Same again, only different

Rating: 5/10 (18 December 2019)

Writer John Hughes was a clever man. He knew that what people really want (though they may say otherwise) from a sequel is the same thing to roughly happen again, but with a twist/the ante being raised.
So that's what he gives us in 'Home Alone 2' which perhaps is more 'Holiday Alone' as Kevin finds himself separated from his family in New York. Cue the Donald Trump cameo!
The format from the first film is largely followed, but despite being perhaps a little overlong, it all works and is good fun. The slapstick sequences are wonderfully staged and there's a nice bit of sentimentality too.
A worthy sequel to the original.