Home Alone

1990 Comedy

Home Alone is the highly successful and beloved family comedy about a young boy named Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) who is accidentally left behind when his family takes off for a vacation in France over the holiday season. Once he realizes they've left him "home alone," he learns to fend for himself and, eventually has to protect his house against two bumbling burglars (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) who are planning to rob every house in Kevin's suburban Chicago neighborhood. Though the film's slapstick ending may be somewhat violent, Culkin's charming presence helped the film become one of the most successful ever at the time of its release.

Director: Chris Columbus

Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci,Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara, John Heard

 17 Reviews  11 Awards

Reviews

  • Kevin has the potential to be the mawkish child or the obnoxious little adult so common on screen, but he is neither. Played with great glee by Macaulay Culkin, he is a totally endearing, up-to-the-minute little boy.

    - The New York Times

    26 April 2013

  • This holiday contender from John Hughes is too crass, too loud and too violent to be added blithely to Christmas viewing traditions. But it is funny.

    - The Washington Post

    26 April 2013

  • The movie has a big payoff; it's the setup that's the drag. But Kevin's antics will touch the budding subversive in every kid. My advice? Hide the car keys.

    Hal Hinson - The Washington Post

    26 April 2013

  • Home Alone is the apex, the pinnacle, the culmination of every bad bit Hughes has ever written or directed. It overflows with primitive, disastrously unfunny sight gags and neo-hateful familial humor.

    Marc Savlov - Austin Chronicle

    26 April 2013

  • Even though Macaulay Culkin's alternately muggy and inexpressive lead performance hasn't worn well, the supporting turns by Catherine O'Hara and John Candy are especially crackerjack, as is John Williams' buoyantly cartoony score.

    Noel Murray - The A.V. Club

    26 April 2013

Awards

  • Best Music, Original Score

    Academy Awards (1991)

     

  • Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)

    American Comedy Awards (1991)

  • John Williams

    BMI Film & TV Awards (1991)

  • Best Comedy Film

    British Comedy Awards (1991)

  • Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy

    Casting Society of America (1991)

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