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Home Alone

  • 1990
  • PG
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
605K
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Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, and Daniel Stern in Home Alone (1990)
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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.

  • Director
    • Chris Columbus
  • Writer
    • John Hughes
  • Stars
    • Macaulay Culkin
    • Joe Pesci
    • Daniel Stern
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    605K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    704
    146
    • Director
      • Chris Columbus
    • Writer
      • John Hughes
    • Stars
      • Macaulay Culkin
      • Joe Pesci
      • Daniel Stern
    • 616User reviews
    • 118Critic reviews
    • 63Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 11 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, and Daniel Stern in Home Alone (1990)
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    Macaulay Culkin
    Macaulay Culkin
    • Kevin
    Joe Pesci
    Joe Pesci
    • Harry
    Daniel Stern
    Daniel Stern
    • Marv
    John Heard
    John Heard
    • Peter
    Roberts Blossom
    Roberts Blossom
    • Marley
    Catherine O'Hara
    Catherine O'Hara
    • Kate
    Angela Goethals
    Angela Goethals
    • Linnie
    Devin Ratray
    Devin Ratray
    • Buzz
    Gerry Bamman
    Gerry Bamman
    • Uncle Frank
    Hillary Wolf
    Hillary Wolf
    • Megan
    John Candy
    John Candy
    • Gus Polinski
    Larry Hankin
    Larry Hankin
    • Officer Balzak
    Michael C. Maronna
    Michael C. Maronna
    • Jeff
    Kristin Minter
    Kristin Minter
    • Heather
    Diana Rein
    Diana Rein
    • Sondra
    • (as Daiana Campeanu)
    Jedidiah Cohen
    • Rod
    Kieran Culkin
    Kieran Culkin
    • Fuller
    Senta Moses
    Senta Moses
    • Tracy
    • Director
      • Chris Columbus
    • Writer
      • John Hughes
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Joe Pesci deliberately avoided Macaulay Culkin on-set, because he wanted Culkin to think he was mean.
    • Goofs
      Kevin has a pizza delivered to the house even though the phones are supposed to down. There is never any indication of if or when the phones were restored, but in the scene immediately before, Kevin's father was trying to reach Kevin.
    • 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 versions
      When aired on YTV, the older airings had the word "Ass" being redubbed with "Butt" but more recent airings just kept the original unedited word.
    • Connections
      Edited into 5 Second Movies: Home Alone (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Somewhere In My Memory
      Music by John Williams

      Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse

    User reviews616

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    7/10
    Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animal!
    In the Eighties, John Hughes churned out a handful of movies and scored many, many hits. Quite rightly, as most of them were seriously funny - I'm DEFINITELY not referring to Curly Sue, so relax! In one particular scene from Uncle Buck, Macaulay Culkin interrogates a babysitter through the letterbox to make sure she's not a baddie. This inspired Hughes to write a whole new movie. Who would have known that this and its sequel would go on to become two of the biggest hits of all time? Both Hughes and Chris Columbus seem to prefer setting their movies during the holiday season (Gremlins, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Christmas Vacation) and manage to pull them off without too much sentiment, or sickening amounts of gooey love.

    There are two reasons why Home Alone was such a big success. The first is that it's about a kid who outsmarts grown-ups, something that happens every day, only there's a worldwide conspiracy of silence. This movie yells it out loud and clear. The second is John Williams's magical score, which elevates the movie way above slapstick family fare to something more serious and regarded. It was nominated for an Academy Award, along with the Christmas carol Somewhere In My Memory, but lost to John Barry's Dances with Wolves. Damn! In a mad rush to the airport one morning, the MacCallister family forget one little thing...Kevin (Culkin). He is an eight-year-old kid who wants nothing better than a peaceful Christmas and some time to himself. It's hard for him to get this when living in a house with seven other people(the exact same house from Planes, Trains And Automobiles, don't you know0. With the rest of the MacCallisters in Paris, Kevin runs wild doing whatever he wants, eating whatever he wants and watching whatever TV show he wants.

    But there's one major problem. The Wet Bandits, Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern), are on the prowl and have knocked off every other house in Kevin's street. His is next. And seeing that he's man-of-the-house now, he HAS to defend it.

    Using whatever tools are at his disposal (rusty nails, blow torches, Micro Machines) he sets up a labyrinth of booby traps, so that the Wets can't break in. Their idiot-proof determination proves to be their downfall, as they are tortured and torn-up upon entering Kevin's domain.

    Although this is not the only point of the film, there is an important message that family is what really matters to a child, or to anyone, and having them home for the holidays is better than wandering a huge house all by yourself.

    There are some movies that work best at Christmas and this is one of them. I'm not saying that in a couple of decades it will be the new It's A Wonderful Life, but it will be remembered fondly at the very least.

    Don't be a Scrooge. It's Christmastime. Go rush to check out Home Alone.
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    • Dec 14, 2006

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    FAQ23

    • In the beginning of the movie, where was Marv at when Harry showed up at the McCallisters' house as a police officer?
    • Have somebody discovered that Harry was disguised as a Police officer?
    • Behind Kevin's mom in the Airport, is that Elvis Presley as an extra?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 16, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sam u kuci
    • Filming locations
      • 671 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka, Illinois, USA(McCallister home)
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • Hughes Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • 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
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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