Review of Home Alone (1990) by Johnathon W — 23 Dec 2017

Fun Christmas movie that, while has aged a bit, still makes a nice addition to the holiday movie rotation. While Macauly Culkin never saw his career take off as an adult, he did make an appealing child lead and you enjoy his antics for the most part.

He gets two great villains in Joe Pesci & Daniel Stern, whose comic reactions deliver most of the films laughs. Behind the camera, director Chris Columbus keeps the action moving while making great use of John Hughes's script, which slips in some pointed comments on the holidays with families.

Plus, John Williams delivers on of his best scores and should be must in every Christmas music rotation. The main appeal of the movie is the brilliant third act, in which Keven booby traps his house against the burglars, resulting in some classic physical comedy.

Whether it be a blow torch to the head or nail through the foot, you'll be laughing from beginning to the end, thanks in large part to Pesci & Stern's superb physical reactions (the look on Stern's face when the tarantula is placed on him never gets old).

Overall, not a perfect film but a fun one, especially around Christmas.