Film Home Sweet Home Alone

[Hoof the ball]

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the reviews are terrible.

Absolute idiots.

Who commissions another Home Alone and doesn't make a true spiritual sequel to Home Alone 2? You've got Culkin turned 40, Pesci in late 70's, the mum recently had a massive part in Schitt's Creek. They still had all the ingredients to a really good sequel whilst everyone is still of a decent enough age to pull it off.

 

[Volumiza]

Amazes me that projects like this get this far. I want to punch that kid in the face and stomach.

I felt bad for thinking the same until I read this.

 

[Solius]

Whoever rated it Fresh needs to be executed.

 

[SalfordRed18]

Currently watching, 28 minutes in.

Not gonna lie lads, it's kinda watchable. Nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be based of the trailer.

 

[Solius]

Currently watching, 28 minutes in.

Not gonna lie lads, it's kinda watchable. Nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be based of the trailer.

Banned.

 

[paulscholes18]

Looks as bad as the Inbetweeners USA

 

[Mickeza]

The first hour was just about on par with your average hallmark movie - even made me laugh out loud twice…

Spoiler

…but now I’ve got to the actual burglary violence part there’s quite a fundamental fecking flaw they seem to have completely missed due to how they’ve “reimagined” the story: I am not on the kid’s side. Oddly enough the “robbers” being two parents trying to reclaim something stolen from them so they can save their house and feed their kids means I’m less inclined to laugh when they’re fecking set on fire by some absolute bellend of a kid they aren’t a threat too. What the feck were they thinking!

 

[Dante]

It's obviously not a patch on the original.

If I were 10 years old again seeing the story for the first time, I could have possibly liked it. But watching it in comparison to the Macaulay Culkin version, it's really missing an 'edge'. The baddies are all goodies, and the goodies are all annoying.

Maybe Joe Pesci is too scary for the current generation. Or maybe Hollywood only believes he is. Either way, the film feels hollow and pointless without an antagonist worth laughing at. A handful jokes and an unsympathetic lead aren't enough to carry it.