Home Alone 3 (1997)

Alex Pruitt, a young boy of nine living in Chicago, fends off thieves who seek a top-secret chip in his toy car to support a North Korean terrorist organization's next deed.

Director:

Raja Gosnell

Writer:

John Hughes

Stars:

Alex D. Linz, Olek Krupa, Rya Kihlstedt

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alex D. Linz	...	Alex Pruitt
Olek Krupa	...	Petr Beaupre
Rya Kihlstedt	...	Alice Ribbons
Lenny von Dohlen	...	Burton Jernigan
David Thornton	...	Earl Unger
Haviland Morris	...	Karen Pruitt
Kevin Kilner	...	Jack Pruitt
Marian Seldes	...	Mrs. Hess
Seth Smith	...	Stan Pruitt
Scarlett Johansson	...	Molly Pruitt
Christopher Curry	...	Agent Stuckey
Baxter Harris	...	Police Captain
James Saito	...	Chinese Mob Boss
Kevin Gudahl	...	Techie
Richard Hamilton	...	Cab Driver

Storyline

Four high-tech industrial spies, Beaupre, Alice, Jernigan and Unger, steal a top-secret microchip, and, to fool customs, hide it in a remote-control toy car. Through a baggage mix-up at the airport, grumpy old Mrs.Hess gets the toy and gives it to her neighbor, 8-year-old Alex. Spies want to get the toy back before their clients get angry and decide to burglarize every house at Alex's street to find the chip. But Alex is prepared for their visit...

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Plot Keywords:

airport | chicken pox | actor shares first name with character | home invasion | police | 

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Taglines:

Ready for more. Much more.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for slapstick violence, language and mild sensuality

Details

Official Sites:

Fox Fox Home Entertainment - DVD site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Polish

Release Date:

12 December 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Home Alone III

Filming Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$32,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,085,482, 14 December 1997, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$30,882,515

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$48,200,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox,Hughes Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally, it was planned to film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) and Home Alone 3 back-to-back.

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Goofs

In the shot before Earl Unger gets to the front door the clips on the sign around the yarn are folded down, later when he tries to cut the yarn the clips are folded up.

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Quotes

[as Alice locks them in Mrs. Hess's garage, intending to keep her from interfering]
Mrs. Hess: Why are you closing the door?
Alice: I left my heart in San Francisco.

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Crazy Credits

In the on screen post credits, the word "Parrot" is misspelled when crediting Darren T. Knaus as "Voice of Parrott".

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Connections

Spoofed in DUM: Get Back (2015)

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Soundtracks

My Town
Written by Boi & Holly Wright
Performed by Cartoon Boyfriend
Produced by Rick Neigher

User Reviews

mediocre entry in middling series

Home Alone 3 is a mediocre film but not half as bad as some reviewers have made it out to be. In the Home Alone series, which was middling to start with, this is watchable but dull. There are the usual pratfalls with dumb adults being outsmarted (and hurt) by a smart kid. The main difference is that this kid (Alex D. Linz) isn't as 'movie-smart' as Macaulay Culkin. Also the violence is marginally less cruel. On the downside, Joe Pesci's manic energy is sorely missing and the film quickly runs out of ideas. As a family film, this is a decent watch but otherwise, a rather average film.

Overall 4/10