Has anyone as a child said anything or acted out of context to a parent, sibling, or relative that in the heat of the moment you wished to never see or speak to them again? What if for one brief moment your wish come could true and they weren't there.
Would the experience be as fun as you were anticipating or just not the same without them? Well in this second John Hughes Holiday classic we get to this childhood fantasy through the heart and soul of a young Kevin McCallister (Macualay Culkin).
Home Alone is about an 8 year old boy, Kevin McCallister, whom through the course of a Christmas Vacation can indulge in his innermost pleasures from eating junk food, watching cops and robbers, to jumping on the bed.
Although he appears to be a snotty, loud mouth kid, he is often over-shadowed by his older brothers and sisters. So in a way the separation from child and family serves as a reflection time for both parties involved and at the end they both begin to value the love, respect, and compassion they have for each other. They aren't really mad at one another other it was just the heat of the moment.
The absence of Kevin's parents adds a wonderful plot device and serves as the beginning of his character ark. In order for Kevin to enjoy the fruits of freedom, he is going to have overcome his own fears from doing the laundry, going out shopping, to sleeping in a empty house at night.
After over coming the trials, Kevin is more self-confident, independent, wiser, and clever in outwitting the Wet Bandits (Daniel Stern, Joe Pesci) at the end. When the Wet Bandits come to town , they underestimate his resourceful to use whatever tools, devices, and traps to lure these unsuspecting fools into misery.
A lot of the credit to the box office success goes to John Hughes well-crafted and clever script. The inspiration from Home Alone drew from a a scene in Uncle Buck, where a much younger Maculay Culkin is guarding the front door waiting for John Candy's girlfriend to come babysit him. The brief scene became quite funny, clever, and smart that visions of box-office dollars began ringing in John Hughes's head.
. Director Chris Columbus, offers a wonderful steady-fast physical comedy that is well-timed to build up to the chaos that is about to unfold during the home invasion.
The performances are memorable from young Culkin, to Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci whose on screen chemistry, and physical comedy presence makes them to be more like the Two Stoogers rather than cat burglars.
Lastly, we cannot forget Roberts Blossom , the McCallister's neighbor and supposed neighborhood "Boogey Man" , whose memorable scene really delivers a powerful message as to what the theme of Christmas is all about.
They say there are many Xmas movies that go well with milk and cookies and this is one of them. :)
JOE'S FAVORITE TRACK FROM HOME ALONE :
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