Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Plot synopsis:
In Chicago, Illinois, the McCallister family is preparing for a Christmas vacation in Miami. On the night before their departure, the entire family gathers at Peter and Kate's home, where their 10-year-old son Kevin sees Florida as contradictory to Christmas because he thinks there are no Christmas trees in Florida. During the school Christmas pageant, Kevin's older brother Buzz humiliates him during his solo, causing Kevin to retaliate. Refusing to apologize for his actions, Kevin goes up to the third floor of the house. During the night, Peter unknowingly causes the alarm clock to reset; consequently, the family once again oversleeps. In the confusion and rush to reach the airport on time, Kevin boards a flight bound for New York City while trying to replace the batteries for his tape recorder, carrying Peter's bag containing his wallet and a large amount of cash; upon arrival in Miami, Kate realizes that Kevin is missing again. In New York, Kevin tours the city and convinces the staff at the Plaza Hotel into renting him a room using his father's credit card. During a visit to Central Park, Kevin is frightened by the appearance of a homeless woman tending to pigeons.
On Christmas Eve, Kevin tours the city in a limousine and visits a toy store where he meets its philanthropic owner, Mr. Duncan. Kevin learns that the proceeds from the store's Christmas sales will be donated to a children's hospital. Duncan offers Kevin a pair of ceramic turtledoves as a gift, instructing him to give one to another person as a sign of eternal friendship. After encountering Harry and Marv, a pair of burglars who recently escaped from prison and are now called the "Sticky Bandits," Kevin retreats to the Plaza. The hotel's concierge Mr. Hector confronts Kevin about the credit card which has been reported stolen. Kevin flees after evading Mr. Hector, but is captured by Harry and Marv. The duo discuss plans for breaking into the toy store that night, before Kevin escapes.
Kevin's family travels to New York after tracking the whereabouts of the stolen credit card and Kate searches the city for Kevin. Meanwhile, Kevin goes to his uncle Rob's townhouse only to find the house vacant and undergoing renovations while Rob and his family are in Paris. In Central Park, he encounters and befriends the pigeon lady. At Carnegie Hall, the pair watch an orchestra perform "O Come, All ye Faithful." The pigeon lady explains how her life collapsed and how she dealt with it by taking care of the pigeons in the park. Kevin gives the pigeon lady some advice and promises that he will be her friend.
Kevin, after remembering what the bandits said, returns to the townhouse and rigs it with numerous booby traps. Kevin arrives at the toy store during Harry and Marv's robbery, throws a brick through the window, setting off the store's alarm. Kevin then lures the duo to the townhouse, where he springs the traps and Harry and Marv suffer various injuries. When the duo chase Kevin around the townhouse, he escapes and calls the police. Harry and Marv catch him take him down to Central Park to kill him, but the pigeon lady sneaks in and incapacitates the duo with her birdseed before they can do anything, and Kevin sets off fireworks he had bought earlier to signal the police. The police arrive and arrest Harry and Marv. At the toy store, Mr. Duncan finds a note from Kevin attached to the brick explaining his actions.
Kate remembers Kevin's fondness for Christmas trees. After observing Kevin making a wish at the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, Kate meets him there and they reconcile. On Christmas Day, a truckload of gifts arrive at the McCallisters' hotel room from the toy store. Kevin and Buzz reconcile and Buzz allows him to open up the first present. Kevin goes to Central Park to give the pigeon lady the second turtledove. At the Plaza, Buzz receives the bill for Kevin's stay from Cedric and shows it to Peter. Peter suddenly calls out, "Kevin, you spent $967 on room service?!" at which point Kevin runs off.

Tags: comedy, boring, stupid, cult, psychedelic, revenge, entertaining

Review:
Now I'm aware that Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is the exact same plot as the first Home Alone, and not to mention how silly it seems that these folks would leave their kid behind, but come on, this movie was all in good fun.
Not to mention the Plaza Hotel plot was so great and fun to watch.Kevin and his family are heading down to Florida for Christmas this year, but when Kevin gets mixed up at the air port and gets on the wrong flight, he ends up in New York.
But Kevin is going to make sure that they don't mess around with the kids and has set his uncle's abandoned apartment up for a fun house of traps.Home Alone 2: Lost in New York was an absolute blast.
I love this movie and I'm always going to recommend it for a good watch, I think you'll enjoy it if you give it a chance.10/10.
Plus Eddie Bracken shows up as Mr. Duncan and gives Kevin the best Xmas morning ever as a token of his appreciation.With a bigger story (okay some of it re-used) and more characters and a better playground for Kevin, Home Alone 2 manages to be a superior sequel.
There's loads of fun to be had in Kevin's antics, and Tim Curry is downright brilliant as the mischievous Concierge.It's a great movie on it's own but sadly it will always be called a copycat.
I'm not one for sequels but this was one of the handful that I can enjoy time and again, not only because the original cast is in it, but because of Macaulay Culkin's comedic ability (even as a kid) and Joe Pesci's and Daniel Stern's reactions to getting their butts kicked, booby trap style.
"Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" is young Macaulay Culkin's second greatest hour in the series as Kevin McCallister, who has to learn to be a man again on the mean streets of the Big Apple after being separated from his family once more.
He's pursued again by comic bad guys Harry and Marv (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern), and director Chris Columbus and screenwriter John Hughes keep the action and laughs coming.
***Starring: Machauley Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, and Catherine O' Hara.The same boy who was accidentally left Home Alone a year ago, accidentally takes the wrong flight.
Oh, yeah, my favorite part is Macaulay (Kevin McAllister) was walking around in New York when he was lost then later, he went to the toy store to buy something then these 2 bad guys found him then Macaulay (Kevin) was screaming same thing then run away from these 2 bad guys in the city of NY but it was so funny because I loved Macaulay's screaming that make me laugh so hard!
And they want revenge.So in the last movie Kevin was home alone, but Santa Claus has done him one better this year.
when the family arrives at the airport, Kevin gets separated, and ends up going to new york...all alone, on his own personal vacation, which is what he wished for, but that wish soon turns into a nightmare when he has to deal with a nosy doorman, a crazy bird-loving lady, and the returning antagonists, Marv and harry, who broke out of prison.Many directors and movie makers that make a sequel to a film %90 of the time make a failure.
New York City-The Perfect Place For A Kid To Have Fun. If I was a young child and wanted to get lost somewhere, then the Big Apple would be my first choice.
Yes, Macauley Culkin is back as Kevin McCallister who ends up getting split up from his parents and finds himself lost in New York.Just like in the first film, Kevin has fun at first booking himself into a hotel (you'll find out how a young kid cons a room in the hotel) and has some fun.
There's just one snag-Joe Pesci and Daniel Sterns are back as Harry and Marv and once again, young Kevin must outwit them.The plot is pretty similar to Home Alone but don't let that put you off-it just means you've got more of the same thrills and fun to enjoy.
Despite being lost in the city that never sleeps, Kevin again manages to find ways to outwit the relentless burglars who take countless bumps and bruises, many of which would have killed them but that's the fun of movies.Yes, Home Alone 2 was a fantastic follow up to Home Alone and it was followed by the equally excellent Home Alone 3..
This movie had great, creative, hilarious scenes mixed with an emotional and heartfelt story while at the same time remaining true to the elements of the original.
Home Alone 2 has pretty much the same general plot as the first one.a few of the particulars have changed,including the location.this time Kevin is Lost in New York,while his family is somewhere else.the 2 bumbling Robbers,Marv(Daniel Stern)and Harry(Joe Pesci)return and of course meet up with Kevin and slapstick ensues.this movie is a bit longer,and i felt it took a while to get going,but once it does,it's very funny.the booby traps Kevin designs are just as elaborate and cause a lot of pain and grief for Harry and Marv,and a lot of hilarity for the audience.this movie is a bit more touching and heartwarming than the first one,and at least as funny.the only downside for me is the slow beginning.otherwise,it pretty much lives up to the first one.for me,Home Alone 2 Is an 8.5/10.
The plot is basically the same except this time the movie takes place in New York and not in a house.
In my opinion, the traps that Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) set for Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern) were even more hilarious than the first.
It's not as good as the first Home Alone movie but this is still a very good, fun, family Christmas classic.
This time Kevin is in New York City and his family once again leaves him all alone.
"Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" takes place after the events of the first one as Kevin is finally going on a Christmas vacation with his family, but gets left behind again as he ends up in New York instead of going to Florida as where his family is going.
"Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" is a fun movie, but its not that bad; I still think its fun, entertaining, and still has that Christmas feeling as what made the first one so good about it.
Very clever sequel to the 1990 blockbuster, with this McCallister Christmas vacation following Culkin as he wonders the Big Apple after boarding the wrong flight, only to bump into Pesci and Stern, whom have just escaped from prison and are still angry about their foiled plan from the previous year.
Hilarious moments are provided by run-ins with the original movie's villains, Harry and Marv (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern, respectively),They have escaped from prison and they are planning to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve and Kevin is determined to stop them Finally, Mom (Catherine O'Hara) realizes that her son's missing and frantically tries to find him..
Home Alone 2 picks up a year after the original film in which the McCallister family accidentally left young Kevin alone to battle two criminals at Christmastime.
I really like Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, it matches up pretty well to the first film.
There is however a good chunk of film time spent at an abandoned house in which Kevin sets up his attack against the 'Wet Bandits'.Home Alone 2 should be seen by everyone in my opinion.
It isn't your average Christmas movie, but it does take place at that time in New York City.
Macaulay Culkin – one of the most famous child stars since Shirley Temple – returns as Kevin McAllister in the 1992 nostalgic and sentimental slapstick Christmas classic that has not dated since its original release.As the sequel of the highest grossing comedy of all time, Home Alone 2 is one of the biggest Christmas films of the 90s.
While the familiar Christmas vacation is shown as chaotic and stressful, it is the essential family element that brings us back to the films main themes of togetherness and (paradoxically) independence.Becoming separated from his family once again when leaving for a Christmas holiday, Kevin is left alone to his own devices, this time in New York City and causes chaos and mayhem when he bumps into the freshly escaped "Wet Bandits", who are once again, out to get him.The original cast return with Culkin in the lead, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern as the hilariously dumb, yet slightly endearing criminals with a heart of coal and the fantastic Catherine O'Hara as the mum every child wants, played with just the right amount of fear, guilt, determination and love that is needed.
I think Home Alone 2 Lost in New York is a great sequel to the first Home Alone movie!
In this sequel Kevin McCallister is planning to go on a trip to Miami Florida with his family but accidentally gets separated from them at the airport and accidentally gets on a plane to New York City.
Filled with wonderful new characters and a lot of laughter and humorous Home Alone 2 Lost in New York City is a great sequel the whole family can enjoy!
Thanks to originality and some great ideas, Home Alone was also one of the best movies when it released and its sequel is even better than the first, with a more detailed and extensive setting, a new array of characters who are also very well developed.
The McAllisters are at it again and this time Kevin McAllister gets himself lost in one of the biggest cities in the world, New York City..
I really enjoyed Harry and Marv, the two robbers, in this movie a lot and Tim Curry did a very good job as well.
It is awful for his parents left Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) because they forgot him after he went to New York instead of Florida because he thought but not.
After the Original "Home Alone" became the 3rd highest grossing film of all time it was just a given that there would be a sequel and 2 years after the release of "Home Alone" 2oth Century Fox Released "Home Alone 2" and it was also known as "Home Alone 2: Christmas in the Park"After snarky youth Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) loses track of his father at the airport, he mistakenly gets on a plane headed for New York City -- while the rest of the McCallisters fly to Florida.
But when Kevin discovers that the Sticky Bandits (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) are on the loose, he struggles to stop them from robbing an elderly man's toy store just before Christmas.None of the charm that made the original so much fun is even present here.
"Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" is somewhat funny and heart-warming, but it is almost exactly like the first film.
This time Culkin boards a plane for New York instead of Miami and he ends up alone in the city with crooks Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern.
Home alone is a comedy set, Macaulay Culkin plays the lead role as Kevin the youngest boy of his family and mischief-maker who manages to catch wet thieves.
What's surprising however is how it works just as well the second time around: Macaulay Culkin's misadventures in New York City follow the "more is better" theme of many blockbuster sequels so it's much of the same but it's just as much fun as it was in the first movie.
Every time I watch this movie, I always crack up and laugh so hard at the robbers getting their comeuppance and punishment from Kevin.
Home Alone 2 is a classic sequel that tells the story of a year after Home Alone,10 year old Kevin gets humiliated by his brother at a play causing him to get a bit angry and he wishes that they would disappear once again and when they leave for Florida,Kevin gets lost in the airport and boards the wrong plane and ends up in New York but little does he know New York isn't Kevin's dream place for having a vacation when he is chased by a bunch of hotel workers but worst,the sticky bandits escape from prison and are now walking the streets of New York and when they bump into Kevin,Kevin sets up a bunch of booby traps in a old abandoned house and once again..madness returns.
Macaulay Culkin returns as lovable Kevin,the idea was so good and original it that was some other director it would just be the exact same thing as the first film but probably 'Different Robbers' which would turn out horribly with a different kid(don't worry that happens in Home Alone 4 and I won't be happy doing that review).
Home Alone II tells the story of Kevin(Macaulay Culkin)and his family and this time his family are heading to Florida for the Xmas season but Kevin ends up getting lost and he spots a man who he thinks his father but isn't and he winds up in New York City aka The Big Apple where he later meets his criminal friends again and let me tell ya there is more chaos to bring them back to jail again.Like the first one this is really funny and heartwarming.
I like that the film goes more adventurous and puts Kevin MacCallister stuck in New York.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a great movie with a very well put together family friendly storyline with a great cast.If you enjoyed the first Home Alone,if not better.Its certainly more exciting because the characters go all around New York rather than staying at the house the whole time.Macauley Culkin is great as usual,he was a very good actor for his age and I also really appreciated Tim Curry,I really enjoy the creepy tone of voice he can put on and it really suited the character.The worst part about the movie and the only real problem I had was Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern,as much as I liked them in the first,they were just thrown in to this one randomly and just happened to be in the same city as Kevin,it gets even more ridiculous towards the end when Kevin try's to stop them from robbing a toy store,the two are just getting injured over and over again for about twenty minutes with very little dialogue,I like both if these actors,but I didn't appreciate them in this movie and think it would have been better not having them in it.If you enjoyed the first Home Alone then you will certainly enjoy Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,it's fun for the whole family.
Kevin ends up in a swish New York hotel while his family are in Florida,but meanwhile the two burglars he defeated before plan to rob a toy store.
The Home Alone films are a must watch and you sure can't miss out on them they are a lot of fun, enjoyable, funny, and everything.
"You can mess with a lot of things, but you can't mess with kids on Christmas." - Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin, Home Alone 2: Lost In New York).
However the film has changed location and this time Kevin is lost in New York.
This is probably the first time that the sequel is just as good, if not better, than the first movie.
Almost every great movie is set in New York City.
The whole time I was watching the first movie, I was thinking, why don't the parents just call the house and talk to Kevin?
Kevin McAllister is back and alone once again in Home Alone 2: Lost In New York.
He has gotten lost in the airport on the way to Christmas in Florida, and ends up in New York City with all of the families' money and credit cards.
The general plot is the same in both movies, Kevin is stranded away from his family at Christmas time and must defend his house from Marv and Harry the criminals.
The original movie gave Kevin familiar surroundings and a lot to work with, but stranded at his Aunt and Uncle's house in New York is a bit different.
The family, Marv and Harry and Kevin are all the same from the first movie.
This time around, little Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) isn't home alone, he's lost in the Big Apple, and he has his dad's credit card and cash to give him the ultimate vacation, until The Wet Bandits, Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern), show up, and plots a big Christmas heist.Okay, it isn't very different to or better than its predecessor, but at least it's better than the other two sequels.
Only this time He accidentally goes to New York instead of Florida which his family and relatives went to.Kevin wish he could go to somewhere way different, all by himself.
They escaped from prison and instead of robbing homes they're going to rob the famous toy store in New York.Can Kevin stop these guys this time?
Because a good movie--or a cruel one that makes people laugh--can always be made into a sequel, Chris Columbus brings us Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is more of the same from the first film.
If you want a good family movie loaded with laughs and fun, watch this movie and you'll surely have a great time!
I found Home Alone 2: Lost in New York better than the first because I just like how they thought about making a sequel, of course the parents couldn't forget him this time but in this movie he really wasn't Home Alone.....