Gratuitous references to previous movies: In addition to all the re-used jokes, we get a very clear shot of Harry’s palm, branded with the “M” from the blisteringly hot doorknob of the first film. I only wish I’d had the same opportunity.įirst kill: Marv takes four consecutive bricks to the forehead as thrown from the roof of a three-storey building. I’m not surprised about 95% of participants threw in the towel after this one. It just doesn’t go any further than that. If nothing else, it meets the level of quality that you’d expect from its cast and creative team.
#HOME ALONE 2 MOVIE#
Still, Tim Curry is good for a few facial expressions, and this was the movie that taught me what a prostitute was (well, technically my cousin taught me, but only because two turn up in this movie) so I can’t say it has absolutely no value.
#HOME ALONE 2 FULL#
It’s like a script full of placeholders for better dialogue that accidentally got filmed, edited and released. And if he’s not doing them, Marv and Harry are. With so many in the film it’s inevitable that the quality would drop, but no-one lets that get in the way of doing about six a minute. The only thing they do more of – and they do a lot more of them – are Kevin’s one-liners. It means everyone in the movie is slightly scared of him for no apparent reason, like he might send them to the cornfield with his mind. Did you like any joke from the first movie? Well good news, because they’re all here again! Almost entirely un-revised and often without requisite context! Kevin orders an entire cheese pizza! He scares someone off using the audio from a movie! And so on! The weirdest thing is that the running joke of Fuller wetting the bed is followed up several times but never explained. So we see the major beats from the first reprised, and then some stock footage of New York where the long shots have a suspicious lack of snow, and then a few more beats from the first movie reprised.Īnd it’s not just the same structure, it’s many of the same jokes as well. It’s largely the same movie as the first, but with the broader themes sucked out and a few new location-specific jokes. But let’s be fair: this is not a great movie. I don’t want to use the word ‘weak’ to describe Home Alone 2, mainly because that leaves me with nowhere to go for the next couple of sequels. Kevin draws them into his Uncle’s house in New York, which is mid-renovation, and – oh, whatever, you can figure out the rest. After checking into a hotel using his Dad’s credit card, Kevin runs into Marv and Harry who have escaped from prison and are planning to do over a children’s toy store on Christmas Eve. When Kevin McCallister boards the wrong plane, he ends up alone in New York while his family are in Florida. It isn’t long before it becomes apparent that they must have both needed a new roof at the same time, because this is a sequel in all of the worst ways: repetitive, unimaginative, and repetitive. Brilliant movie! 9/10.The first in a long line of sequels, Home Alone 2: Lost In New York is the only one to involve both the original writer and director. I absolutely adored the soundtrack too, New York looks splendid and the Plaza Hotel was incredible to look at. Eddie Bracken and Brenda Fricker also make appearances, and their scenes are touching, as they are of friendship and acceptance. My favourite scenes were the bathroom scene in the hotel, and when the staff are held hostage by a television. Catherine O'Hara and John heard are amiable as the parents, while the wonderful Tim Curry gives a hilarious performance as the Concierge. Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern are hilarious, as always. Macaulay Culkin brought a lot of charm to almost all the movies he's been in. The only problem is that the jokes are basically retreads of the first movie, but believe me, they're miles better than the ones in the fourth ( which is one of the worst movies ever) This is still a very solid film, that gets slow in the second half. Home Alone 2 is my personal favourite, and I watch it about once a month. The last two are just wannabes and feel like they don't belong. The only problem is that the jokes are basically retreads of the first movie, but believe me, they're miles The first Home Alone is very good indeed. The first Home Alone is very good indeed.
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