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Home Alone (1990) Rank 5 Reviews
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Chad Polenz
Macauly Culkin stars as eightyearold Kevin MaCallister, who is currently sharing his huge suburban Chicago house with 14 other family members. They are all getting ready for their Christmas vacation in Paris, and the place is insane with children and ...read the complete Home Alone movie review at Chad Polenz
Critical-Film.com (Jason Pitt)
Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
The underscore is deceptive as well. Seemingly less
sophisticated than Williams' larger dramatic efforts, the choice of
instrumentation is what made Home Alone a great success. Williams
went over the top assembling every tingling instrument ...read the complete Home Alone movie review at Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
The film that made Little Mac Culkin an overnight star still fits the festive bill - even if only for that terrific last ...read the complete Home Alone movie review at Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
eFilmCritic.com (Oz)
7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)
There are few movies that can be described as never having a dull moment, and Home Alone fits in this small group. It's the perfect family holiday film. ...read the complete Home Alone movie review at 7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)
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Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
I’ll probably never see Home Alone 3, and I wish I had skipped Home Alone 2, but I do enjoy Home Alone almost every year. Don’t let your impressions of the others detract from the original, which has much more to offer than cartoon slapstick. ...read the complete Home Alone movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
The Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
A long time ago, back when I first saw John Hughes; Sixteen Candles, I thought -- along with quite a few other filmgoers -- here's a guy who knows the score. Well, time has proven me about as wrong as I could be. Home Alone is the apex, the pinnacle, ...read the complete Home Alone movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
DVD Talk (Marc Girdler)
The McAllister family is on the brink of their holiday vacation. The night before, young Kevin (Macauley Culkin) has a fight with his family, because they ate all the cheese pizza. He is sentenced to sleeping in the attic, all alone. After a mishap with ...read the complete Home Alone movie review at DVD Talk (Marc Girdler)
Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
Movie-Vault.com (Arturo García Lasca)
Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Washington Post (Hal Hinson)
BBC Films (Ali Barclay)
Washington Post (Jeanne Cooper)
Jerry Saravia
I am not snickering at the movie because it is enjoyable enough overall and Culkin does wonders with his character of the allpowerful Kevin who cannot be outwitted. I also enjoyed Catherine O'Hara as the worrisome mother who flies back to Chicago and ...read the complete Home Alone movie review at Jerry Saravia
Steve Rhodes
(The problem with your kids' watching movie series is that it is not always easy to start them with the first episode. Although we were able to show our son, Jeffrey, the Bond and the STAR WARS series in order, he got out of sequence on HOME ALONE, ...read the complete Home Alone movie review at Steve Rhodes
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
`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 ...read the complete Home Alone movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Back in 1990, Home Alone was a movie sensation. Believe it or not, it earned more than $285 million during its theatrical release, more than Monsters, Inc., Raiders of the Lost Ark, and The Incredibles. While those films will surely endure, Home Alone has ...read the complete Home Alone movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Perhaps the biggest surprise about Home Alone is not that it is liked by many people, especially as a movie to watch around Christmas -- it's that it would become a mega-blockbuster, shooting straight up to become one of the top grossing films of ...read the complete Home Alone movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
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