Review of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) by Johnny T — 17 Mar 2011
The movie is subtly touching and massively funny which beats and surpasses the orginal. Culkin's arsenal of grievous booby traps, which cause Stern to get his backside stapled and his head smashed by flying bricks, and Pesci to receive a nonelective scalping. Does it really matter that Home Alone 2: Lost In New York is, in essence, the same movie as its megasmash predecessor? A product of the John Hughes youth-comedy factory, Home Alone had a plot so basic it was almost primal: Kid gets left behind by family in womblike suburban fortress; fortress is besieged by cartoon meanies; kid defeats meanies with a series of tricks so violent, painful, and all-around dastardly that they're...great fun. Now that's family entertainment! .
VERDICT: "Full Price" - My second highest rating (Positive to Mixed reaction). This is a rating to a movie I view as very entertaining and well made, and definitely worth paying the full price at a theatre to see or own on DVD. It is not perfect, but it is definitely excellent.
This review of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) was written by Johnny T on 17 Mar 2011.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York has generally received positive reviews.
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