An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 12 wins & 7 nominations total
- Sondra
- (as Daiana Campeanu)
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Storyline
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- TriviaJoe Pesci deliberately avoided Macaulay Culkin on-set because he wanted Culkin to think he was mean.
- GoofsThe night Harry and Marv break in to the house, Kevin sits down and blesses his macaroni and cheese dinner just before the stroke of nine. This draws obvious attention to his plate. Later, just before Harry is covered with feathers, you can see a completely different plate with three sections of food on it.
- Quotes
Check-Out Woman: Are you here all by yourself?
Kevin McCallister: Ma'am, I'm eight years old. You think I would be here alone? I don't think so.
Check-Out Woman: Where's your mom?
Kevin McCallister: My mom's in the car.
Check-Out Woman: Where's your father?
Kevin McCallister: He's at work.
Check-Out Woman: What about your brothers and your sisters?
Kevin McCallister: I'm an only child.
Check-Out Woman: Where do you live?
Kevin McCallister: Uh, I can't tell you that.
Check-Out Woman: Why not?
Kevin McCallister: Because you're a stranger.
- Alternate versionsWhen aired on YTV, the older airings had the word "Ass" being redubbed with "Butt" but more recent airings just kept the original unedited word.
- ConnectionsEdited into 5 Second Movies: Home Alone (2008)
Home Alone is basically about a family that leaves for vacation, but in the rush of getting out on time they forget that young Kevin McCallister was not with them on their way to the airport. So while they take off for Paris, Kevin wakes up to find that he is all alone in this gigantic house. It's all fun and games at first for Kevin, until he discovers that a pair of thieves plan on robbing his house thinking that the place is empty. Whiz kid Kevin sets up a number of booby traps and set ups that severely injure the bandits. Examples include one of the thieves named Harry getting his head set on fire, the other Marv gets hit in the head with an iron. These kind of stunts could kill a person in real life, but the magic of movies allows the bandits to shake it off and continue their mischief.
The acting in Home Alone is top notch! Macaulay Culkin is brilliant as Kevin McCallister, the scared yet empowered young boy who takes on the "Wet Bandits". Those bandits are played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern who add so much to the film with their performance. And you get some good screen time from stars such as Catherine O'Hara, John Heard and even John Candy. The traps that Kevin sets are smart and witty, and the location shots are perfect for the tricks he has planned for Harry and Marv.
All in all Home Alone is a classic film not only for Christmastime, but all year round. This should be seen by everyone at least once.
8/10
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Mi pobre angelito
- Filming locations
- 671 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka, Illinois, USA(McCallister home)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $18,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $285,761,243
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,081,997
- Nov 18, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $476,684,675
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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