I don't understand why this kid's family all hate him so much. Even his own mother. No wonder he's so happy that he gets left behind when his family goes overseas for Christmas.Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) and his family are set to travel for the holidays, but the night before they go, power in the neighbourhood goes down and they oversleep. In the rush to get ready in the morning, they leave behind Kevin, who quickly adapts to life without them. Operating in the same area are thieves the "wet bandits", Marv (Daniel Stern) and Harry (Joe Pesci). The have targeted the McCallister household after casing the house at the beginning of the movie. Kevin finds this out and sets up a series of deadly Rube Goldberg like traps around the house.
This is probably the weakest of the John Hughes movies I've watched this month. This is mainly due to to the fact that it has aged the most. The timeless feeling that is felt when watching all the other movies on this list. It has the exact feeling of it's early 90s setting.
This was Macaulay Culkin's first big movie role. I feel as though child actors from this time weren't given too much direction. Culkin just runs around either screaming or giggling. Catherine O'Hara, who is a funny actor at the best of times isn't give enough screen time to get some good laughs.
The weight of the acting really falls back to Joe Pesci who isn't really working at to the best of his ability. In fact he is quite restrained here. He is known most for his foul mouth and had to be reminded at many times by director Chris Columbus that this is a family movie.
Verdict: A decent family movie that is worth watching. I think it is probably where my fear of spiders comes from, not to mention that it is pretty much the same movie as Die Hard.
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