| | | A Family Comedy Without the Family.
Features: DVD, Sensormatic
When Kevin's family left for vacation, they forgot one minor detail: Kevin!Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) 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! Written and produced by John Hughes (101 Dalmatians), this madcap, slapstick adventure features an all-star supporting cast including Catherine O'Hara and John Heard as Kevin's parents, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern as the burglars and John Candy (Planes, Trains & Automobiles) as the "Polka King of the Midwest". Bonus disc includes John Walsh of America's Most Wanted introducing over 40 minutes of live-action safety scenarios targeted at teaching kids and parents how to be safe. Plus, DVD-ROM feature contains interactive, animated lessons from AMW's The Lookout League safety team!
"...rambunctiously funny...Culkin's adorable..." Hal Hinson, Washington Post
"...the perfect family holiday film." Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
Editor's Note
Eight year old Kevin MacAllister (MaCaulay Culkin) gets lost in the shuffle as his large, upper-middle class suburban family rushes to make a plane that will ferry them off to their Christmas vacation in France; Kevin, having been banished to an attic room as punishment, is subsequently forgotten. At first this is a dream come true, as for the first time in his young life he has no one to answer to but himself, and he takes full advantage of his newfound freedom, eating junk food and watching late-night horror flicks. But when the bumbling Wet Bandits Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern) target his house for a robbery, Kevin must step up to defend his home; he sets a maze of booby traps so elaborate that only an eight year old imagination could concoct them. Ultimately, Kevin learns the importance of family during the holidays in a touching reunion with his clan that is highlighted by the film's amazing original score, which was nominated for an Academy Award.
Plot Summary
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister is accidentally left home alone by his family while they fly off to France for Christmas vacation. Kevin loves his freedom, delightedly gorging himself on sweets and staying up late -- until he is forced to defend his home from a team of burglers. But Kevin learns that self-defense can be fun too, as he goes about flying to defeat the bumbling thieves.
| Features | Audio: English, French, Spanish Dolby Digital Stereo | | Bonus Disc Includes John Walsh Of America's Most Wanted Introducing Over 40 Minutes Of Live-Action Safety Scenarios Targeted At Teaching Kids & Parents How To Be Safe. Plus, DVD-ROM Feature Contains Interactive, Animated Lessons From AMW's The Lookout League Safety Team! | | Dubbed: French, Spanish | | Interactive Menus | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 8/14/2007 |
| Running Time: 105 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1990 | | Catalog ID: 2245538 | | UPC: 00024543455387 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Nominee (1991) | | | Golden Globe, Home Alone, Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical | | | Golden Globe, Macaulay Culkin, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical | | | Oscar, John Williams, Best Music, Original Score | | | Oscar, Leslie Bricusse, John Williams, Best Music, Original Song |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...Macaulay Culkin is the star atop this comedy tree..." 11/16/1990 p.4DNew York Times
"...Played with great glee by Macaulay Culkin....Endearing, up-to-the-minute..." 11/16/1990 p.C12 Entertainment Weekly
"...A live-action cartoon....[Culkin sets] the movie's overall tone..." -- Rating: B 12/16/1994 pp.80-1 Los Angeles Times
"...The ways in which its characters collide and carom off the walls are strictly funny-pages stuff....Macauley Culkin has the kind of crack comic timing that's missing in many an adult star..." 11/16/1990 p.F6 Premiere
"[I]t's not just the cartoonish slapstick that made ALONE one of the most successful comedies of all time: It's the sweet heart and courageous tenacity of the kid himself." 04/01/2004 p.54 Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] slapstick kiddie fantasy about an abandoned boy and some bumbling burglars." 02/01/2007 p.128 Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
"Home Alone" is a splendid movie title because it evokes all sorts of scary nostalgia. Being left home alone, when you were a kid, meant hearing strange noises and being afraid to look in the basement - but it also meant doing all the things that grownups would tell you to stop doing, if they were there...The plot is so implausible that it makes it hard for us to really care about the plight of the kid. What works in the other direction, however, and almost carries the day, is the gifted performance by young Macaulay Culkin, as Kevin. Culkin is the little boy who co-starred with John Candy in "Uncle Buck," and here he has to carry almost the whole movie. He has lots of challenging acting scenes, and he's up to them. I'm sure he got lots of help from director Chris Columbus, but he's got the stuff to begin with. He's such a confident and gifted little actor that I'd like to see him in a story I could care more about. - Roger Ebert
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