grossing comedy of all time. It also made a star out of a funny-looking kid named Macaulay Culkin. Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Culkin) feels slighted by his large, obnoxious family and throws a temper tantrum on the eve of a vacation trip to Europe. Exiled to his room by his mother (Catherine O'Hara), Kevin fatefully wishes that his family would disappear. The next morning, he awakens to find himself all alone in the house. Scared at first, he soon proves adept at fending for himself. As his guilt-stricken mom begins an arduous journey back from Europe to rescue her son, Kevin elaborately defends the house against a pair of menacing but comically inept burglars (Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci). The first half of HOME ALONE features the sugar-coated sentimentality that can usually be found in a Hughes film, while the second half is full of unanticipated sadism (a close-up of Stern's bare foot slipping slowly down a six-inch nail is the film's most ghastly image). As directed by Chris Columbus (HEARTBREAK HOTEL), the film's slapstick falls flat and only the pain remains. Yet the film's message seems even more disturbing than its violence. This could be the first comedy--it's certainly the first holiday film--which focuses on child abuse. As Kevin shoots pellets into the intruders and takes a blowtorch to their heads, he's directing the hostility he feels toward his neglectful parents at these two guys. The only really likable thing about this film is Culkin (UNCLE BUCK, JACOB'S LADDER). He's an uncommonly natural child actor, but even he doesn't always survive the tiresome gags (the aftershave bit is funny once; three times is tedious).

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“Wow! I made my family disappear!” exclaims 8-year-old Kevin upon awakening a few days before Christmas and discovering his family gone. Precocious and energetic, Kevin exults over his family’s disappearance, since each one berated him the night before by calling him a “jerk.” For once, Kevin can be in charge and not have to answer to anyone but himself.

Kevin’s family has, in fact, gone to Paris for a Christmas holiday and, upon arriving, discovers Kevin missing. His Mom tries frantically to change her airline ticket, but all flights are full. After a day or so, however, she is able to get passage to Scranton, Pennsylvania. Later, she enjoys a hilarious U-Haul truck ride back home with a polka band.

In the meanwhile, Kevin is relishing his new-found freedom. Finding his brother’s hidden money, he promptly goes shopping, stocking up on microwave dinners, junk food and laundry detergent. Back home, he does the laundry, says “grace” and then eats a macaroni and cheese dinner by candlelight. Later, he loads up on junk food watching TV.

When he overhears burglars planning to break into what they think is an empty house on Christmas Eve, Kevin states matter-of-factly to himself: “I’m the man of this house and I’ll defend my house!” Thus, he plans his battle strategy and prepares with such things as pouring water on the side walks so they’ll freeze over, wiring the front door knob so it will be red-hot and setting up an array of tiny, metal soldiers on the floor to trip the burglars.

Everything in place, Kevin goes to a carol service at a nearby church, then returns home before nine o’clock, the scheduled time of the break-in, and checks his fortifications. When the burglars arrive, Kevin is ready and goes into action: they slip and fall, one burns his hands, the other loses his shoes, and, shortly, because of the mayhem, they both have second thoughts about the robbery.

HOME ALONE is a delightful movie with good acting, an intriguing plot and a generous supply of humor. There is a minimum of bad language and a very slight sexual innuendo. However, some people will be upset at the slapstick violence and the cartoonish pain inflicted on the bad guys as Kevin defends his home.

On the other hand, HOME ALONE has a strong message of reconciliation and portrays a fairly close-knit family. Furthermore, Kevin appears to be in the habit of attending church. Best of all, Kevin learns from his experience. He learns not to be afraid and to be thankful for his family.

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What's the best 'Home Alone' movie? Compare ratings for all six films

The Christmas holiday season is incomplete without at least one "Home Alone" rewatch: whether it's the original two movies in the franchise or the subsequent ones, the classic is in everyone's holiday movie night queue.

But which "Home Alone" film is the most popular among audiences? Which one has the highest ratings? Some might say it's the original ones, while others might find the newer ones to be more fun.

Here's an overview of how each film was received by viewers and we'll let you be the best judge.

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'Home Alone' (1990)

IMDb Rating - 7.7 / 10
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer - 66%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score - 80%
Meta Score - 63 / 100
User Score - 8.2 / 10

The first installation in the "Home Alone" franchise is centered around Kevin McCallister, a naughty 8-year-old, who is accidentally left behind at home in Chicago, as his family flies to Paris for the Christmas holidays. While Kevin loves having the house to himself, he soon finds himself defending his house from a pair of determined burglars.

Released in 1990, the Christmas comedy was directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes. The first film in the "Home Alone" franchise features Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard and Catherine O'Hara.

Where to stream: "Home Alone" is available to stream on Disney+ and will be available to stream on Hulu from January 1. It is also available to rent or buy on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Google Play and YouTube.

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'Home Alone 2: Lost in New York' (1992)

IMDb - 6.9 / 10
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer - 35%
Audience Score - 62%
Meta Score - 46 / 100
User Score - 7.0 / 10

Released two years after the first "Home Alone", the second film in the franchise is set in New York during Christmas. It was directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes.

The lead cast is similar to the first film and features Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard and Catherine O'Hara reprising their original characters.

Where to stream: "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" is available on Disney+, while Hulu subscribers will be able to stream the movie on January 1. It is also available to rent or buy on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Google Play and YouTube.

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'Home Alone 3' (1997)

IMDb Rating - 4.6 / 10
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer - 32%
Audience Score - 27%

5 years after "Home Alone 2," a standalone sequel "Home Alone 3" was released featuring an entirely new protagonist and actors. The third film in the franchise was centered on 8-year-old Alex Pruitt living in Chicago, who tries to get rid of international spies who seek a top-secret computer chip in his toy car.

The film was directed by Raja Gosnell and written and co-produced by John Hughes. Cast members include Alex D. Linz, Scarlett Johansson, Haviland Morris, Olek Krupa, Rya Kihlstedt, Lenny Von Dohlen, David Thornton, Kevin Kilner, James Saito and Seth Smith.

Where to stream: "Home Alone 3" is available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu. It is also available to rent or buy on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Google Play and YouTube.

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'Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House' (2002)

IMDb - 2.6 / 10
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score - 24 %

The 4th film in the "Home Alone" franchise, "Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House" brings back several characters from the original film, including Kevin and one half of the "Wet Bandits", Marv. However, the film does not feature any of the original cast members and is the first film to not have inputs from John Hughes, who conceived the "Home Alone" series. The film also did not have a theatrical release and went straight to television airing on ABC in November 2002.

In the film, Kevin's parents have split, and he goes to spend the holidays with his father Peter McCallister and his new girlfriend Natalie Kalban. Marv strikes again, along with his new sidekick and wife Vera and Kevin must protect his father's royal guest from being kidnapped by the two.

Where to stream: "Home Alone 4" is available to stream on Disney+ and can be rented or purchased at Apple TV or YouTube.

'Home Alone: The Holiday Heist' (2012)

IMDb - 3.5 / 10
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score - 27%

Set in Maine, the film follows 8-year-old Finn Baxter, who thinks his new house is haunted and sets up traps to catch the ghost of the house's former occupant. Turns out he actually has to save the house and his sister from a trio of art thieves.

Directed by Peter Hewitt, lead cast members include Christian Martyn, Jodelle Ferland, Malcolm McDowell, Debi Mazar, and Eddie Steeples.

Where to stream: "Home Alone: The Holiday Heist" is available to stream on Disney+ and can be rented or purchased at Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Google TV and YouTube.

'Home Sweet Home Alone' (2021)

IMDb Rating - 3.6 / 10
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer - 15%
Totten Tomatoes Audience Score - 12%
Meta Score - 35 / 100
User Score - 1.6 / 10

When the naughty Max Mercer is left behind from a family vacation in Japan, he must protect his family home from a married couple attempting to steal a priceless heirloom.

Directed by Dan Mazer, the 2021 Christmas comedy stars Ellie Kemper, Rob Delaney, Archie Yates, Aisling Bea, Kenan Thompson, Pete Holmes, Ally Maki, and Chris Parnell. Devin Ratray, who played Buzz McCallister, Kevin's annoying elder brother in the first two films, reprises his role, essaying Officer Buzz McCallister in this one.

Where to stream: "Home Sweet Home Alone" is available to stream on Disney+ .

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All 6 of the 'Home Alone' movies, ranked

"Home Alone" is a beloved holiday comedy.
We ranked all of the movies in the franchise from worst to best.
Every single "Home Alone" is currently available on Disney+.

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6. "Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House" (2002)

Marking the first made-for-TV movie in the franchise, this catastrophe made by the director of "Teen Wolf" uses many of the characters from the first two movies, but there's a major problem: everyone's been recast.

That's right, there's a Kevin McCallister but it's not Macaulay Culkin in the role (instead it's child actor Mike Weinberg). There's burglar Marv, but it's not Daniel Stern ("3rd Rock from the Sun" star French Stewart is in the role). They even recast Buzz!

And if all that wasn't enough of a shock, the premise delivers a major jolt. Kevin's parents, Peter and Kate (you guessed it, the movie didn't get John Heard or Catherine O'Hara to return), are now separated so the movie revolves around Kevin going to his dad's girlfriend's mansion for Christmas.

It's there where Marv and his wife (played by Missi Pyle) fall into all of Kevin's creative traps.

5. "Home Alone: The Holiday Heist" (2012)

This edition of the franchise was made for ABC Family (now known as Freeform), and its made-for-TV cheesiness is apparent.

But at least this one doesn't try to bring back the original characters.

Here, we follow 10-year-old Finn Baxter (Christian Martyn) and his family as they move into a creepy old house just before the holidays.

As his parents go to a holiday party one evening (with legend Ed Asner as the host), Finn and his older sister are left home alone and suddenly find themselves up against three thieves (Malcolm McDowell, Debi Mazar, and Eddie Steeples) who are looking to steal a very expensive painting that's inside the house.

If the lame acting and story weren't bad enough, even the traps set for the villains are pathetic.

4. "Home Sweet Home Alone" (2021)

The latest movie in the franchise was made specifically for Disney+, and though it has a bigger budget and bigger stars than the previous two listed, it's still mediocre.

In this one, a boy named Max (played by "Jojo Rabbit" breakout star Archie Yates) is left home alone after he's accidentally left behind while his family flies off to Japan for the holidays.

Meanwhile, Jeff and Pam (Rob Delaney and Ellie Kemper), a couple hard on their luck, discover that Max is in possession of a rare doll that could give them the money they need to get back on their feet if they sold it.

Max believes the two are trying to kidnap him and puts traps around his house and silliness ensues. Unlike most of the movies in the franchise, there aren't really any villains in this one and it leads to a heartwarming end.

Despite the story itself being lame, there are some impressive traps and physical comedy.

3. "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" (1992)

The biggest issue (and it's a really big one) about the first sequel in the franchise is that it's a carbon copy of the original.

You wouldn't think that's possible as Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) is not home alone but instead alone in New York City. But all the best gags from the first movie are done here again, just more amplified: the black-and-white movie "Angeles with Even Filthier Souls;" instead of Kevin's mom it's the whole family returning to get Kevin; even Harry (Joe Pesci) gets blow-torched in the head again.

The lack of originality is what forces us to drop this down a peg.

2. "Home Alone 3" (1997)

You could make the argument that "Home Alone 3" is so lousy that it led to the franchise taking the made-for-TV plunge as this is the last "Home Alone" to date to be released in theaters.

But you would be wrong.

This is a pretty solid sequel, thanks in large part to franchise creator John Hughes who wrote the script. Even with the director of the first two movies, Chris Columbus, exiting and being replaced by "Never Been Kissed" helmer Raja Gosnell, it's Hughes' attachment that proves vital.

Eight-year-old Alex (Alex D. Linz) is home sick with chickenpox when he gets embroiled in an international incident as four terrorists (Olek Krupa, Rya Kihlstedt, Lenny Von Dohlen, and David Thornton) are trying to get a microchip embedded inside a remote-control car that has ended up in Alex's possession.

It leads to loads of hilarious hijinks as the three try to get the microchip from the very clever Alex and fail miserably.

"Home Alone 3" proves that it's all about putting a spin on the original and casting a great lead.

Linz is the best kid performer in the franchise since Culkin. But the movie's true backbone is arguably the creativity in the traps set for the villains. Hughes and Gosnell went above and beyond.

1. "Home Alone" (1990)

It's the movie you couldn't escape in the early 1990s and it's now a beloved classic.

The combination of Hughes and Columbus proved to be the foundation for what would become a holiday staple.

But Macaulay Culkin is the one who made it a hit.

From his sarcastic one-liners to his physical comedy, you cannot take your eyes off him.

It was also helpful that in the rare moments he's not on-screen, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern are there to be the bumbling villains.

All of these elements, plus the fantastic John Williams score, led to it becoming not just a must-watch over the holidays, but one of the best comedies ever made.

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What you will—and won't—find in this movie.

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Positive messages.

Alex 's parents both work, which leaves Alex home alone with the chicken pox. Though his mom is very good about staying in touch while she is at the office, he is put in a perilous position -- which he handles masterfully (if unrealistically).

Positive Role Models

Alex's mom and dad truly love their kids and show affection when they are around. Alex's mom admonishes her boss for making her choose between "caring for her sick kid and making a house payment." Alex shows determination and perseverance in the face of danger (not that we'd really want a kid to face bad guys this way).

Violence & Scariness

Just what you'd expect from the Home Alone franchise: lots of slapstick violence at the expense of the bad guys. There are guns -- real and toy -- that are used to threaten people. Electrocution, slapping, heavy objects crashing on people, a guy gets hit by a car, explosions. But everyone comes out alive, if black and blue. No blood.

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Older brother has posters of women in bikinis. One poster shows most of a breast exposed, and is featured in a prank.

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Marginal language and name calling: "butt," "buttock," "damn," "hell," "dumb broad," and "winky."

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Lady across the street smokes a lot, and she drinks whiskey during the daytime.

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Parents need to know that in Home Alone 3 the bad guys get really banged up by a smart little kid. Traps and tricks at every turn result in painful pratfalls involving electrocution, car accidents, and explosions. Sensitive kids might be frightened by the fact that these bad guys carry real guns and are hunting down an 8-year-old boy who is sick at home alone. Some name calling, like "dumb broad" and potty talk, like "butt" and "winky." To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

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Never a need to put nudity in films especially in a kids movie, what's the story.

Alex ( Alex D. Linz ) is left alone for a day when he has the chicken pox. Little does he know, an internationally renowned terrorist group is on his tail: he was given a gift with a precious piece of hardware inside. His mission? Keep his house and his neighborhood safe.

Is It Any Good?

Considering that Home Alone 's initial hero played by Macualay Culkin is a very hard act to follow, little Alex D. Linz fills his shoes pretty well. He's cute, he's clever, he's got a devilish smile, and he's got the whole house to himself. The fact that John Hughes had a hand in writing and producing this movie goes a long way, too. The jokes are smart, the characters are fleshed-out, plus -- a bonus -- Scarlett Johansson fans get to see her in a bit part as Alex's older sister.

There is a formula that the movie goes by, of course. We know the bad guys are going to find Alex's house. We know that they are going to get punished when he unleashes his traps a-plenty. But the stakes are higher here, since the bad guys are smarter. And you do kind of feel sorry that the poor kid was left at home, even if we know he's invincible. Not bad for a threequel.

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Why is watching people get hurt funny? The bumps and bangs are played for humor here, but what would be the real consequences of these incidents?

Nobody believes Alex when he tells his family that he has seen crooks in the neighborhood. Could he have been more convincing? Or is being unheard part of being a kid?

Movie Details

In theaters : December 12, 1997
On DVD or streaming : November 3, 1998
Cast : Alex D. Linz , Olek Krupa , Scarlett Johansson
Director : Raja Gosnell
Inclusion Information : Female actors
Studio : Twentieth Century Fox
Genre : Family and Kids
Run time : 102 minutes
MPAA rating : PG
MPAA explanation : slapstick violence, language and mild sensuality
Last updated : May 8, 2024

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27 of the Best Introspective Movies to Watch All by Yourself

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I’ve always been perfectly content to watch movies by myself. Seeing a movie with a crowd is all well and good if it’s an action flick or a comedy, but there are movies that demand more focus and reward careful attention—and having kids, partners, and even friends in the room with you can frankly be very distracting.

What follows are 27 of the best movies to watch solo and get quietly lost in. They’re all relatively quiet and generally thoughtful, which isn’t to say boring— not that there's anything wrong with a slightly boring movie .

(Note: There are a lot of American films here, in part because quiet introspection is a bit more novel in Hollywood; a list of introspective Swedish films, for example, would be a heck of a lot longer.)

Synecdoche, New York (2008)

Charlie Kaufman’s film about a theater director (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who lives his life within the context of a theatrical mock-up is seen as either assertively pretentious or utterly life-changing. Much of the film’s appeal is in the desire, made real here, to pull ourselves out of our own miserable lives and view them from a more objective place.

Where to stream: Digital rental

Waking Life (2001)

I’m not sure that Waking Life ’s experimental animation style is strictly necessary, especially given the rotoscoping that required the bodily presence of actors—but there’s enough in the film’s discussions of free will and existentialism to make for an enjoyably thoughtful film about a man on the verge of a full-scale existential crisis. The ambitious visual style, though, does add a dreamlike quality that makes it harder to see as some sort of cinematic bull session.

Arrival (2016)

There have been quiet, contemplative alien invasion movies before—but it’s not exactly the style we’ve come to associate with the form. The movie that solidified Denis Villeneuve’s reputation as a maker of smart, heady genre films deals with the universal challenges and rewards of communication, topped with a unique sci-fi twist.

Where to stream: Paramount+ , digital rental

The Man from Earth (2007)

Written by sci-fi legend Jerome Bixby while on his deathbed, an appropriate mournfulness hangs over this (very) low-budget movie abut a man who might or might not be 14,000 years old. David Lee Smith plays John Oldman (*wink*), a professor having some friends over for a going-away party. Over the course of the gathering, he lets his secret slip, prompting an evening of conversation during which his fellow professors grill him about his life from their own academic perspectives. Heady stuff.

Where to stream: Tubi, digital rental

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Marketed as the sexiest movie you’d ever see in major movie theaters, Eyes Wide Shut is, instead, a dreamlike walk through a twilight world of joyless, mechanistic sex: the message being not “sex is bad,” but, instead, that sexual obsession can be as dehumanizing as anything else in a Stanley Kubrick movie.

A bit more intense than some others here, Darren Aronofsky’s feature directorial debut involves a mathematician who becomes obsessed with the idea that math can entirely elucidate the world’s underlying meaning, even as his own mental health struggles as an imperfect and irreducible human make that quest increasingly quixotic.

Paterson (2016)

Idiosyncratic indie director Jim Jarmusch takes "contemplative" to new levels with this film following a week in the life of a New Jersey transit driver played by Adam Driver (hmmm). During breaks from work, Paterson writes small poems with encouragement from his wife (Golshifteh Farahani), but his dreams of publishing them go out the window when a dog gnaws his notebook. With impressive performances from the two leads, this quiet and rather moving film turns on the seemingly minor occurrences that can upend our own small universes.

Where to stream: Prime Video

My Dinner with Andre (1981)

Louis Malle’s My Dinner with Andre has a fanbase to rival many more obvious cult classics in American film history; fascinating in that it’s a movie about two actors playing themselves (they share names, anyway) chatting at a cafe for nearly two hours. Yet people watch it over and over. The material veers from funny to despairing, but it’s always surprising, with the two actors selling their stories at least as well as any special effects could.

Where to stream: Max , The Criterion Channel, digital rental

An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)

There's very little consolation to be found in the first and only film from novelist Hu Bo, which turns on an anecdote about an elephant in a circus in Manzhouli that remains absolutely still under any provocation: perhaps feeling peaceful, perhaps just surviving without living. The film's characters determine to visit the elephant, their stories cumulatively speaking of disconnection from and disaffection for life.

Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)

Directed by Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky, Werckmeister Harmonies might be the most approachable of Tarr's film projects. Which admittedly isn't saying much, given that his previous film, Satan's Tango , is over seven hours long. Here, we take a long, languid, and beautifully shot tour of a small village in Hungary, following its residents through their lives as a slightly sinister circus comes to town. The film isn't much interested in plot or incident, preferring instead to languidly observe its characters.

Where to stream: The Criterion Channel, digital rental

George Washinton (2000)

On one level, George Washington is the story of an unintentional murder by a school kid and the efforts to hide the evidence...but that synopsis doesn’t in any way capture the feel of this deliberately-paced and beautifully shot tone poem.

The Lobster (2015)

As offbeat dark comedies go, they don’t get much more offbeat than this: in Yorgos Lanthimos’ dystopian dark comedy, single people get exactly 45 days to find romantic partners—otherwise they’re turned into animals. It’s definitely weird, but no weirder than the modern courtship rituals it satirizes.

Where to stream: Max , digital rental

Being There (1979)

Hal Ashby’s film is, on one level, a particularly biting satire involving a (very) simpleminded gardener (Peter Sellers) whose every banal, plant-related utterance comes to be seen as a piece of wisdom by a world desperate for meaning. While it mocks our willingness to see what we want to see, it centers the gentle presence of Chance the gardener, and invites us to ask whether his innocent view of the world is really such a bad thing.

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)

Slow and sometimes baffling, Uncle Boonmee is also a funny and beautifully meditative story about a man’s final days, and about the literal and figurative ghosts that haunt our lives.

Stalker (1979)

After the apocalypse, a guide sets out with a writer and a scientist across a distinctive and highly stylized wasteland in search of The Room, the one place left on earth where someone’s desires might still be fulfilled. There are elements of political and religious metaphor, but no one meaning really satisfies here, and it’s precisely that slipperiness that makes it so haunting.

Valhalla Rising (2009)

Our leading man here is a non-speaking, one-eyed former prisoner (played by Mads Mikkelsen), who begins a long, hypnotic journey over the sea when the Norseman falls in with Christian Crusaders in the nasty, brutish middle ages. There’s blood and battle here, but the idiosyncratic director is more interested in the silences in between.

Where to stream: Shudder, AMC+, digital purchase

Only Yesterday (1991)

Not many of the films on this list topped the box office when they were released, but director Isao Takahata's anime (from Studio Ghibli) was the highest grossing film of its year in Japan. Twenty-seven-year-old Taeko Okajima works in the city but takes a train trip into the country side to visit relatives and escape from the hectic pace of Tokyo. The journey conjures memories of her life, some good, some less so, forcing her to reconcile her present with everything she has left behind.

A Ghost Story (2017)

A ghost (Casey Affleck) returns to the home he shared with his wife (Rooney Mara), only to discover that he’s untethered in both time and space, forced to view events in seemingly random order. Desperate to connect, all he can do is observe.

Nomadland (2020)

After Frances McDormand's Fern loses her job at a gypsum plant, she sells everything and buys a van to live and travel in while she hunts for work (including at an Amazon warehouse). Attachments come and go during her travels, as writer/director Chloé Zhao's funny, elegiac film considers life within America's increasingly precarious capitalist system, while also exploring more general themes of permanence and impermanence.

Where to stream: Hulu , digital rental

The Whales of August (1987)

A grace note at or near the end of the careers of Lillian Gish, Bette Davis, Ann Sothern, and Vincent Price, Whales of August finds two elderly and very different sisters spending yet another summer in the same seaside house in Maine that they've visited since childhood. Davis' bitter Libby is ready to give up on life, while Gish's Sarah is tired of being a caretaker and is increasingly delighted by the prospect of a romance with local widower Price. The gentle film explores the potential for dignity and liveliness among these octogenarians.

The Tree of Life (2011)

Though early reviewers saw it as pretentious, there’s no mistaking the quiet ambition of Terence Malick’s gorgeously rendered exploration of the meaning of life itself, with a stopover in 1950s Texas. It’s probably the closest any director has come to the scale and scope of 2001 since that movie’s 1968 release.

Russian Ark (2002)

What starts out as a novelty gradually builds to something breathtaking as director Alexander Sokurov’s follows a mysterious narrator through the walls of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, encountering different moments and historical characters from the building’s history as he goes. It’s mostly a film about philosophical conversation, but Sokurov filmed the movie in one continuous cut, with no false cuts, choreographing a cast that, by the end, is in the thousands.

Where to stream: Hoopla, Kanopy, Plex

Wild Strawberries (1957)

Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries has some of his most nightmarish imagery, but ultimately it’s the most humane of all his works. Its story of an old man recalling his past is as sad as it is sweet, but builds toward something very nearly celebratory.

Pariah (2011)

There are some big emotions in Dee Rees’ semi-autobiographical coming-out story Pariah , and so, in that sense, it’s not the most quietest of quiet dramas. In its performances and visual style, though, it’s utterly hypnotic, conjuring a world that, for all its turmoil, I could get lost in forever.

Under the Skin (2013)

An alien seduces men by the side of the road in this languid and elusive study of sex and power relationships. With a stroking visual style that evokes Blade Runner (just a bit), Under the Skin is as haunting as it is tough to pin down.

Last Year at Marienbad (1961)

Bafflingly dreamlike—but so beautiful that it’s hard to care—Alain Resnais’ masterpiece takes place at a luxury hotel and involves two lead characters who seem to have become completely untethered in time and space, and who might have met at Marienbad once before. It plays much like a ghost story, minus the horror-movie trappings.

Where to stream: The Criterion Channel, digital purchase

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring (2003)

Kim Ki-duk’s story follows a Buddhist monk (O Yeong-su) from young apprentice to old age, with the different seasons representing phases of life and the circular nature of existence. It’s appropriately meditative, without extraneous or excessive drama, and not even much dialogue. It’s (nearly) as quiet as filmmaking gets, but rather lovely and rewarding.

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One of the best unscripted survival series out there, Alone takes audiences to the edge of their seats from the comfort of their couches. A History original series, 10 survivalists are dropped in the remote wilderness with only 10 self-packed items, limited medical supplies, and camera equipment to self-document their survival. The goal is to be the last contestant standing and win $500,000. Besides scheduled medical check-ins and a radio to use when they are ready to tap out, contestants are completely alone and must build a shelter, find a sustainable water resource, and hunt and gather for food. The popularity of the series garnered a spin-off, Alone: Frozen in which six contestants are dropped in the middle of winter with a goal to last 50 days.

With 10 winners so far, each season features unparalleled ingenuity and psychological strength to make it to the finish line. For these humble reality stars, winning money is a luxury to support their family or dreams of living off-grid, but the real prize is strengthening their bond with and respect for nature while nourishing their self-reliance in the highest form of self-love. From building fishing boats to taking down a fully grown moose, it's a tight race for which is truly the best season of Alone .

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10 Season 1 (2015)

Winner: alan kay.

A bearded man wearing a camo jacket looks off camera, the dark woods behind him

Days in the Wilderness	56
Filming Location	Vancouver Island

The inaugural season was a complete shot in the dark that landed for History, sparking a rather unexplored genre of reality TV only arguably well-executed by survival expert by Les Stroud with Survivorman . Alone 's first season doesn't age quite well with its barring of women contestants. The series premiere season is unique in that contestants had no guidebook or examples set for how to navigate remote survival , causing over half to tap out before the 30-day mark with fear as the motivating factor.

In every season, including the first, there are rugged, rogue-minded characters who claim to conquer nature and its creatures, and they almost always tap first. Doing a complete 180 degrees, the first-ever winner, Alan Kay , was a protagonist audiences could root for. During his documentation, he delivered heartfelt, thought-provoking inner monologues while also reciting Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven."

9 Season 10 (2023)

Winner: alan trenta.

A man with a beard dressed in a winter coat and hat stands in the snow-covered forest

Days in the Wilderness	66
Filming Location	Reindeer Lake, Saskatchewan

While there are no bad or rotten seasons of Alone , there are certainly some that are more lackluster than others. Season 10 featured a batch of contestants who were more hobby survivalists compared to past seasons , including the winner, Alan Trenta , a school teacher from Canada. Another unexpected contestant was Melanie Sawyer , a former model turned wilderness educator, who fastened a sewing needle out of her bra underwire to sew up her damaged sleeping bag.

As with every season, there are injuries, early tap-outs, and clashes between humans and predators. Season 10 is no different, just less intense than other seasons. Over the course of 66 days, contestants battled the elements, including relentless, damaging winds, until Trenta, 52 at the time, became the last man standing.

8 Season 9 (2023)

Winner: juan pablo quiñonez.

A man wearing camo winter gear stands on a frozen lake with the forest behind him

Days in the Wilderness	78
Filming Location	Big River, Labrador

In a slow-burn season, the contestants of Labrador didn't encounter the foreboding polar bears as dramatically as advertised in the season's teaser trailer. The winner, Juan Pablo Quiñonez , outlasted his fellow competitors by sheer willpower and strategic planning. While documenting his journey, Quiñonez revealed that to prepare for his survival stint, he consumed a spoonful of olive oil daily to increase his fat stores, putting on weight before arriving. He made it clear he would not tap and, in a show of unbreakable psychological and physical feat, Quiñonez survived starvation and became the last one standing .

Season 9 featured both mistakes easily predicted by fans at home, like waiting too long to make a permanent shelter and ones that showed the breakdown in critical thinking and reaction time due to starvation and isolation that caused accidents and injuries. And as always, the gut-wrenching goodbyes as contestants willingly (and sometimes unwillingly) tap out.

7 Season 5 (2018)

Winner: sam larson.

A man with glasses wearing a knit sweater and a beanie chops at a off-camera tree

Days in the Wilderness	60
Filming Location	Northern Mongolia

The first of Alone 's all-star installments, season five took 10 previous contestants and dropped them in the remote recesses of Mongolia. The shift in location and contestant pool marked another shake-up in the series formula that wasn't necessarily a bad thing, but perhaps too soon in the legacy to draw out its all-stars. This season featured emotional devastation for many of the returning veterans, but none more heartbreaking than Carleigh Fairchild . After participating in season three, Fairchild seemed like a front-runner to be the first woman to win the series until her fishing luck ran out early into her survival when she caught a hook to the hand, embedded so deep, that she had to medically tap out.

Fans would also see the return of Dave Nessia , also from season three, known for his goofy, smiley demeanor, who showed a complete change in attitude this time around with a calm, grounded persona. The winner was ultimately father and family man, Sam Larson . He became the youngest winner of the series to date.

6 Season 2 (2016)

Winner: david mcintyre.

A man with glasses and a beard wearing camo outdoor gear sits on a rocky beach looking off camera

Days in the Wilderness	66
Filming Location	Vancouver Island

Alone returned for season two in full swing to the remote edges of Vancouver Island. It was the season of personalities, with polarizing fan favorites like "Sweary Larry" providing full transparency about just how frustrating bushcraft is when nothing goes right. Larry Roberts would return for the all-star season in Mongolia.

Much like the first season, fear was a primary factor for many of the tap out as contestants like Tracy Wilson came literally face-to-face with a bear. Starvation and mental strength were the other motivating factors for people to call it quits. Lasting ten more days than the previous season's winner, 50-year-old post-apocalyptic fiction writer, David McIntyre , was the last person standing.

5 Season 8 (2021)

Winner: clay hayes.

Sitting on a downed tree, a man dressed in camo holds a bow and set of arrows

Days in the Wilderness	74
Filming Location	Chilko Lake, British Columbia

The looming presence of this season was Chilko Lake's abundant population of grizzly bears. While the "action" was lackluster for audiences, this installment focused on the mental toll isolation takes and how one moment can turn the tide physically and psychologically. That moment is for the season's winner, Clay Hayes , an educator on primitive and traditional archery. His passion for the craft would come in handy when a full-grown buck crossed his path. After shooting it, Hayes tracked it for some time, wondering if he'd ever find it. After dragging it back and processing it, a rainbow appeared after his first meal, signaling hope for Hayes that would push him through to the end.

Participants also showed their strength in ingenuity with Colter Barnes building a small boat to fish with, while also keeping audiences (and themselves) entertained with personality casting like musician and laborer, Biko Wright , who became a fan favorite. The location also provided challenges for food with local restrictions on fishing, hunting, and trapping methods.

4 Season 3 (2016)

Winner: zachary fowler.

A man and woman both dressed in winter gear stand in a forest looking at each other

Days in the Wilderness	87
Filming Location	Patagonia, Argentina

This season was a major shake-up for audiences and contestants as the series traveled far south from Canada to South America and into the depths of Patagonia. Starvation took a more prominent role in elimination this season, with the critical thinking aspect taking a toll on Dave Nessia, who rationed his intake too much when he had a stockpile of fish and was medically tapped. However, perhaps the most heartbreaking medical removal of the franchise was for Carleigh Fairchild, whose evacuation solidified the win for Zachary Fowler . Had she not been pulled, it's possible she would've outlasted Fowler and taken home the win.

Fowler's win held the record for the longest survival for four seasons, until season seven's 100-day challenge; however, for a non-challenge season, he still holds the record. Fowler was one of the many creative craftsmen of the Patagonia cast, but his emotional journey was the most rewarding the moment he moved camp up the hill and felt the first rays of sunshine, inspiring him to continue.

3 Season 4 (2017)

Winner: ted & jim baird.

Twin red-headed brothers stand with winter gear on in the woods

Days in the Wilderness	75
Filming Location	Northern Vancouver Island

After shaking up the location in season three, Alone returned to shake up the casting style. Season four was team-style, featuring seven pairs of contestants ranging from husband and wife, brothers, father and son, and more. One half of the pair was dropped at the final campsite while the other was dropped miles apart, required to navigate the terrain solo to reach their other half. In one instance, brothers Shannon and Jesse Bosdell never reunited in the challenge after Shannon fell and suffered a spinal injury, forcing a medical evacuation. The team style was a creative twist that has yet to be repeated.

The season was won by Canadian brothers Jim and Ted Baird . The pair were the first contestants to build a canoe-style boat which they used to paddle around their camp's lakefront to catch fish. Tensions and attitudes were frayed in the final stretch of days as their food dwindled, and they were stuck eating limpets; however, their bond remained strong enough to carry them across the finish line toward $500,000.

2 Season 6 (2019)

Winner: jordan jonas.

A man wearing a fur hat and heavy winter coat carries antlers on his back across a snowy landscape

Days in the Wilderness	77
Filming Location	The Arctic - Great Slave Lake

This marked the first time participants would travel to the Arctic for their challenge. The harshness of the bitter elements amplified the stakes for starvation, illness, and the obvious freezing to death. The latter became a real possibility for Nathan Donnelly after his shelter caught fire in the middle of the night, forcing him to tap out; however, his challenge continued as he had to survive the night with no shelter before his evacuation could arrive. Another memorable contestant was Woniya Thibeault , a finalist, who lost this season but won the first season of Alone: Frozen, becoming the first woman to win in the franchise's history.

Jordan Jonas is one of the most memorable Alone cast members and winners of all time. His sense of humor matched his endurance, never wavering. The most iconic thing about Jonas is his take-down of a full-grown moose and the wolverine who kept stealing from his meat stash. His impressive skills matched with wit and humor made him an enjoyable contestant to watch, but also a winner to love.

1 Season 7 (2020)

Winner: roland welker.

A man with a fur hat stares off into the distance

Days in the Wilderness	100
Filming Location	The Arctic - Great Slave Lake

The return to the Arctic was bigger and badder this time: 100 days minimum for $1,000,000. The mentality of this season was to settle in for the long haul, and this season did deliver. Season seven is the best of the franchise (so far) for multiple reasons, but the biggest is its winner, Roland Welker , and his famous Rock House. And there's no forgetting his impressive musk ox kill. It was clear from the get-go that Welker was going to be resilient , and his no-nonsense survivalist demeanor backed it up. He lasted the full 100 days, a record no one has beaten yet, despite it being a requirement for the season.

Besides Welker's win, other memorable moments of season seven included a terrifying stand-off between a pack of wolves and Amós Rodriguez outside his shelter. Callie Russell provided a sweetness to the challenge with her positive, self-reliant attitude. She provided audiences with a pit in their stomach with the porcupine and whether it was safe to eat, sending audiences to the edge as they asked themselves, "What would you do if you're starving?" Her survival skills earned her another chance at redemption on Alone: Frozen .

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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. Read More. By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW. 67.
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Home Alone is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes.The first film in the Home Alone franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O'Hara.Culkin plays Kevin McCallister, a boy who defends his suburban Chicago home from a home invasion by a pair of robbers after his family ...
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Home Alone Review. After he is accidentally left behind when his family depart for France, eight year-old Kevin McAllister must defend the family home against two rather inept burglars. In the ...
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Movie Review "Kevin, ... Home Alone ultimately shows how a family truly rooted in love will forgive and endure all things. Much of what you'll need to endure in Home Alone, however, is all that comedic violence. At times, the painful shenanigans we witness can feel cringe-inducing. Still, I wonder if the deepest wounds Marv and Harry will ...
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Home Alone. Average rating: 3 reviews. Jun 1, 2023. by Ryan Rickson. Home Alone is a beloved holiday comedy film released in 1990 and directed by Chris Columbus. Written by John Hughes, the film has become a timeless classic that continues to captivate audiences of all ages. Filled with humor, heart, and a memorable performance by Macaulay ...
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The original Home Alone is a classic and remains the best in the franchise, loved for its hilarious plot and iconic booby traps.; Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is even better than the first film, with memorable performances and iconic moments that make it the best in the series.; While the other Home Alone movies have tried to recreate the magic of the originals, most have failed to win over ...
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Home Alone Reviews. 63 Metascore. 1990. 1 hr 42 mins. Fantasy, Family, Comedy, Action & Adventure, Kids. PG. Watchlist. Where to Watch. A mischievous 8-year-old who's picked on by his older ...
Home Alone (1990) Movie Review
Lunchtime Movie Review Home Alone (1990) Episode #89. December 10, 2016. 1,287 1 minute read. Twentieth Century Fox released Home Alone to theaters on November 16, 1990. Chris Columbus directed the film starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, and Daniel Stern. 'Home Alone' Plot Synopsis.
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HOME ALONE is a delightful movie with good acting, an intriguing plot and a generous supply of humor. There is a minimum of bad language and a very slight sexual innuendo. However, some people will be upset at the slapstick violence and the cartoonish pain inflicted on the bad guys as Kevin defends his home. On the other hand, HOME ALONE has a ...
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IMDb - 3.5 / 10. Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score - 27%. Set in Maine, the film follows 8-year-old Finn Baxter, who thinks his new house is haunted and sets up traps to catch the ghost of the house ...
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The whole family is foul-mouthed, mean, and selfish (and there isn't a mass conversion, either). The sight gags are graphically violent, and one guy gets shot in the face with a gun and has no ill effects. I'd heard about this movie, but the cute parts take up about 2%, the foul language/ mean spirits/ violence take up the rest.
Home Alone 3 Movie Review
Considering that Home Alone's initial hero played by Macualay Culkin is a very hard act to follow, little Alex D. Linz fills his shoes pretty well. He's cute, he's clever, he's got a devilish smile, and he's got the whole house to himself. The fact that John Hughes had a hand in writing and producing this movie goes a long way, too. The jokes are smart, the characters are fleshed-out, plus ...
Home Alone (franchise)
Home Alone is a series of American Christmas family comedy films originally created by John Hughes. Chris Columbus directed Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Raja Gosnell directed Home Alone 3 (1997), Rod Daniel directed Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House (2002), Peter Hewitt directed Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012) and Dan Mazer directed Home Sweet Home Alone ...
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Naturally, a movie as big as "Home Alone" was going to spawn sequels. Culkin returned for "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," where Kevin is left by his parents again, this time ending up in ...
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Bad reviews and superhero fatigue have plagued "Lost Kingdom," which more than likely won't even reach half the $335 million domestic total of its predecessor, much less justify a $205 million production budget. Taking a close third place, Illumination and Universal's"Manamey" is Manamey ntaining its footing ...

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