Home Alone has enshrined itself as an all-time holiday classic-which will undoubtedly be re-shown during the holiday season until the end of recorded history. pleased audiences throughout the world-and laughed at a few skeptical critics ( cough cough Roger Ebert cough cough) all the way to the bank. Teaming up with Gremlins writer, now director, Chris Columbus, and burgeoning child star Macaulay Culkin (who currently plays in a rock band exclusively devoted to songs about pizza, Hughes and Co. He could've had a giant pool of gold coins to dive into (like Scrooge McDuck) if he wanted. ![]() The dude knew how to churn out screenplays and make money while doing it. He could turn his F-word switch on and off, writing PG movies like Home Alone and R-rated movies like (yup) The Breakfast Club. John Hughes, the writer of Home Alone, was no stranger to making bank by crafting entertainment suitable for families. None of us, obviously: people shelled out the cash, making it (adjusted for inflation) the most successful holiday movie… of all time. (Alone, obviously.)Īnd who among us didn't have that fantasy as a kiddo? It's got a neat, instantly recognizable childhood fantasy/fear as its underlying concept-a kid is accidentally left at home. When it came out in 1990, Home Alone proved to be Christmas movie gold. People lurve seeing hilarious injuries…especially when they're being doled out by a fundamentally likeable little kid. So: did America's filmgoers run in fear after watching a movie about an angelic blonde kid unleashing his inner sadist? In the movie's most famous sequence, Kevin sets booby traps, and gleefully provokes tons of slapstick injuries, from a nail driven into the sole of a burglar's foot (eek) to a blowtorch igniting the crown of another burglar's head (double eek). (Dental hygiene is important, y'all.)īut when two burglars get involved, Kevin has to use physical threats to defend his home. This struggle isn't exactly Bear Grylls territory at first…since it involves bingeing on ice cream and stealing a toothbrush. Laughing at someone being mashed in the groin is funny everywhere around the world, and Home Aloneis the Great Pyramid of Giza of slapstick humor-its final half hour is pure, unadulterated, family-friendly violence.Īfter eight-year-old Kevin McCallister is accidentally left home alone during the Christmas season, he has to struggle to survive. If you've ever spent hours on YouTube watching people fail epically-getting hit in the crotch with a football or crashing a dirt bike into a brick wall-this is the movie for you. ![]() To cheer themselves up, Kevin, Peter and Natalie decorate their Christmas tree, although it is later re-trimmed by professional decorators at Natalie's request.Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Catherine O'Hara, John Candy ![]() Prescott is in league with Marv and Vera. Kevin discovers that the security cameras were turned off during the break-in, leading him to believe that Mr. When Peter and Natalie return, they do not believe Kevin's explanation, especially since Mr. Prescott's attention via the intercom, he drives them away by flooding the mansion. ![]() Kevin notices his old nemesis Marv and his wife Vera scouting the house. The next morning, Peter and Natalie go out while Kevin stays with Natalie's butler Mr. After the three initially refuse, Kevin accepts the offer after being bullied by Buzz, and revels in the mansion's luxuries. Peter McCallister, who is finalizing a divorce from his wife Kate, announces to their children Buzz, Megan and Kevin that he and his wealthy girlfriend Natalie are hosting the visit of a royal family at her mansion, and invites them to spend Christmas there.
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