Home Alone

Editorial Review:

Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) has become the man of the house, overnight! Accidentally left behind when his family rushes off on a Christmas vacation, Kevin gets busy decorating the house for the holidays. But he's not decking the halls with tinsel and holly. Two bumbling burglars are trying to break in, and Kevin's rigging a bewildering battery of booby traps to welcome them!

Now and forever a favorite among kids, this 1990 comedy written by John Hughes (The Breakfast Club) and directed by Chris Columbus (Mrs. Doubtfire) ushered Macaulay Culkin onto the screen as a troubled 8-year-old who doesn't comfortably mesh with his large family. He's forced to grow a little after being accidentally left behind when his folks and siblings fly off to Paris. A good-looking boy, Culkin lights up the screen during several funny sequences, the most famous of which finds him screaming for joy when he realizes he's unsupervised in his own house. A bit wooden with dialogue, the then-little star's voice could grate on the nerves (especially in long, wise-child passages of pure bromide), but he unquestionably carries the film. Billie Bird and John Candy show up as two of the interesting strangers Culkin's character meets. Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern are entertainingly cartoonish as thieves, but the ensuing violence once the little hero decides to keep them out of his house is over-the-top. --Tom Keogh

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Home Alone - Blu-ray Info:

Version: U.S.A / FOX / Region A
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / BD+ / High Profile 4.1
Running time: 1:42:55
Movie size: 32,91 GB
Disc size: 41,80 GB
Total bit rate: 42.64 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 33.18 Mbps
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Cantonese, Mandarin
Number of chapters: 25
#Audio Commentary
#The Making of Home Alone (19m:25s)
#1990 Press Featurette (3m:52s)
#Mac Cam: Behind the Scenes... more info

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