the beginning of the end for John Hughes

Rating: 1/10 (10 July 1999)

Set aside the preposterous set-up, and we're left with a movie that portrays violence without consequence. And what makes it especially irritating is that the violence is played for laughs. How funny it is to see a man hit with a can of paint! Joe Pesci deserves better.
The movie, of course, made a mint for John Hughes and made a huge star out of Culkin (albeit briefly). Alas, "Home Alone" marks the beginning of a decade-long descent for Hughes that he is yet to pull out of.