There's an argument for a few movies to be the best Christmas movie ever, but I genuinely believe this is a perfect movie for all ages at christmastime and, 33 years later, still has not been surpassed. It's a Wonderful Life is probably the only film that might surpass it, but I'm not aa big a fan of it as this.
Macauley Culkin is so good in this movie that it's hard to imagine anyone else who would have been able to play this role. How he plays off Pesci and Stern is fantastic and the level of slapstick is incredible.
That we also have Catherine O'Hara, a comic genius, who gets to share screen time with my favourite comic actor of all time, the affable, loveable and sorely missed John Candy, is a huge bonus.
That this isn't rated higher, or in the top 250 films of all time on IMDB, is a travesty. If you've never seen this film, which is something I can't believe is possible, you are in for an absolute treat and I guarantee you will come back to it over and over again.
Macauley Culkin is so good in this movie that it's hard to imagine anyone else who would have been able to play this role. How he plays off Pesci and Stern is fantastic and the level of slapstick is incredible.
That we also have Catherine O'Hara, a comic genius, who gets to share screen time with my favourite comic actor of all time, the affable, loveable and sorely missed John Candy, is a huge bonus.
That this isn't rated higher, or in the top 250 films of all time on IMDB, is a travesty. If you've never seen this film, which is something I can't believe is possible, you are in for an absolute treat and I guarantee you will come back to it over and over again.