Love it!

Rating: 10/10 (19 April 2003)

I loved this film when I first saw it over 10 years ago and I still love it today. This is one of the best Christmas films of all time and I never tire of watching it. The sheer splendour of the McAllister house is something to be marvelled at and one of my favourite scenes is when Kevin thinks he made his family disappear and runs wild through the house in celebration. Katherine O'Hara is the perfect mix of stern diciplinarian and worried parent as Kevin's mother and the late John Candy is great as Gus Polinski. I admit that the rest of the family are just there to make up the numbers but together they covincingly portray the nightmare family that Kevin can't wait to get away from. Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern provide many a laugh as the bungling 'Wet Bandits' - although I don't find them as funny now as I did back in the day. Considering this is a kid's film I think it has stood the test of time reasonably well and this is mostly due to the production team as the film hardly looks dated at all. On top of that there is the excellent sound track which just makes the film even better.
I thoroughly enjoyed this film and I look forward to watching it yet again this Christmas.