Calling this sadistic trash a Family Movie is sick

Rating: 2/10 (16 May 2005)

Okay, I can understand the basic setting here. A kid is left alone in a big home and gets to do what he wants, and beats up some bad guys though they're twice his size. I admit there's good potential for fantasy and storytelling here.
But instead of being clever or funny, the movie is just plain obnoxious and idiotic. The kid is not cute but simply totally irritating. What's worse, most of the supposedly funny scenes in the film are based on him screaming and the burglars getting injured in all possible ways. I have no problem with cartoon violence existing, but this film stretched the limits in a sick and disgusting way. The problem is that Home Alone arrogantly combines cartoon violence with a high level of cinema realism, showing how emotionally detached movies in general have become. People who have no trouble enjoying this are the kind of people who used to get their kicks out of torturing animals or beating up their classmates when they were kids. More disturbingly, the same mentality shows through when footage of actual combat violence in faraway countries is shown in live TV. They're not my race or faith, they're not on my side, so it's not for real, see! Or, they're just criminals, so breaking their balls must be funny, right! I'll rather show my own kids some actual action movies with realistic violence than this kind of twisted "Family movie" comedy cruelty.