This movie is good,but not as good as the first two.They were great!Home Alone 3 was horrible,where we got some other kid and not Kevin McCallister.I despised the third one.I`m lucky somebody talked me into seeing this one,Taking Back The House!I do wish Culkin still played Kevin,but the new Kevin is o.k.
I wasn`t sure I wanted to see this one cause after I watched the third one,I thought they couldn`t have even the littlest comeback,but they did a little!Here`s the story:
Kevin goes to stay with his dad on Christmas cause dad and mom are devorced,and while he`s there having a great time in the HUGE "smart-house",he meets up with his old foe,Marv,and his girlfriend!While Kevins dad and hid girlfriend are away,they try to rob the house and steal some stuff,but guess what....they`re nightmare begins again cause Kevin sets up another set of traps and pranks!
Also,don`t forget to look for Home Alone 5:The Nightclub Catastrophe,coming soon!
Not worthy of being a sequel to its great predecessors
All right, we all know how much we love Home Alone 1 and Home Alone 2- probably two of the funniest, most entertaining films in recent times. Then came Home Alone 3- which was, well, not AS enjoyable, but quite funny. It was different nevertheless, it was, indeed, worth the while.
THEN CAME HOME ALONE 4!
They should really have named it something else- without the words 'Home Alone' in the title- because, associating this film with its three predecessors is an insult to them. Are we being unfair to this film by comparing it to the previous three? Is that the reason it seems bad? Well, let's put it this way: Watch this film before watching the other three, and you won't want to watch them at all! But believe me, this film is defintiely not a 'Home Alone'!
The black and the white of it: -
THE BLACK:-
- Weak story- putting a child in a gizmo-surrounded environment is a fun thing to do, but cannot sustain a film.
- The 'fun' and 'what next' elements are lacking- leave alone edge of the seat- you probably will not be sitting on any part of the seat.
- One thief (character: Marv) is the same- the actor is different. Not much of a problem, though. In the third film, too, the robbers were all different. That, in fact, creates a bit of a consistency-problem. Home Alone 3 decided to put an end to te storeylie of the first 2. Home Alone 4 decides to re-start it. Quite a mess, really. Why call the guy Marv when we associate the name with an altogether different face?
- SIMPLY, NOT AS FUNNY AT ALL!!!! WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE RIB-TICKLING, "HA-HA-HA- I CAN BARELY BREATHE" JOKES?
-The 'meticlous, almost snobbish buttler' was a weak attempt at being funny in the stereotypical way.
THE WHITE: -
- The thieves- Marv and his girlfriend, especially the girlfriend, are quite funny! She did a good job. Her mannerisms and so on were amusing and keep one anticipating 'a BIG BANG JOKE'- which, however, does not come.
ALL IN ALL- do not bother watching the film. However, watch it, if you will, to compare it to the previous three. You will probably want to reach out to an actual 'UNDO' command, and erase this from your memeory- so that the magic of Home Alone is preserved!
Horrible Movie
Home Alone 1 and 2 very some of my favorite movies growing up in the 90s. Home Alone 3 I also liked a lot. Though it was about different people, the story was very well written, the acting was good, and the movie was well produced. Despite being older now, I still enjoy those movies when they're on TV.
I'm sorry to say however, that this movie is a disgrace to Hollywood and to the movie making profession. Believe me, I am not exagerrating a bit. Every single aspect of this movie is unbelievably horrible.
First of all, the character development is awfully confusing and makes no sense whatsoever. This movie is supposed to be a sequel to the original Home Alone family from HA1 and 2 - the McCallisters. Kevin is back, along with his mom Kate, dad Peter, brother Buzz, etc... One of the original criminals, Marv, is back too. The other criminal in this movie is his girlfriend. Now here's the problem. Every single one of these characters is played by different people now. Not only that, but their age makes no sense whatsoever. Kevin in this movie is younger than he was in HA2. His brother Buzz and his sister high school juniors and seniors back then. In this movie, it's as if they're in junior high. There are many other such wierd nonsense contradictions.
The plot is awful too. I'm not going to go into the details, but the story is a disgrace to screenwriters. Let's just say that the writers thought they were making a story about present-time thieves trying to rob the Jetsons in the future.
The acting is awful too. This was a low budget movie, and the actors do their best to make that obvious. Just look at the cover
The soundtrack of the movie sucks too. It's no surprise though. Who would ever want to license out their music for such crap?
Overall, I don't think this movie was meant to be a sequal of the original Home Alone movies. It was probably meant to be a parady of them. This movie doesn't deserve a single star. The only good purpose this movie can serve is to train people what awful film-making looks like.
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