Home Alone - 4-Film Collection [DVD] [1990]

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The film is a comedy, the action takes place, as it is clear, on Christmas Eve, the idea is quite original, the actors also did their job well. On the other end of the schedule, the crew had limited time to film the many nighttime scenes, since Culkin could not work any later than 10 p. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The 1989 French horror thriller film 3615 code Père Noël, which is about a young boy who is home alone with his elderly grandfather and has to fend off a home invader dressed up as Santa Claus, has been noted for its plot similarities to Home Alone.

It's a film you can watch over and over again and the backdrop of New York at Christmas time will be sure to get you in the holiday spirit. By planting booby traps galore, adorably mischievous Kevin stands his ground as his frantic mother attempts to race home before Christmas Day. Marley points out his granddaughter in the choir and mentions he has never met her since she is the daughter of his estranged son. Extras: Anamorphic (16:9), Language(s): English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, Subtitles: Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1:1. Macaulay Culkin's performance garnered him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, but lost to Gérard Depardieu for his performance in Green Card.It was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Culkin, and for the Academy Award for Best Original Score for John Williams, and Best Original Song for "Somewhere in My Memory".

of Poland's population) were watching it on Christmas Eve and in 2018 again on the same day the film recorded the highest viewership with 4. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 66% based on 116 reviews, with an average rating of 5. On the set, Pesci and Stern both had difficulty refraining from cursing, which became annoying to Pesci, since Culkin was on set as well. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York was novelized by Todd Strasser and published by Scholastic in 1992 to coincide with the film.Home Alone [a] is a series of American Christmas family comedy films originally created by John Hughes, and directed by Chris Columbus directed Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Raja Gosnell directed Home Alone 3 (1997), Rod Daniel directed Home Alone 4 (2002), Peter Hewitt directed Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012), and Dan Mazer directed Home Sweet Home Alone (2021). A novelization based on the screenplay Home Alone 3 was written by Todd Strasser and published by Scholastic in 1997 to coincide with the film. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York was released on the Super NES, NES, and Game Boy in 1992, and the MS-DOS, Sega Genesis, and NES in 1993. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for Best Original Score, which was written by John Williams, and the other for Best Original Song for "Somewhere in My Memory", music by Williams and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, but lost to Dances with Wolves and Dick Tracy respectively. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 63 out of 100 based on nine critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".