Mediocre

Rating: 7/10 (26 January 2006)

First of all i'm not going to comment on the first home alone. It was a great movie in all respects. The second one though, gets pretty dry. Don't get me wrong, it had its moments, but the concepts were over done. The first plus i do have to give the movie though is how Kevin got sent to New York. Mistaking one person for another is pretty believable since he's a kid. But from that point it was pretty average. The mom screams again and Kevin is alone in new york having the time of his life. The problem is this really doesn't make a whole lot of sense. In the first one, he was like OK somethings up but at least he's in his own environment/city. In the second one a "normal kid" would be pretty scared since hes in a city hes unfamiliar with (Then again Kevin isn't a normal kid is he?). So once again he creates mischief which was funny on some parts (rob Schneider and the rest of the hotel staff was pretty funny) but throwing the burglaries again got kinda old. Going through the house with traps was getting pretty ridiculous. The first one had traps that were pretty harsh and you would think like alright, maybe a grown adult could keep going but in this one it was like BullS***! Getting hit in the head with a brick from that height would kill anyone (which is pretty funny if you stop and think about all the misdemeanors and felonies Kevin has committed). The problem with this sequel is the producer wanted to up the stakes and make it better than the first, unfortunately by increasing injury degree of the traps made it seem disbelivable. Another point is the bird feeding lady. So what? Kevin gives her a turtle dove, how is that really going to help her? Of course it was a family movie so she was like "Thank you" but seriously, he just helped a major toy corporation from getting robbed, he gets a grip load of free presents, free hotel stay but he can't seem to think that money isn't something a less fortunate individual wants right? (Which reminds me, it really tried to make taxi cab drivers or low class individuals seem dishonest, scary and basically a stereotyped image of what you see in the media.) The robbers were still there classic selves, but they seemed to be just bodies in the movie who get beat up, the movie didn't really give any new angles or character depth to them. Probably the most irritating part was when buzz was doing the whole drum thing on Kevin's head, with everyone laughing, but when Kevin retaliates they get mad at him?! Is it any wonder why he will grow up to be a misled youth. Your supposed to feel sorry for Kevin, and you do, in both movies, but this one went to extreme. He's the black sheep of the family, the one everyone picks on but the movie doesn't give a heart warming satisfaction that Kevin's family will be OK from that point on (which is probably why the producer bailed out on home alone 3 with Kevin in it). Overall the movie was average in some parts, irritating in others, funny in other parts and pretty much unrealistic in other parts of the movie.