Home Alone 4 (TV 2002)

Kevin McCallister's parents have split up. Now living with his mom, he decides to spend Christmas with his dad at the mansion of his father's rich girlfriend, Natalie. Meanwhile robber Marv... See full summary »

Director:

Rod Daniel

Writers:

John Hughes (characters), Debra Frank,

Stars:

French Stewart, Erick Avari, Barbara Babcock

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
French Stewart	...	Marv Merchants
Erick Avari	...	Prescott
Barbara Babcock	...	Molly
Jason Beghe	...	Peter McCallister
Clare Carey	...	Kate McCallister
Joanna Going	...	Natalie
Missi Pyle	...	Vera
Gideon Jacobs	...	Buzz
Chelsea Russo	...	Megan
Mike Weinberg	...	Kevin McCallister (as Michael Weinberg)
Lisa King	...	Queen
Sean Cameron Michael	...	Cop (as Sean Michael)
Craig Geldenhuys	...	Prince
Andre Roothman	...	King
Anton Smuts	...	Cab Driver

Storyline

Kevin McCallister's parents have split up. Now living with his mom, he decides to spend Christmas with his dad at the mansion of his father's rich girlfriend, Natalie. Meanwhile robber Marv Merchants, one of the villains from the first two movies, partners up with a new criminal named Vera to hit Natalie's mansion.

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Plot Keywords:

christmas | mansion | prince | trap | booby trap | 

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Taglines:

Taking Back the House

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Family

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 November 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Home Alone: Taking Back the House

Filming Locations:

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Fox Television Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Daniel Stern, who played Marv in the first two films, was approached to reprise his role in this one. Stern quickly declined, calling it "an insult, total garbage."

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Goofs

When Kevin floods the lower floor, he is seen standing at the front door and then picking up items floating around. At no point do you see Kevin fall over or get wet. However When Dad calls Kevin for a "talk", his bottom is all wet.

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Quotes

Kevin McCallister: Robbers were trying to rip off your house!
Natalie: So you chose to trash it?
Kevin McCallister: No I was trying to protect it!
Natalie: By trashing it?

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Connections

Referenced in Bad Movie Beatdown: Christmas with the Kranks (2009)

User Reviews

Worse than Home Alone 3

I found myself questioning the making of yet another Home Alone movie, let alone the making of another Home Alone movie that was to be made-for-tv, being skeptical i thought to myself "they must have a pretty decent script if theyre gonna attempt a made-for-tv sequel to what once was a pretty good franchise before it even was a franchise", but wow, this movie was awful, the young-uns might chuckle but the rest of the audience will be chuckling at the filmmakers.

Whoever was casting director should be fired, Kevins father was decent, well acted, but Kevin, who is now 9 when he was 10 in Home Alone 2, just isnt Kevin anymore, and who the hell decided to make Buzz around the same age as Kevin??? Marv wasnt too bad, but his character shouldnt have been brought back without Daniel Stern, but i give credit to Mr. Stewart.

Throughout the movie i kept asking why this movie was made, and in the beginning i thought i had the answer "What if we take the Home Alone series, and put Kevin in a technologically advanced house and see what he can do to one-half of the original bad guys?" this made me think the movie might actually be worth watching to see what kind of traps Kevin can create this time.

Basically, this movie sucks because he creates almost NO traps, there is a minor encounter in the beginning, and thats about it, Kevin ties together 2 or 3 pots, but thats IT, what the hell was this idiot director/writer/producers thinking, and to think that theyre couldnt possibly be a Home Alone movie worse than 3, at least that kid made some cool traps.