Review of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) by Ryan K — 01 Jan 2016
It is not a bad sequel, but this is very familiar ground. The filmmakers went to great lengths to replicate the first movie. The only difference is that this time the setting is New York City, instead of the suburbs of Chicago.
Pretty big difference, huh? The unsupervised kid in Manhattan provides some sense of an exploration adventure, but it does not do much for the overall movie. Even though it makes little sense for them to be in this, I am thankful the same robbers were back.
With Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern falling for Macaulay Culkin's rudimentary traps, there is plenty of physical slapstick humor. The dynamic between the kid and the scary pigeon lady in the park is too recycled from the first movie to forgive.
It is a shameless rip-off of the creepy next-door neighbor. I did enjoy watching Macaulay Culkin outsmart and slip around Rob Schneider and Tim Curry in the plaza hotel. These parts act as nice plot transitions and are the only new aspect of the sequel.
Luckily, the original was so enjoyable that a second lap with just a few slight changes is agreeable.
This review of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) was written by Ryan K on 01 Jan 2016.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York has generally received positive reviews.
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