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Rating: 8/10 (21 December 2015)

A great 4 out of 5 star movie, the 1990 classic Christmas movie called Home Alone. Overall, it's a great movie to watch with the family every Christmas.The reason I rate this movie a 4 out of 5 is because the movie keeps you on your feet towards the end and it also shows life lessons that you have to go through later in life (probably not the part where you have to defend yourself from the wet bandits). This movie shows how it feels being home alone for a couple of days. It's fun at first, but then some of us begin to miss the family. It shows that you need to be brave and be responsible which, Kevin shows a lot of it in this movie. Kevin didn't get along with his parents or siblings in the beginning of the movie. All the other kids there always made fun of him and picked on him. Kevin didn't get his cheese pizza because his brother Buzz took it, and that's the only kind of pizza Kevin ate. Kevin got angry and hit the other kid and got in trouble and, his punishment was being locked into the attic for the night. The next morning the family woke up late to go to their plane because they were leaving for vacation. They hurried and got into their taxi forgetting Kevin in the attic as he was still sleeping. Kevin woke up wishing his family wasn't there from the previous day and came to see he was home alone. Kevin was so happy that his family wasn't there he was jumping on the bed eating all the junk food he had making the place a mess. I like where Kevin had a huge fear of the wood burner as it opened and closed, thinking it was a monster. But as Kevin was home alone he had to face his fears and later in the movie he was no longer scared. My favorite part in the movie is when he has to defend his house from being robbed from the "wet bandits". He has to set up a bunch of booby traps and make sure his house doesn't get robbed. The only thing that strikes me is that these two men, otherwise known as the "wet bandits" run into these traps that Kevin lays out throughout the house. If any ordinary person was to run into these traps like they did, they would be pretty severely hurt. It is a children's movie and it is entertaining. The mother realizes that they left Kevin behind as they are already on the plane leaving and she goes through many obstacles to make sure she gets back to Kevin. After two days of Kevin being home alone his family finally comes back. Now Kevin feels a part of the family and they actually all missed him and gave him hugs. I believe the theme of this movie is that no matter what your family is important. You may go through rough patches, but they raised you and there all you got in the long run. This movie shows bravery, responsibility, and really shows that family is important. This movie is great and should be watched 10 years from now, and it's a great classic and reminds me how close this movie brought me and my family too.