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Home Alone (1990) -- An eight year-old, who is accidentally left behind while his family flies to France for Christmas, has to defend his home against idiotic burglars.
Home Alone (1990) -- A burglar is tricked into thinking that a person inside a home has been murdered.
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
John Hughes (written by)
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Release Date:
16 November 1990 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A Family Comedy Without The Family. more
Plot:
An eight year-old, who is accidentally left behind while his family flies to France for Christmas, has to defend his home against idiotic burglars. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 4 nominations more
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A well done family comedy more (213 total)

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Also Known As:
Mi pobre angelito (Argentina) (Mexico) (Peru) [es]
Ensam hemma (Finland: Swedish title) (Sweden) [sv]
нДХМ дНЛЮ (Soviet Union: Russian title) [ru]
Üksinda kodus (Estonia) [et]
Alene hjemme (Denmark) [da]
Esqueceram de Mim (Brazil) [pt]
Evde tek basina (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Kevin - Allein zu Haus (Germany) [de]
Kevin sam w domu (Poland) [pl]
Maman, j'ai raté l'avion (Canada: French title) [fr]
Maman, j'ai raté l'avion! (France) (dubbed version) [fr]
Mamma, ho perso l'aereo (Italy) [it]
Monos sto spiti (Greece) [el]
Reszkessetek betörök (Hungary) [hu]
Sám doma (Czechoslovakia) [cs]
Sam doma (Slovenia) [sl]
Sam u kuci (Yugoslavia: Serbian title) [sr]
Singur acasa (Romania) [ro]
Sol a casa (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Solo en casa (Spain) [es]
Sozinho em Casa (Portugal) [pt]
Yksin kotona (Finland) [fi]
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103 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Old Man Marley wasn't in the original screenplay. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Kevin is watching TV in the kitchen, there is a gingerbread house next to the TV in shots directly facing the TV. But when the shots are from the side (on Kevin watching TV), the gingerbread house is not there. more
Quotes:
Marv: He's only a kid Harry. We can take him. more
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Soundtrack:
Somewhere In My Memory more

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33 out of 41 people found the following comment useful.
A well done family comedy, 4 November 2000
Author: MisterWhiplash from United States

This type of family comedy truthfully works better if you are grown up with the stooges. Because this film has a climactic scene with more slapstick than most can take. I can though. But if you think this is strictly a kids film, parents will like it too I bet. The plot follows a kid (Macaulay Kulkin) who gets left behind in a Chicago suburb while his family leaves for Paris. And though the house is all his, 2 burglars (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern who give the best on-screen duo of 1990) want the house. But not without the climax. While most of the film is unbelievable (both good and bad), most of the film should keep families in good spirits, unless parents don't enjoy seeing Pesci getting his head on fire and Stern screaming like a girl. Funny, even if it's not John Hughes' (writer/producer here) best. B+

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