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The movie is quite enjoyable as long as it explores the fantasy of a neglected little boy having an entire house of his own to explore and play in, and it still manages to be fun when he exhibits superhuman ingenuity and resourcefulness.
Pic boasts wonderful casting, with Culkin a delight as funny, resilient Kevin, and O'Hara bringing a snappy, zesty energy to the role of mom.
[A] surprisingly charming film, which may be the first Christmas black comedy for children.
This holiday contender from John Hughes is too crass, too loud and too violent to be added blithely to Christmas viewing traditions. But it is funny.
If Home Alone had limited itself to the things that might possibly happen to a forgotten 8-year-old, I think I would have liked it more.
Chris Columbus's junky, rambunctiously funny Home Alone is every kid's anarchical wish come true.
A better director could have helped the film out considerably, even saved it... But even then, the script is tremendously weak, by Hughes's standards or anybody else's.
This is engaging and frequently hilarious. But the joke is stretched a bit too far.
A hilarious comedy (although not a very believable one -- there can be no eight-year-olds this ingenious) that kids will love and adults won't mind sitting through either.
A funny, but overrated family comedy
There are few movies that can be described as never having a dull moment, and Home Alone fits in this small group. It's the perfect family holiday film.
Home has become a Christmas staple, and rightfully so; it's probably the last theatrical film set during the season to get the themes of family and kindness so right.
watching this all again today with a critical eye reveals that Home Alone's prat-fall humor has gotten completely worn out
[The movie has] an inconsistency of mood not helped by abrupt editing and Columbus' sometimes self-conscious direction.
This slapstick is vicious; a family film?
Everyone involved ought to be sent home alone -- with no supper.
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