Home Alone
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Metascore
63 out of 100

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7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 69 Ratings

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  • Starring: Daniel Stern, Joe Pesci, Macaulay Culkin
  • Summary: Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister has become the man of the house, overnight! Accidentally left behind when his family rushes off on a Christmas vacation, Kevin gets busy decorating the house for the holidays. But he's not decking the halls with tinsel and holly. Two bumbling burglars are trying to break in, and Kevin's rigging a bewildering battery of booby traps to welcome them! (20th Century Fox Corp.)
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Jeanne Cooper
    80
    This holiday contender from John Hughes is too crass, too loud and too violent to be added blithely to Christmas viewing traditions. But it is funny.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Cartyn James
    80
    Kevin has the potential to be the mawkish child or the obnoxious little adult so common on screen, but he is neither. Played with great glee by Macaulay Culkin, he is a totally endearing, up-to-the-minute little boy.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hal Hinson
    70
    The movie has a big payoff; it's the setup that's the drag. But Kevin's antics will touch the budding subversive in every kid. My advice? Hide the car keys.
  4. Empire
    Reviewed by: Ian Nathan
    60
    So it may not be Citizen Kane, but it is a hilarious comedy (although not a very believable one — there can be no eight-year-olds this ingenious) that kids will love and adults won’t mind sitting through either.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. LeoTs3181983
    10
    Home Alone is a great movie. There is a little cussing,however. It's not all that bad after all. There are some pretty funny,weird scenes too. Don't miss it.… Expand
  2. axelkoch
    8
    A family movie how it should be. Home Alone mixes comedy, drama and jimjams how it's done right! I like the two Wet Bandits, they're gloriously funny and when Kevin pranks those two it's simply awesome. John Williams' score is really nice and Chris Columbus makes a great mixture of pretty brutal slapstick and also parts of situation comedy. An incedribly funny motion picture, which is one of the very few movies that really bring you in an appropriate christmas spirit. I love this film, regardless of its overeager playing.… Expand
  3. grandpajoe6191
    7
    With "Home Alone", director Chris Columbus gives a great Christmas entertainment as well as funny, pure performances.
  4. heyitsmegrif4
    0
    I am sorry is this supposed to be funny? Is this supposed to be original? Because I found myself guessing every single part of this movie which made me bored. Sorry Chris Columbus you were great with Harry Potter but not Home Alone. I give this movie 5%.… Expand

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