Hell yeah

Rating: 9/10 (29 December 2008)

You get a lot of kids these days fast-forwarding until they see somebody get hurt. I don't know, perhaps they should. That last half hour is one of the coolest bunch of movie sequences ever thrown together. It's all childish as hell but I can't not laugh at the villains walking into a bunch of really obvious traps. The redundant sequels tried to get the same kind of flow between all the physical gags but I think it's safe to say they just sucked. You can't touch the grand finale of "Home Alone". However, I think what comes before all of that is pretty enjoyable too, or at least I used to as a kid. Being home alone, able to do whatever you want, it's not too bad of a Christmas present. It gets boring because the set-up takes a bit too long, but I understand they had to have an excuse for that brilliant main event. I'm usually not that excited about a movie aimed towards children, but "Home Alone" is just really really cool.