Recommended for the holidays

Rating: 6/10 (22 December 2005)

Holidays are all about cheer and joy. They are times to laugh and spend with your family. Home Alone achieves cheer, joy, laughter, except for family.
Home Alone (written by John Hughes, who also did the funny Breakfast Club) is about an 8-year old boy named Kevin who is accidentally left at home when his parents leave for Christmas vacation. Unfortunately for Kevin, he lives in a rich house, which is targeted by two burglars: Marv and Harry. They plan to rob Kevin's house at 9:00 pm, so Kevin has to protect himself, using self-invented traps.
Home Alone is simply full of slapstick humor, with some hidden jokes in between. (One of the funniest parts is the one with the pizza man.) But, John Hughes made one mistake: He forgot to make it realistic. How could Kevin stay asleep, while his whole family is screaming and trying to pack? How could he make so many traps, but not pack a suitcase? How could Marv spend so much time on the floor after tripping, when Harry has grabbed Kevin? How? Well, despite the main flaw, Home Alone makes a fun, heart-warming holiday movie. I would definitely recommend it! Of course, it isn't perfect, but its fun and fun is what holiday movies should be!
7/10
Good: Fun, funny and heart-warming, and has nothing to do with Santa (like most Christmas movies do)
Bad: Unrealistic, and it could be funnier
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