"Keep the change, ya filthy animal!"

Rating: 7/10 (6 January 2020)

A Christmas classic that the younger kids should enjoy more than the rating I have given this film. The McAllister family is on a massive trip to France for the holidays. Thing is when the day comes and a head count is done young Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) is forgotten about. While it does strain on what is plausible, it still works due to mother Kate (Catherine O'Hara) putting everything aside to get home to Kevin.
In what is also a fairly thin plot I forgive, because of the two thieves Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern) who call themselves The Wet Bandits are great! They try to get into the McAllister home to rob it while they are away on vacation. Kevin though, has some ideas and traps of his own to deal with this pair. Pesci and Stern work great together and they really add a lot of humour and comic soul to the film. With the addition of Culkin's at times chaotic energy and John Hughes' script there are laughs to be had in this Christmas film. Directed by Chris Columbus. John Heard also plays Kevin's dad and there is a small cameo played by the comic-legend and Hughes-favourite John Candy, who plays 'Polka King' Gus Polinksi who helps Kevin's mom get back to Chicago.